WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: The U.S. Capitol building is seen at sunrise ahead of a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and House Democrats over continued negotiations on the domestic spending Bills before the President departs for Europe on October 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is heading to Rome where he will meet with leaders from the G20 as well as the Pope in the Vatican as Democrats are continuing internal negotiations about his administration's social policy spending bill.(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (Samuel Corum, 2021 Getty Images)
A thunderous explosion heard across the Washington Metropolitan area on Sunday afternoon was a sonic boom from a Department of Defense aircraft, according to officials.
Rattled residents took to Twitter to report hearing some sort of explosion in the area at around 3 p.m. on Sunday.
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“There is no threat at this time,” the DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management said in a tweet regarding the loud noise.
