(OPINION) A mysterious bang late Wednesday night sent to police in Stow and Hudson, Massachusetts on an unsuccessful search for the source of the noise.

Some area residents reported shaking, like a small earthquake, while others reported a “house-shaking” jolt. Reports came from Maynard, Hudson, Sudbury, Framingham, Acton as well as Harvard. A few residents even called police, telling dispatchers they’d heard a loud noise.

Here are some reports: I heard a loud boom and felt one minor rattle in the house. It felt like something big fell nearby. One and done, not sustained. Heard a muffled explosion coming from the East, which is the opposite direction from where sounds of explosions usually come from when Fort Devens is doing training activities.

Heard a loud boom and the floor rattled. I thought a house was exploding again which happened 2 months ago. Sounded like an explosion nearby and in our neighborhood. Shook the house. Called neighbors who all confirmed the same thing.

We all look around our property to see if anything had literally blown up because it all felt so close. Mostly acoustic. More like an intense clap of thunder from a distance.

Seemed to have three peaks, of differing amplitude, in very rapid succession. My wife and I were lying in bed. Instinctively, she blamed me and I blamed the dog. Sounded and felt like a very large tree falling in the neighbor’s yard. It was a short loud boom that scared us. It shook me inside my body but not sure about it actually shaking things in the house. READ MORE