The loud booming that jolted Columbia last week was one of at least three events that occurred in the eastern United States over a matter of days, but unlike those in New York and Massachusetts, it remains a point of scientific debate about what caused the phenomenon in South Carolina.
A sonic boom in the Boston area Saturday resulted from a meteor that entered the atmosphere, while the same is likely true for a May 27 boom in western New York and Canada, according to reports from a federal agency, a non-profit meteor society and local news outlets.
But the cause of the Columbia boom, heard about 5:24 p.m. Thursday, May 28, remains a mystery…