What was that boom last night in Boyle County?

Did anyone else hear the loud boom in Boyle or Mercer County last night? Around 9 p.m., a loud explosion was heard all around Danville and surrounding communities, so loud it woke my parents’ dogs up from their nap during the Packers/Bears game, not an easy feat in the Thompson household.

911 dispatchers in Boyle County received several reports of an explosion, with some claiming they felt the Earth shake; however, police haven’t been able to find the source or any damage. Social media took off with conspiracy theories. LEX 18 meteorologist Melissa Nord suggested the noise was a sonic boom from a meteor breaking the speed of sound.

After doing some digging on Facebook (the only true news source), I’ve got another theory: tannerite targets. Parksville resident Josh Tarter posted this video of himself shooting a tannerite target (exploding target made of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder for firearms practice) last night, and said police showed up at his door for questioning:

Is that sound loud enough to travel across multiple counties? Apparently this is the second major “boom” heard in the Commonwealth in recent weeks, the first being in the Louisville/Southern Indiana area a few weeks ago.