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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Unexplained ‘Booms’ Rattle Wisconsin City…Again

Authorities are flummoxed as to the source of mysterious booms that resonated again in the eastern Wisconsin city of Clintonville early Wednesday, and hope a public meeting will calm residents’ nerves.

No one has come up with a feasible explanation of the loud disturbances that shook people awake in Clintonville on Sunday and Monday nights, and rattled sleepers again as the sun rose Wednesday.

City administrator Lisa Kuss said the booms have roused people from their beds and into the streets — some in pajamas.

“It startled everyone. They thought something had hit their house or a tree fell on their roof,” Kuss said Wednesday. A police dispatcher took more than 30 calls from concerned residents between 5 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.

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