That Loud Sound in Bangalore. That Was Just 2020 “Burping After Eating Up Half the Year”

Residents of Bangalore were in for a surprise this afternoon. Around 1:30 pm, a very loud booming sound rang out across the city, rattling people’s windows and causing citizens to come out of their homes to investigate. While 2020 has been a scary year so far, yet inexplicable sounds from the sky are still unusual enough to generate a sense of excitement, and in some cases, hysteria.

Mysterious sound in Bengaluru:

A booming sound heard across International airport, kalyan nagar, MG road, marathahalli, whitefield, sarjapur, electronic city to hebbagodi.
We are trying to ascertain the source of the noise. : @dcpwhitefield @WeAreBangalore @WFRising

— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) May 20, 2020

At the moment, there is no official explanation for the loud sound. A report on the phenomenon by The Indian Express quoted Bangalore’s Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao as saying, “For the past one hour people are hearing the sound, I have asked the Air Force about the fighter jet movement.” While city police are investigating possible causes for the sound, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said that earthquake activity could be ruled out as a reason for the sound. The hashtag #sonicboom has been trending on Twitter, as people share video recordings of the thunderous sound.

Did you hear the super Sonic Sonic sound Banglore people’s #Bangalore pic.twitter.com/48hqxGWRSQ

— hello_saitan (@hello_saitan) May 20, 2020

Similar sounds have been heard in locations across the world from at least as far back as 2017, as a report from November in that year states. Like we’re seeing in Bangalore, experts have been unable to explain away the sound, according to the report. And now that the phenomenon has reached Bangalore, the internet has stepped in to fill the void by replacing facts with memes.

Of course, many people were hoping for visits from extraterrestrials in UFOs, as a plethora of Jaadoo memes proliferated timelines.

This is why people in Bangalore are hearing sonic booms form the atmosphere Jaadu is here #aliens #Bangalore pic.twitter.com/v5InmLtzqT

— ek cup sapne (@nayaNobita) May 20, 2020

Others chose to take their speculation in a different direction, claiming the sonic booms meant the Marvel Cinematic Universe was more true to life than we had previously thought.

Captain Marvel arrived. That’s what it was.

— Dhanya Rajendran (@dhanyarajendran) May 20, 2020

Some felt like the sound was just another freak occurrence in a year that has been full of them, and that it was the sound of the cosmos burping after swallowing half of 2020.

That sound you heard? Don’t worry, it was just #2020 burping after eating up almost half of the year. #Bangalore

— Silly Stree 🧞‍♀️ (@23khyati) May 20, 2020

And others somehow found a way to connect it to cricket.

JUST IN :
The source of Mysterious loud ‘boom’ heard in #Bangalore is not Aliens, Earthquake or Mirage 2000.
The unofficial’s have confirmed its the collective sound of Bangalorean’s beating their head against a wall after seeing Dinosaur video of their IPL captain #ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/JbHOpLe8Oo

— Indian History (@HistoryBuff1947) May 20, 2020

However, the best reaction award might go to the person who needed to first clear their name so that no one could accuse them of passing gas when they heard the sound.