What was that? ABQ residents hear loud boom
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Sounds like they鈥檙e having a real blast over on Kirtland Air Force Base.
sa国际传媒官网网页入口 residents were rattled by a loud boom heard across the city on Thursday, which turned out to be a 鈥渃ontrolled explosives test鈥� conducted by Sandia National Laboratories.
The test was a part of the lab鈥檚 鈥渘ational security missions,鈥� Sandia said in a news release. The testing went from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and kicked up dust and black smoke visible over the base.
鈥淚 thought someone jumped on my roof! What the hell was it?!鈥� an sa国际传媒官网网页入口 resident exclaimed on a about the then-unexplained boom.
People reported hearing the boom across town 鈥� from the Northeast Heights to the West Side.
The labs said any hazards from the testing were 鈥渃ontrolled鈥� and in compliance with environmental regulations and permits.
Sandia typically releases an alert ahead of time for tests that might be audible or visible off base, said spokesperson Luke Frank, but mistakenly failed to issue one ahead of this test.
The labs declined to provide more information on the blasts, citing 鈥渘ational security鈥� concerns.
