BOOM in Pikesville, MD

[Indoor66]

Check out the video in the upper right of the article.

http://wjz.com/local/baltimore.county.mystery.2.710503.html

[pfrduke]

Check out the video in the upper right of the article.

http://wjz.com/local/baltimore.county.mystery.2.710503.html

Totally UFOs. Heard it here first.

In all seriousness, I'm fascinated - keep us posted when they ultimately learn what it is.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Bizarre. The fact that it's only coming from 30 feet up is what makes it so strange. Cool find.

[billybreen]

Totally a weather balloon. :)

[dukepsy1963]

Airborne sewer gas...........Randy Quaid

[WheatDevil]

Actually a balloon filled with oxygen-acetylene would make something like a bright, white flash and a really big boom. If that balloon was elevated by a helium balloon and then ignited then you might get something like the video.

I'd think that windy conditions would mess up the prank. Just compare the observed wind speed with the dates/times that the disturbances were recorded. . .

[CameronBornAndBred]

Actually a balloon filled with oxygen-acetylene would make something like a bright, white flash and a really big boom. If that balloon was elevated by a helium balloon and then ignited then you might get something like the video.

I'd think that windy conditions would mess up the prank. Just compare the observed wind speed with the dates/times that the disturbances were recorded. . .

Those are fun. The only thing is someone is waking up at some ungodly hour just to go blow up a balloon? Plausible, but that's almost stranger than aliens.

[Highlander]

Totally UFOs. Heard it here first.

In all seriousness, I'm fascinated - keep us posted when they ultimately learn what it is.

Mystery Solved.

http://wjz.com/specialreports/pikesville.flash.baltimore.2.711090.html

[CameronBornAndBred]

Well I'll be....
WheatDevil was pretty close!