# Mysterious explosion-sound near Montréal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894 "2013-11-27T04:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/1 "2013-11-27T04:52:37Z")
Something going on in Montréal? My Facebook feed is starting to fill with stories like [this](http://offislandgazette.com/news/story/2013/11/26/what-was-that-boom-off-islanders-hear-something/) and [this](http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/26/mysterieuse-explosion-montreal_n_4347230.html). ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/2 "2013-11-27T05:46:39Z")
From the reports of a bright flash and loud boom, it sounds like it could be a meteor. I hope someone got a video. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/3 "2013-11-27T05:50:11Z")
What is it with meteors/comets and high latitudes? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/4 "2013-11-27T06:03:21Z")
Montreal isn’t a particularly high latitude. London, Paris, Amsterdam and Spokane are all farther north than Montreal. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/5 "2013-11-27T07:11:19Z")
I wonder if it could be associated with Comet Ison? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/6 "2013-11-27T07:14:30Z")
> [@the\_diego](#): > > What is it with meteors/comets and high latitudes? Northern Hemisphere has a higher land : water ratio than Southern Hemisphere, and it’s much more densely populated. Russia and Canada being as huge as they are in area, it’s more likely that meteors would be observed there than in other countries. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/7 "2013-11-27T13:17:37Z")
Latest worldwide Meteor News: [http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.ca/2013/11/mbiq-detects-quebec-canada-fireball.html](http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.ca/2013/11/mbiq-detects-quebec-canada-fireball.html) ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/8 "2013-11-27T14:00:32Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I wonder if it could be associated with Comet Ison? 😕 No. Comet Ison is to far from earth and won’t be coming close enough to have any effect at all. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/9 "2013-11-27T15:19:33Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Latest worldwide Meteor News: [The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MBIQ Detects Quebec, Canada Fireball Meteor 26NOV2013](http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.ca/2013/11/mbiq-detects-quebec-canada-fireball.html) Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-explosion-sound-near-montreal/674894/10 "2013-11-27T21:10:12Z")
I don’t know about videos but I heard one woman interviewed on radio this morning who claims to have seen a bright flash in the sky. The boom was heard in eastern Ontario and northern NY State as well, so lightning seems implausible. Between 7:30 and 9:30 last night I was hearing my own sonic booms at a performance of the six Bach concertos by Ishai Shaer. My wife and I were in the first row and the piano pretty much dominated the small chamber orchestra.