U.S.(WN) --- Wixtin News confirmed the reports of a loud “sonic boom” heard across Broward County Friday night was due to military jets intercepting an unresponsive plane.

United States Northern Command said the two F-15 jets took off from Homestead Air National Guard Base. According to Northern Command, multiple planes have violated the air space that’s been restricted for President Donald Trump’s visit to Palm Beach.

They said not only did this plane violate the air space, the pilot was not responding either. The fighter jets were eventually able to establish communication with the aircraft. The situation caused quite the stir, as residents first thought it was an explosion.

According to Federal Aviation Administration sources, an aircraft was flying 100 miles north of Palm Beach County traveling rapidly towards the Trump no-fly zone. At least one jet was scrambled from the Homestead Airbase towards that plane, which was potentially violating the air space.  The F-15 fighter was the plane that caused the sonic boom.

It is unclear if the 30 miles radius of the no fly-zone was violated. FAA and military are investigating the incident.

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Some residents mistook the loud sound from the F-15 jets for an explosion, but the Broward Sheriff’s office confirmed that the noise was from a military exercise.

“The intercept required the Air Force F-15s from Homestead Air National Guard Base to travel at supersonic speeds, a sound noticed by area residents, to get to the general aviation aircraft where they were able to establish communications,” NORAD said in a statement of the incident, around 7 p.m.

"The intent of military intercepts is to have the identified aircraft re-establish communications with local FAA air traffic controllers and instruct the pilot to follow air traffic controllers' instructions to land safely for follow-on action."

"People running with their kids in their strollers thinking this is the end," said Evanan Romerio. We spoke to the team at Performance Edge Dance Studio in Weston who were so frightened that they briefly went on lockdown.

"All of a sudden you know, the whole room just shook like an explosion went off and you know our lights everything started swinging," said studio owner Jennifer Peruyero. "The glasses impacted. I shut down the lights back here. I put them all in the front and we went on a lockdown until we heard what was going on."

The dancers are happy it was a false alarm-- but they definitely don't want to relive this experience. "Hopefully that never happens again because I had a lot of scared little girls," Peruyero said.

Many were thankful it wasn't worse, but are still shaken up over this loud noise in their normally quiet neighborhood.