Strange Rumbling Sounds in Kansas City

February 6, 2013: 

About 10 days ago at approximately 12:00 a.m. I heard very loud large trucks rumbling down the street - these were not normal trucks - they sounded like gigantic trucks used for mining or something.  They even shook the house and all of my pictures were tilted. However, when I ran to the windows to try to see what they were and why trucks of that size were in a residential neighborhood, I could see nothing, even though I could still hear them.  The sounds lasted for about 15 minutes.  

About 7 days ago I began hearing a low rumbling sound late at night from my home in Independence, Missouri (East of Kansas City).  I barely noticed it at first, but it became increasingly louder each night and last night (February 5) it was so loud that it kept me awake for hours.  I checked inside the entire house, turned off every appliance and fan, and could not find the source. I went outside for three nights in a row, trying to figure out where the sound was coming from but it was just everywhere-- and I could find no source.  My husband has heard it and so has a neighbor a couple of blocks away.  My husband also went around the house trying to find the source, but could not. It sounds like a very low tone and mechanical like a "wa wa wa" sound, that repeats constantly with no change in pitch, only in loudness. It is similar to a heavy train but I checked for that and although we have trains nearby, none of them have ever made that sound, and certainly not for hours on end.   On Sunday night I heard it start at 11:35 pm and it was still going on at 8:00 am when I left for work.  

Last week a friend of mine in Mission Kansas called and told me that on Sunday, January 27 she noticed that all of the dogs in her neighborhood for blocks around were barking and going crazy.  She went outside to see if she could tell why they were acting that way and noticed that there were a lot of geese in the air flying in circles, which is not their normal behavior, and they kept it up for hours. She thought that perhaps the geese were confused for some reason, or did not want to land on the ground.  Later that night her dog woke her up in the middle of the night and she saw a tiny 10" wide UFO in her bedroom, then it moved outside her window.  She talked about the incident on my radio show briefly last Friday.  I don't know if this is related to the rumbling sounds, but it may be.

I have notified all of our Missouri MUFON Field Investigators and sent a message to the Director of Kansas MUFON about these incidents, and have asked them to listen for any strange sounds and try to get them recorded.  I will do the same tonight.  

 

Other people have reported strange sounds and flashes of light to www.earthfiles.com - it is worth checking out.  

Margie Kay
Assistant State Director for Missouri MUFON