The mystery surrounding a loud explosion high in the skies above Coventry rumbles on, with the primary suspects distancing themselves from the incident.
Residents from across the city, and the wider Warwickshire area, reported hearing a loud bang on Saturday night (January 9), leaving many mystified.
The plot thickened when doorstep camera footage showed the noise was accompanied by a bright flash of light in the sky - appearing to be an explosion of sorts.
Initially, it seemed likely that the cause of the noise was a sonic boom - the noise that accompanies a jet plane breaking the speed of sound.
However, today (Monday, January 11), the Royal Air Force (RAF) has revealed there was no fast jet activity on Saturday night.
As a result, an RAF spokesperson has said that whatever the cause of the mystery, it was not RAF related. He said: "Our operations team can confirm that there was no RAF fast Jet activity on Saturday thus, whatever was heard in your area it was not related to the RAF."
Footage of the explosion also showed moving dots of light in the sky at around the same time - and while these could have been commercial aircraft, these would not have caused a sonic boom.
Other theories as to the cause of the mystery include weather phenomena or even space debris passing overhead - though neither has been confirmed at this time.
The video was captured by a doorstep camera courtesy of Coventry residents Richard and Jo-Anne Barrick.
It is believed that the incident took place shortly before 10pm.
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