{"id":142326,"date":"2026-05-29T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/experts-offer-their-takes-on-what-caused-sonic-boom-in-sc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T20:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T23:06:48","slug":"experts-offer-their-takes-on-what-caused-sonic-boom-in-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/experts-offer-their-takes-on-what-caused-sonic-boom-in-sc\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts offer their takes on what caused sonic boom in SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">COLUMBIA, S.C. 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