The Ministry of Defence confirms RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft were launched from RAF Coningsby.
Houses reportedly shook as a sonic boom was heard across several counties on Wednesday night.
People reported hearing a loud bang in parts of Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire shortly before 22:00 BST. A Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: "RAF Typhoon fighter aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched from Quick Reaction Alert this evening."People in the Oundle and King's Cliffe areas of Northamptonshire reported the loud bang, with several saying "it shook the house".
They did not state why the aircraft had been launched, but said: "QRA are launched to intercept unidentified aircraft because the aircraft cannot be identified by any other means, i.e. the aircraft is not talking to civilian or military air traffic control, has not filed a flight plan and/or is not transmitting a recognisable secondary surveillance radar code."
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