Twitter users created the hashtag #omgwereallgoingtodie after sinister sounds were heard in the sky above the UK last night.
Thousands of people all over the country, from Essex to Angelsea, took to Twitter last night complaining about the loud bangs they heard outside, between 9pm and 10pm.
The noise was similar to that reported by people in Essex back in June, who were left bewildered after a loud noise was heard above the county when jets from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire responded to a distress signal from a flight bound for London Heathrow.
However, while authorities were quick to confirm that the noise heard back in June was a sonic boom, which happens when an aircraft is flying faster than the speed of sound, and happened last month as well when two jets intercepted a latvian plane in UK airspace, Ministry of Defence staff said they were unaware of anything of this nature occurring last night.
A question mark from the MOD led many users on social media sites to question whether the sounds were something sinister, with several using the hashtag #omgwereallgoingtodie
Others suggested that space debris could be responsible for the noises.
