When I was a youngster back in the late 50's I think, the AF was testing the effects of sonic booms on the public. Every 15 minutes between 8:00pm and 10:00pm two B-58 Hustlers would fly over at speed. I remember the first night there were broken plate glass windows all over town. The AF was paying for all the damages.
We've been getting sonic booms recently from F-22's flying out of Lockheed-Marietta.

Jerry