For almost two years, residents of Bensalem Township, just outside Philadelphia, have been jolted by loud booms, often paired with a flash of light. Rick D’Aguanno’s home cameras have caught them since April 2024. The latest he recorded came on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. He told NBC10 he saw flashes at both the front and back of his house, and one was so intense his family thought the van in the driveway had blown up.

The obvious suspects were checked. The utility PECO said it wasn’t doing repairs at the times of the blasts. Bensalem police logged eight noise complaints between April 2025 and early January 2026, but couldn’t find the source or even confirm the sounds started in Bensalem. Detectives closed the case for lack of evidence.

A local news site argued the blasts are far stronger than firecrackers and seem to come from the woods between Bensalem and Northeast Philadelphia, where trees and echo make them hard to place.

In March the story took a darker turn. Two young men from neighboring Langhorne and Newtown were arrested in New York, accused of throwing explosive devices at a protest outside Gracie Mansion. D’Aguanno lives about three miles from one suspect’s home. Police said they had no information linking the arrests to the booms.