Would you recognize a sonic boom if you heard one?

I guess a jet fighter broke the sound barrier in a place that they don’t usually, and people were calling in about an explosion or something. I thought, “I’d know what it was if I heard it!” But then I had to remember that in the 60’s, when we lived closer to Wichita and the air force base there, they were breaking the sound barrier all the time! I guess they were having fun. I thought I’d recognize it..but maybe not? Would you?