Boston-area meteor fireball roars through skies, heard across Massachusetts
TL;DR
A large bolide meteor passed east of Boston around 2 p.m., producing a loud sonic boom heard across Massachusetts. Satellite imagery captured the fireball’s bright flash, and NASA is expected to estimate its size in coming days; bolides of this type are typically 1–2 meters in size.
- Loud boom caused by apparent meteor heard across Greater Boston The Boston Globe
- What was that loud boom heard across Southern New England? WPRI.com
- Mysterious noise in Massachusetts a sonic boom: ‘Might be a meteor that blew up in mid-air’ Boston Herald
- Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom CBS News
- NEW: NASA Confirms Loud Boom Was Fireball That Sped at Roughly 75,000 MPH and Fragmented Go Local Prov
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