A fiery object disintegrated as it fell off the Boston coast, causing sonic booms heard across Massachusetts and reports of sightings along the Northeast.
The New England event came just days after a bright meteor was reported over Western New York during the early morning hours of May 27.
On Saturday, at around 2:06 pm ET, a meteor streaked over the northeastern US and exploded north of Cape Cod Bay. The ...
According to Nasa, the meteor released the equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT when it broke up.
For a few seconds on Saturday afternoon, people across the northeastern U.S. heard a loud explosion and felt buildings shake.
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), it was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide".
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