Meteor Explodes Over Massachusetts, Booms Echo Across Northeast
Fireball fragmented above northeast Massachusetts/southeast New Hampshire, releasing energy equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT and producing loud sonic booms heard across multiple states.
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Overview
NASA said a meteor exploded over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire on Saturday, releasing energy equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.
The fireball fragmented at about 40 miles altitude after entering the atmosphere at roughly 75,000 mph and produced loud booms and shaking reported across the region around 2:06–2:11 p.m., NASA said.
The American Meteor Society said it received dozens of reports from Delaware to Montreal and described the object as roughly 3 feet wide.
The U.S. Geological Survey described the event as a widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide, and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said public safety officials received reports of audible booms and tremors.
NASA said the daytime bolide produced a meteorite fall in the middle of Cape Cod Bay, where the water depth at the fall site is 34 meters, and the U.S. Geological Survey opened an event page to collect reports.
Analysis
Center-leaning sources present this story neutrally, relying on authoritative sources (American Meteor Society) and qualified expert quotes from Robert Lunsford while attributing eyewitness reports to social media. they avoid loaded language, include caveats about trajectory and whether fragments reached the ground, and report observations from Delaware to Montreal.