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BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
Sat May 30, 2026, 06:41 PM Saturday

Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

Source: Politico

The American Meteor Society said that the booms heard about 2:30 p.m. were actually caused by a meteor about 3 feet wide entering the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.

People in a handful of states posted on social media about feeling the buildings they were in shaking. Several videos posted on X also captured what sounded like two quick booms, with no fire, smoke or other visual causes.

Read more: Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal - POLITICO https://share.google/tCSpFGxdMqP8ApYL2



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Here are videos of the boom.
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Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal (Original Post) BigmanPigman Saturday OP
And I'm watching meteor movies...... Lovie777 Saturday #1
I was just reading articles about meteors BigmanPigman Saturday #2
Earth is moving through a region of debris. LunaSea Sunday #14
It's scary that a 3' wide one would cause shaking. An asteroid would be more than problematic. surfered Saturday #3
25K-160K Miles per hour. sheshe2 Saturday #4
Yikes! calimary Sunday #9
3 feet is a really big one. BigmanPigman Saturday #6
If I had heard that in our area, I would have said "Meh, just blowing up old munitions out on the Arsenal". eppur_se_muova Saturday #5
It's aliens Polybius Saturday #7
Aliens are too smart to decide to come to the USA while tRump is still alive. BigmanPigman Saturday #8
Yes Aliens would have to be plastered airplaneman 21 hrs ago #17
We need a ballroom to protect us. twodogsbarking Sunday #10
It was most likely the meteor... GiqueCee Sunday #11
I've listened to the air traffic controllers and pilots' tapes from 9/11 BigmanPigman Sunday #12
Wow.... electric_blue68 19 hrs ago #18
I was really impressed by the 2 pilots BigmanPigman 17 hrs ago #19
Woaaah... what a situation! electric_blue68 13 hrs ago #20
Build one of those Trump ballroom domes over all of New England and eliminate Bengus81 Sunday #13
BOOM you say? LudwigPastorius Sunday #15
I told you people - Don't light a lighter when trump farts! Wonder Why Sunday #16

BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
2. I was just reading articles about meteors
Sat May 30, 2026, 06:52 PM
Saturday

and learned there have been a large amount so far in 2026. No explanation as to the possible cause.

I don't believe in coincidences, I believe in synchronicity. Watching YouTube meteor films is an example.

LunaSea

(2,935 posts)
14. Earth is moving through a region of debris.
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:16 PM
Sunday

Earth is currently traversing a debris field generated by an asteroid that is fragmenting as it approaches the Sun. This event is leading to an impressive display of meteors visible from our planet.
Details of the Meteor Cluster

Number of Meteors: 282 meteors have been identified as part of this cluster.
Source: These meteors are believed to originate from a disintegrating asteroid.


https://phys.org/news/2026-04-sun-asteroid-pieces-earth-flying.html

surfered

(14,583 posts)
3. It's scary that a 3' wide one would cause shaking. An asteroid would be more than problematic.
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:02 PM
Saturday

sheshe2

(98,657 posts)
4. 25K-160K Miles per hour.
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:23 PM
Saturday
WBZTV in Boston posted on its Instagram account that meteors cause a sonic boom because, "They enter Earth's atmosphere at anywhere from 25,000 to 160,000 miles per hour, and larger space rocks can travel deep enough to create pressure waves."

The station's meteorologist Eric Fisher posted about the blast on his Instagram account. "CONFIRMED: Meteor exploding on entry caused that big boom across the Boston area Saturday afternoon!"


https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/05/30/massachusetts-boston-meteor/7311780174098/

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I posted about this earlier, we heard it.

BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
6. 3 feet is a really big one.
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:57 PM
Saturday

"Meteoroids are distinguished as objects significantly smaller than asteroids, ranging in size from grains to objects up to one meter (3.28 feet) wide. Objects smaller than meteoroids are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust. Many are fragments from comets or asteroids, whereas others are collision impact debris ejected from bodies such as the Moon or Mars."

eppur_se_muova

(42,634 posts)
5. If I had heard that in our area, I would have said "Meh, just blowing up old munitions out on the Arsenal".
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:42 PM
Saturday

That happens on a regular basis; it used to be restricted to Thursdays (I don't know why). Lately it seems I'm as likely to hear it on Wed or Fri. Some of them do shake the house noticeably.

BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
8. Aliens are too smart to decide to come to the USA while tRump is still alive.
Sat May 30, 2026, 09:24 PM
Saturday

They're probably boycotting all travel to the USA like all smart tourists are doing due to the fucking moron. They certainly would not want to be "taken to our leader".

airplaneman

(1,401 posts)
17. Yes Aliens would have to be plastered
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:55 PM
21 hrs ago

To want to come here. Probably why they crash so often. And they could not speak coherent if you talked to them.
-Airplane

GiqueCee

(4,891 posts)
11. It was most likely the meteor...
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:24 AM
Sunday

... breaking the sound barrier. When I was a kid, 70 years ago, fighter jets breaking the sound barrier were not uncommon, until they were ordered to stop doing it. When they did it at low altitudes over residential areas, the shock waves would shatter windows. Tommy B's dad did it once over Drumlin Road in Westport, and the neighbors were NOT happy. Us kids thought it was cool as hell.

BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
12. I've listened to the air traffic controllers and pilots' tapes from 9/11
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:51 AM
Sunday

Many times. Military pilots were trying to locate the hijacked planes' location and tried to catch up with them from various military air bases. From the recordings made of that tragic day I heard a pilot say, "I don't care how many windows we brake" since they had an important mission to save the hijacked planes.

electric_blue68

(27,459 posts)
18. Wow....
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:37 PM
19 hrs ago

And then (tangential) us here, in NYC and, of course, anyone in a big city, or along a plane route - having no commercial planes in the air for several days. We'd hear an AF jet every once in a while.

BigmanPigman

(55,653 posts)
19. I was really impressed by the 2 pilots
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:56 PM
17 hrs ago

who were called upon to find and stop the 4th plane from crashing. Since it was happening really quickly there wasn't time to do the usual procedures before taking off. There wasn't even time to load missiles onto their 2 planes so their own planes would be used as missiles to take down the hijacked aircraft. They spoke afterwards and said that they knew it would be a suicide mission as one plane would fly into the front of the plane and the other pilot would hit the rear. The hijacked plane crashed before they were able to do this.

Bengus81

(10,422 posts)
13. Build one of those Trump ballroom domes over all of New England and eliminate
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:31 AM
Sunday

that problem and risk forever.

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