We heard this! Meteorite suspected of causing loud boom heard across Eastern Mass.

[sheshe2]

Link to tweet

There’s a product from NOAA which is used to measure lightning which also can pick up the energy that a meteor burning up in the atmosphere would produce. A loop of this product right around 2:00 p.m. shows high levels of energy being picked up in Cape Cod Bay likely as that meteor was burning up at high levels of the atmosphere above us. It’s just a reminder we are just a floating Rock in the middle of the vastness of space and anything can happen.

In a statement, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency acknowledged widespread reports of an audible boom and ground tremors.

“Although we do not yet know the cause, there are no known emergency police or fire requests connected to these reports, and we do not believe that there is any public safety threat,” the statement read. “We remain in contact with our local, state, and federal partners to monitor any impact and understand the cause when it becomes available.”

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2026-05-30/meteorite-suspected-of-causing-loud-boom-heard-across-eastern-mass

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It was one loud BOOM!

[BigmanPigman]

1. You heard it? I just posted the story in the Latest Breaking News Forum.

Videos showed animals reacting to the noise. Lots of barking dogs!

[sheshe2]

2. Yup.

Family get together and it got us on our feet and to the door to see what was going on. We were all inside as it was unseasonably cold and rainy here and still, we heard it.

Another friend stopped in and said she heard it too, a loud bang.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Some people said they thought it was an earthquake at first.

[sheshe2]

4. I heard that as well, though

meteorologists say no.

Weird day.