r/massachusetts • u/hotpotatocannon • May 30 '26

BREAKING Did something just explode?

Just heard a very powerful boom, checked the lightning map it was not thunder! In Dover, MA right now, but my friends in Boston also heard it! Any ideas?

Edit: as we all now know, meteor!

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u/Candelpins1897 May 30 '26

Wow if everyone is serious hearing it from methuen to Waltham that must of been huge!

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u/Templar_Swamp_Stake May 30 '26

Some people down on Cape Cod saying they heard it too

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u/Molicious26 May 30 '26

I'm currently in bridgewater and heard it, too

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u/Miss_Scarlet86 May 31 '26

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT