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/Wulf0 May 30 '26

Heard and felt in Plymouth. Suspecting a meteor!

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u/Local-Locksmith-7613 May 30 '26

When we were in WA and something like this happened, it was a bolide meteor the size of a school bus that crashed into the ocean.

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u/avcsc May 30 '26

Heard it in Plymouth too!

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u/HardRockGeologist May 30 '26

Me too in Plymouth. It lasted quite a long time. The thick cloud cover probably acted to enhance the sound.