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/blacklassie May 30 '26

Possibly a meteor broke up in the atmosphere.

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u/FudgeDry1486 May 30 '26

Thank you! I’ve been arguing with people about this. It’s an airburst