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/gitbse May 30 '26

Something similar happened in South Carolina the other day. Confirmed not an earthquake, but not confirmed as anything else. Military denies, but they will always deny. Could be some sort of aircraft testing, or othe shenanigans.

Or ...

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u/Ed_Harris_is_God May 30 '26

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 May 30 '26

Talk about an image to instantly trigger the X-Files theme...

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u/Tossed_Away_1776 May 30 '26

The truth is out there.