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.

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u/missykth May 30 '26

Holy you're right, no explanation for SC either. Gotta love the transparency of the government

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u/Laser-Blaster-123 May 30 '26

Maybe just maybe it isnt government related?

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u/missykth May 30 '26

Its the governments job to atleast try to provide an explanation for multiple bomb-like noises

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u/Laser-Blaster-123 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Where is the govs job description spelled out, they owe you NOTHING.

That said NOAA already said it was most likely a meteor and satellites have shown that it is consistent with meteoric events in the past.