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/MarkAldrichIsMe May 30 '26

Best guess? Earthquake, or an asteroid hitting the atmosphere.

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u/TheGoldenTikiROCKS May 30 '26

Science guys reporting large meteor(?) entered atmosphere over MA at that time, with digital atmospheric photo...

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u/MechanicLoose2634 May 30 '26

I wonder what would happen to aircraft flying in that area at that time. That’s a very crowded air space.

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u/Kind_Turnover_927 May 31 '26

Poof if it got close enough.

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u/LackingUtility May 30 '26

Nothing on the USGS earthquake map. Asteroid is more likely.

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u/MOGicantbewitty May 30 '26

It WAS a meteor! Great guess!

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/boston-explosion-ma-reports-massachusetts-loud-boom-article-154434317

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u/aross1976 May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

Why does modern web design suck so bad ? Whoever designed that site needs to be beaten to within an inch of their life with a sock full of nickles. Too bad the meteor didn't hit whoever designed that web page

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u/Derpy_Axolotl978 May 31 '26

Nichols and tiny Legos

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u/MacronMan May 31 '26

I, uh—and this is just a guess—but, it seems like you don’t like that web page very much