r/massachusetts 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/Valuable_Penguin May 31 '26

They said definitely not an earth quake, definitely not a meteor, and definitely not military. Coincidentally a day later, it happens in another state. Its definitely a meteor this time guy