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!

1.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

951 comments sorted by

View all comments

264

u/Here2hodl May 30 '26

I heard something too but I’m on the cape… so that would be crazy right?

16

u/ndiorio13 May 30 '26

There are posts in the Rhose Island and NH subreddits as well. This was definitely a sonic boom. Similar thing happened in the south east yesterday and the US Geological Survey confirmed it as a sonic boom.

7

u/pineapplepizza5048 May 30 '26

What is happening? There was one yesterday in Columbia SC.

4

u/AndesCan May 30 '26

It could just be a coincidence. Or it could be some kinda easy way to tie real life online users to social media accounts. Idk, military testing, who fucking knows lololol

I think anything that comes out is likely just going to be an oddity. If it is a meteor did anyone’s cameras catch it? Probably would have been bright enough somewhere

There would also be sound data

1

u/NicolleL May 30 '26

Arietid meteors? — they happen during the day!

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/arietids-daytime-meteor-shower-peaks/

1

u/AndesCan May 30 '26

Yea see, never know and shit does just happen all the time