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Meteor Over New England Triggers Boom Equal to 300 Tons of TNT

Learn more about the meteor that caused a mysterious double boom across parts of New England, with reports stretching from ...

Was That an Alien Invasion? No, Just a Falling Rock, NASA Says.

A fireball reached 75,000 miles per hour before breaking up miles above New England, NASA said, causing a boom that alarmed ...

Did you hear it? Residents throughout New England report loud explosion

Residents from New Hampshire down to Rhode Island heard a loud boom, some even reporting their entire house shaking.
Lohud.com, Westchester County on MSN

Days after New York fireball, another meteor explodes over Northeast

The New England event came just days after a bright meteor was reported over New York.
NBC New York

Mysterious sonic boom heard across Massachusetts was a meteor, experts say

NBC Boston meteorologist Pamela Gardner says it was likely a meteorite entering and exploding in our atmosphere. “There’s a satellite lighting detection around Boston -but no lightning! No earthquakes ...