Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.

The USGS noted the event was a "widely felt sonic boom from a suspected bolide," referring to a meteor that explodes in the atmosphere.

What Was That Boom? Meteor Over Massachusetts Triggers Explosion Reports Across Northeast ...

A meteor exploded just off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom, Saturday. Meteorologists have said a loud blast was likely a meteor.

A loud boom that rattled homes across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and parts of New Hampshire on Saturday ...

It sounded like an explosion. For some, it felt like one. Just after 2 p.m. on May 30, residents across Massachusetts—and well beyond—were jolted by a sudden, thunderous boom that rattled homes and ...

Reports of an explosion from people across New England Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and ...

Attleboro area police departments and regional public safety dispatch centers fielded numerous calls from worried and curious ...

Adam Lark, a physics professor at Hamilton College and director of the Peters Observatory, said it was a meteor exploding in ...

A loud boom was heard across Southern New England Saturday afternoon.

The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor, according to meteorologist Danielle Noyes. Now it's up to NASA to confirm ...