It’s being reported that a meteorite struck in Boston amid reports of an explosion. Meteorologists are saying that satellite images show a flashpoint indicating it was indeed a meteorite.
Here’s the news:
Reports of an explosion hears around Boston I believe are going to be a rather significant bolide/meteor entering the atmosphere. Very large "flash" detected by GOES-19 GLM that does not correlate with active thunderstorms. #MAwx pic.twitter.com/EHKVxCc2vU
— Nick Stewart (@NStewWX) May 30, 2026
Here you go folks. Definitely a meteor causing that big boom! @wbz https://t.co/FaqrKd1PtM
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) May 30, 2026
The flash density product really shows this anomalous "flash" which is pretty distinctive of a bolide/meteor reentry. east of Boston. This is the likely source of the loud boom/explosion. pic.twitter.com/ka5b9KfiQ7
— Nick Stewart (@NStewWX) May 30, 2026
You can hear the explosion in the video below:
Another video of the explosion, possibly from a meteor entering and burning up in atmosphere, heard earlier throughout Boston and other areas of Eastern Massachusetts. pic.twitter.com/DxuGfPxmtG
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 30, 2026