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sheshe2

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4. 25K-160K Miles per hour.

Reply to surfered (Reply #3)

Sat May 30, 2026, 08:23 PM

16 hrs ago

WBZTV in Boston posted on its Instagram account that meteors cause a sonic boom because, "They enter Earth's atmosphere at anywhere from 25,000 to 160,000 miles per hour, and larger space rocks can travel deep enough to create pressure waves."

The station's meteorologist Eric Fisher posted about the blast on his Instagram account. "CONFIRMED: Meteor exploding on entry caused that big boom across the Boston area Saturday afternoon!"

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/05/30/massachusetts-boston-meteor/7311780174098/

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I posted about this earlier, we heard it.

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Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal [View all] BigmanPigman 18 hrs ago OP

And I'm watching meteor movies...... Lovie777 18 hrs ago #1

I was just reading articles about meteors BigmanPigman 18 hrs ago #2

It's scary that a 3' wide one would cause shaking. An asteroid would be more than problematic. surfered 17 hrs ago #3

25K-160K Miles per hour. sheshe2 16 hrs ago #4

Yikes! calimary 8 hrs ago #9

3 feet is a really big one. BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #6

If I had heard that in our area, I would have said "Meh, just blowing up old munitions out on the Arsenal". eppur_se_muova 16 hrs ago #5

It's aliens Polybius 15 hrs ago #7

Aliens are too smart to decide to come to the USA while tRump is still alive. BigmanPigman 15 hrs ago #8

We need a ballroom to protect us. twodogsbarking 4 hrs ago #10

It was most likely the meteor... GiqueCee 3 hrs ago #11

I've listened to the air traffic controllers and pilots' tapes from 9/11 BigmanPigman 3 hrs ago #12

Build one of those Trump ballroom domes over all of New England and eliminate Bengus81 2 hrs ago #13