For a few seconds on Saturday afternoon, people across the northeastern U.S. heard a loud explosion and felt buildings shake.

U.S. Geological Survey says the alarming sound that rocked the Boston area Saturday was a sonic boom caused by a meteor.

At 5:24 p.m. May 28, a great many people in the Columbia area heard a loud boom and felt the structures they were in shake.

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The New England event came just days after a bright meteor was reported over Western New York during the early morning hours of May 27.

A fiery object disintegrated as it fell off the Boston coast, causing sonic booms heard across Massachusetts and reports of ...

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A meteor traveling about 75,000 mph caused a loud boom across New England on Saturday, according to NASA. Officials say it ...