Meteor Boston: 5 Shocking Things About the Fireball That Lit Up the Sky Tonight
- The fireball was spotted at 12:15 a.m. ET, with witnesses across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire reporting a blinding flash and a loud, window-rattling sonic boom.
- NASA confirmed the "meteor boston" event was a slow-moving fireball traveling at 34,000 mph, burning up 35 miles above Somerville, likely leaving meteorites scattered near the Blue Hills Reservation.
- One resident’s doorbell camera captured the exact moment the meteor exploded in a green flash, instantly melting snow on the porch and causing a car alarm to trigger three blocks away.
- The meteor was roughly the size of a washing machine, but experts say it broke apart with the force of 10 tons of TNT, creating a shockwave felt from Back Bay to Cape Ann.
- If you find a black, crusty rock with a metallic sheen in your yard, don’t touch it—local universities are offering $1,000 for the first confirmed meteorite from this "meteor boston" fall.