The East Coast has been absolutely rocked by a meteor that exploded mid-air. As reported by CBS News Boston, the meteor apparently exploded off the coast of Massachusetts on Saturday, May 30.
While no property damage has been reported, there were still profound effects because of it. The meteor smashed into the atmosphere at around 2:11 pm local time, causing a massive boom that could be heard as far away as Rhode Island and also southeast Canada.
The meteor was witnessed by people around the Northeast. Clips on social media even show the meteor growing into a blazing fireball.
We're not sure where the meteor ended up. What we do know is that it probably came in around the South Shore near Boston. That's backed up by satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Reactions to the Meteor on Social Media Are Hilarious
Of course, people took to social media to report what happened.
One poster wrote, "My house shook, I thought a bomb exploded on my street. Alarm clock fell off the table. I'm in North Providence, RI." Sounds scary, right?
Another wrote, "I was in Kingston MA which is prob the closest land area from that spot. It was very loud I thought a plane was crashing or it was thunder but heard no thunder before or after it so it couldn't have been that."
Others seemed to take a more humorous approach to the whole situation, with one commenter posting a GIF from Ancient Aliens that says, "I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens."
Meteor Strikes Are More Common Than You Think
While these strikes are more common than you'd think, this one certainly has had the biggest reaction in recent months.
As we reported back in March, there was a similar meteor that broke up into pieces over Ohio and Pennsylvania. This one also made a pretty big noise, which startled people.
But the circumstances of the noise might have been different. While NASA said the March meteor caused a massive noise because of a "pressure wave" when it broke apart, meteorologists aren't sure about the cause of the noise for this one—it could be for a number of reasons.
