A meteor exploded off the coast of Massachusetts, causing a loud boom to be heard throughout the state and as far as Rhode Island on Saturday.According to preliminary reports submitted to the American Meteor Society, dozens of people across the Northeast reported seeing the fireball around 2 p.m. Saturday.

🚨NOW: METEOR EXPLOSION TRIGGERS MASSIVE BOOM ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS A thunderous explosion heard across eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Saturday has been linked to a bolide meteor that exploded high in the atmosphere off the Massachusetts coast.GOES-19 satellite data detected a powerful flash with no associated storm activity, while preliminary flash-density analysis points to a meteor breakup east of Boston. The resulting shockwave was strong enough to be heard and felt across multiple