Many home security cameras picked up the image of an object falling to earth, disappearing in a flash… and some say they heard a loud boom.

Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.

NASA has confirmed that a bright fireball meteor exploded in the sky over New England on Saturday (May 30), releasing the equivalent energy of about 230 tons of TNT and generating a sonic boom heard across multiple U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

Residents reported a sharp boom and shaking homes after a meteor fragmented high over New England, NASA said.

That loud boom and bright flash that woke many across Western New York early Wednesday? Scientists say it came from space.

A meteor exploded over New England Saturday afternoon, creating a daytime fireball and a massive “double boom” that shook local homes. The American Meteor Society reported the space rock puncture the atmosphere around 2:30 p.

Learn more about the meteor that caused a mysterious double boom across parts of New England, with reports stretching from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to Québec and Ontario. A meteor about 3 feet wide entered the atmosphere over New England on the ...

The American Meteor Society said a boom heard by residents in multiple states Saturday afternoon was a 3-foot wide meteor entering the atmosphere near the Massachusetts and New Hampshire border.