Boom in Boston Area Puzzles Residents. There Are ‘Hints’ It Was a Meteorite.

A fireball reached 75,000 miles per hour before breaking up miles above New England, NASA said, causing a boom that alarmed residents. The incident followed a similar event in South Carolina.For the second time in a week, a loud boom has sounded on the East Coast. This time, on Saturday, it was in the Boston area.