Meteor Explodes Over New England, Fragments May Have Fallen Into Cape Cod Bay

A three-foot-wide meteor exploded over New England on May 30, 2026, at 2:06 p.m. EDT, producing a loud boom heard from Delaware to Montreal. Detected by NOAA's GOES-19 satellite and NASA, the bolide broke apart 40 miles above northeast Massachusetts and southeast New Hampshire, traveling at 75,000 mph. The energy released was equivalent to 300 tons of TNT. Meteorites may have landed in Cape Cod Bay, an event NASA jokingly calls a 'fishy squisher.' The American Meteor Society's Robert Lunsford confirmed sightings. Witnesses in Melrose and Newtonville reported shaking houses and startled pets. NASA's Jennifer Dooren provided speed data. Smithsonian educator Shauna Edson explained the sound as air compression and rock fragmentation. This follows a March event where a seven-ton asteroid exploded over Ohio and a suspected meteorite hit a Texas home.