NASA Pinpoints 3-Foot Meteorite in Cape Cod Bay After 2:11 p.m. Massachusetts Boom
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Updated · WCVB Boston · May 31
NASA Pinpoints 3-Foot Meteorite in Cape Cod Bay After 2:11 p.m. Massachusetts Boom
4 articles · Updated · WCVB Boston · May 31
NASA said the object behind Saturday’s boom over Massachusetts may have landed in central Cape Cod Bay, narrowing the likely impact area with National Weather Service radar.
A roughly 3-foot object that survives the atmosphere becomes a meteorite, and NASA said the bay’s depth there is only about 100 feet, making recovery conceivable if magnetic fragments remain.
Reports came from Delaware to Montreal, with witnesses describing a double boom, shaking ground and a brief daytime fireball; cameras across Massachusetts captured the sound at about 2:11 p.m.
NOAA’s GOES-19 lightning mapper also showed a burst over the Massachusetts coast at roughly the same time, adding evidence to the meteorite explanation.
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