East Coast rocked by sonic boom as meteorologist reveals cause

A sonic boom that left people across New England looking to the sky was likely a meteor, according to meteorologists.

Police departments in Massachusetts began receiving calls Saturday afternoon of a loud boom coming from the sky.

The source of the sound was likely a meteor or a bolide, which is a meteor that explodes in the Earth’s atmosphere, according to NBC 10 meteorologist Pamela Gardner…

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