Boston residents have been left petrified after a loud boom rattled their homes Saturday with police probing the ‘bizarre’ incident.
Residents heard a ‘loud bang’ that shook buildings on Saturday around 2pm.
The cause of the bang is currently under investigation, with the initial reports saying it may have come from the Brighton area, a Boston Police Department spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
‘I don’t know [what it is],’ the spokesperson said. ‘I’m getting tons of calls.
‘It’s kind of bizarre.’
Officers have been dispatched to the Brighton area, and an active investigation is ongoing, police told the Daily Mail.
Currently, authorities do not believe there is any active threat to civilians.
An Iowa meteorologist, Nick Stewart, has speculated that the boom could have been a meteor entering the atmosphere, as NOAA’s geostationary lighting mapper indicated a flash at the exact time of the boom.
Boston residents have been left petrified after their homes rattled after a loud, mysterious boom, as police are probing the ‘bizarre’ incident after an influx in 911 calls
Dashcam footage posted to social media picked up on the loud sound that frightened residents
‘The flash density product really shows this anomalous “flash” which is pretty distinctive of a bolide/meteor reentry, Stewart wrote on X.
‘This is the likely source of the loud boom/explosion.’
Although Boston is currently getting rain, Stewart said the flash ‘does not correlate with active thunderstorms.’
Police have not confirmed the loud sound was caused by a meteor.
Many social media users said it sounded like an ‘explosion.’ However, no smoke or fires have been detected.
Dashcam footage posted to social media picked up on the loud sound that frightened residents.
‘My cat and I both jumped up! Scared the bejeezus outa both of us!!’ a Facebook user said. ‘I thought a tree fell on my house, but I went outside and didn’t see anything.’
‘I assumed it was thunder, but now I wonder,’ another wrote.
‘I thought my house was exploding. I ran outside,’ a third wrote.
This is a developing story, please check back for updates.
