For Connecticut residents, the event was a reminder that dramatic sky events over New England can be regional even when the loudest impacts are felt elsewhere. Connecticut State Police reported no official boom calls, but the fireball was part of the same broader weather-and-sky system being watched across southern New England on a stormy Saturday.

A spectacular meteor explosion lit up the skies off the Massachusetts coast Saturday afternoon, unleashing a powerful sonic boom felt across the state and even into Rhode Island. Satellite data pinpointed the meteor's atmospheric entry near Boston,

Many home security cameras picked up the image of an object falling to earth, disappearing in a flash… and some say they heard a loud boom.