This satellite image taken on Saturday shows a meteor exploding in the atmosphere over north-eastern Massachusetts and south-eastern New Hampshire.Photograph: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA/NESDIS)/AFP/Getty Images
A meteor over Massachusetts during the weekend ultimately prompted reports of booms and sightings across New England into Canada.
The American Meteor Society said that the meteor in question was about 3ft (1 meter) wide as it entered the atmosphere around the New Hampshire border with Massachusetts, north of Boston.
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