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Tuesday morning boom over New York may have been a “daylight fireball” meteor

After people in NYC reported a large boom at around 11:17AM that some attributed to military weapons tests, NASA Meteor Watch reports it was actually a meteor. With more reports collected from eyewitnesses, its latest update says the space rock’s path took it west over New Jersey at 38,000 miles per hour.

Map of New York City with arrow showing the estimated path of the meteor moving west.
Image: NASA Meteor Watch (Facebook)
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