Mysterious loud boom rattles New England region

People across New England reported hearing a mysterious extremely loud boom on Saturday afternoon, which NASA now says was caused by a “fireball” breaking up over Massachusetts. It comes less than 48 hours after a similar sound stumped residents across South Carolina. NBC News’ Aaron Gilchrist reports.

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