Florida Rocket Fireball Erupts Into Giant Mushroom Cloud After Mysterious Boom Shakes the Southeast

A rocket explosion in Florida and a mysterious sonic boom across the Southeast US created confusion and speculation, with no confirmed link between the two dramatic events.
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Massive boom over US was a meteor explosion as powerful as 300 tons of TNT, NASA confirms

Footage from a satellite confirmed that a May 30 sonic boom heard over the northeastern US was from a meteor, NASA stated.