Its speed hit 75,000 mph (120,700 km/h). It broke up at an altitude of 40 miles (64.3 km) above northeast Massachusetts/southeast New Hampshire.
The fireball was a natural object, not space debris or a satellite re-entry.
Its loud booms heard across the region due to the energy release.
NASA emphasized that the fireball’s fragmentation was a natural astronomical event. Such fireballs occur when meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at high velocity, releasing immense energy upon disintegration.