Saturday’s Meteorite Was ‘Fishy Squisher’ And NASA Knows Where To Find It In Cape Cod Bay

CAPE COD, MA — The meteorite that on Saturday slammed into the atmosphere above eastern Massachusetts at 75,000 mph, creating a sonic boom heard throughout New England, is now at the bottom of Cape Cod Bay.

Data from NASA suggest fragments of the fallen space traveler lie in waters from the middle of the bay to about 10 miles northeast of Sandwich.

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The agency said late Saturday it picked up radar signatures of the fragments from four radar sites, and termed the strike a “fishy squisher.”

The entire “bolide” – a more technical name describing some interstellar shrapnel, in this case about 3 feet wide before it broke up – landed in the ocean.

Water in the bombarded portion of Cape Cod Bay is about 100 feet deep.

“Most meteorites are strongly attracted to a magnet, and these ones are within reach of a 100-foot length of rope dangled off of a boat,” NASA wrote in a statement, “in case anyone is interested in such factoids.”

The meteorite entered Earth’s atmosphere about 40 miles above the Bay State and southern New Hampshire, creating the sonic boom – and public alarm in many communities – around 2:11 p.m. Saturday.

Massachusetts residents described a sudden bang that rattled windows and even shook some homes, CBS Boston reported.