NASA says the elephant-sized meteor that landed on New England is totally normal | Fortune

Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England

A 6-ton meteor five feet wide hit Cape Cod Bay Saturday at 42,000 mph, releasing energy equal to 230 tons of TNT with a double boom heard across New England. NASA confirmed natural space debris—not satellites—after dozens of witness reports flooded social networks and seismic monitoring centers across the region.