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Rare Meteorite Rain Shocks Maine with Sonic Boom
3/7/2025
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- On February 21, 2023, the skies over Washington County, Maine, erupted with excitement as meteorites rained down, accompanied by a stunning green flash and a thunderous sonic boom. Radar tracked several small meteorites, weighing up to two pounds, landing near Codyville. This remarkable event marks Maine's second radar-observed meteorite fall, following the first in 2021.
