NEW YORK - A large bang heard over central New York on Wednesday afternoon was likely caused by the sonic boom from a meteor falling to the earth.
The American Meteor Society received nearly 100 reports about a fireball from Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennslyvania, and Virginia as well as Ontario, Canada.A meteor streaking through the sky caused the loud boom and flash just after noon Eastern time, American Meteor Society's Robert Lunsford told Syracuse.com."Loud, far-reaching booms happen when meteors rip through the atmosphere," Lunsford said.EarthCam cameras in Ontario captured video of the flash as well as an unidentified object moving across the sky."A camera mounted to the CN Tower in Toronto caught what was presumably a.