A bright fireball that was spotted Saturday afternoon in the skies over southeastern Texas was confirmed to be a meteor that likely broke apart over the Houston area, according to NASA. Eyewitness accounts in the greater Houston area — including footage from a doorbell camera, a car’s dashboard camera and video captured during a Little … Read more
An asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over multiple states and lit up the sky, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion. Mark Strassmann reports. Source link
A meteor was seen streaking across the sky in multiple states, including Pennsylvania and Ohio, officials said. Some residents reported hearing a loud boom or explosion when the asteroid, traveling at 45,000 miles per hour, fragmented and caused a pressure wave that reached the ground, NASA said. Source link
A thunderous boom heard and felt widely across northeastern Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning was likely the result of a meteor. Area residents took to social media, describing what they heard as “the loudest boom,” “a few sonic booms” and “rumbling.” Others reported seeing a fireball and a bright streak flash across … Read more
A loud boom heard over Cleveland was likely “a result of a meteor,” the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO. One person told WOIO that the boom shook their whole house. The sound was heard as far as New York, WOIO said. … Read more