A video sent in by a CP24 viewer shows a meteorite over Mississauga. Astronomer Ethen Sun says this was a classic ‘fireball meteor.’
A meteor that caused a large boom in Ohio Tuesday morning was spotted as far away as Mississauga, where it was caught on a driver’s dashcam.
In the footage shared with CP24, a bright streak appears across the sky, and seconds later, a flash of light is seen as it hurtles through the atmosphere.
According to the CP24 viewer, they were driving on The Queensway near Camilla Road when they saw the fireball.
“It’s definitely your classic fireball meteor. Very exciting to see. Bright enough to be visible during the daytime. That doesn’t happen very often,” said Ethen Sun, an astronomer at the University of Toronto.
“This happens somewhere on Earth about 10 times a year,” he added.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) confirmed that the fireball was caused by a small asteroid nearly 6 feet in diameter and weighing seven tons (6,350.29 kilograms).
#MeteorSighting: A very bright daylight fireball was observed by witnesses from the northeast U.S. and Canada this morning, March 17. An analysis of currently available data places first visibility of the meteor above Lake Erie. The fireball – caused by a small asteroid nearly 6… pic.twitter.com/RREY3TeZ8F
— NASA Space Alerts (@NASASpaceAlerts) March 17, 2026
NASA said the currently available data suggests the meteor was first seen above Lake Erie.
It moved southeast at 45,000 mph (72,420 kilometres per hour) before “fragmenting” over Valley City in Ohio.
“The fragments continued on to the south, producing meteorites in the vicinity of Medina County, Ohio,” NASA said in its social media post.
No fragments have been found yet.
According to the American Meteor Society, it received many eyewitness reports from Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ontario. Witnesses reported seeing the fireball shortly before 9 a.m.
“The asteroid unleashed an energy of 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented, resulting in a pressure wave which propagated to the ground, causing the booms and explosive noises heard by many of the public. It may have also shook houses north of Medina,” NASA said.
With files from The Associated Press