{"id":544562,"date":"2026-03-18T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544562\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T13:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:29:15","slug":"videos-over-200-reports-of-possible-meteor-over-southern-ontario-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544562\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEOS: Over 200 reports of possible meteor over southern Ontario, U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

A possible meteor was spotted over the Greater Toronto Area and in the U.S. on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

More than 200 people reported seeing a large \u201cfireball\u201d or hearing a boom around 9 a.m. yesterday, according to a report on the American Meteor Society\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The reports, some of which include videos, come from a swath of northern states including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Virginia, Illinois, and Ontario, including Mississauga, Burlington, Halton Hills, Toronto and Brampton.<\/p>\n

A National Weather Service Pittsburgh video captured the fireball streaking across a clear, blue sky.<\/p>\n

One of our employees, Jared Rackley, caught this morning\u2019s meteor on camera from the Pittsburgh area. pic.twitter.com\/2LdqOpChti<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) March 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

A video captured on Derry Road just off the Highway 410 exit in Brampton was posted on Reddit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMust\u2019ve been huge to be this visible in the daylight; it was even brighter in person,\u201d the post reads.<\/p>\n

St Patty\u2019s Meteor<\/a>
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u\/MarblesFromSpace<\/a> in
toronto<\/a><\/p>\n

Other reports on Reddit indicate the fireball was seen in Mississauga and as far away as Kingston.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaw it in the eastern sky around 9am, driving on the 401 near Mississauga (was close enough to the airport that it scared me for a second),\u201d one person wrote on Reddit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas looking at the horizon when driving on the 401 this morning when up in the sky near Wolf Island I saw a flaming object falling from the sky. Did anyone else see this???\u201d a person posting from Kingston wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

The possible meteor created a loud boom south of Lake Erie, according to the Weather Network.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Scientists estimate that about 48.5 tons (44 tonnes or 44,000 kilograms) of meteoritic material falls on Earth each day, NASA says on its website.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost all the material is vaporized in Earth\u2019s atmosphere, leaving a bright trail fondly called \u2018shooting stars,’\u201d NASA says.<\/p>\n

Lead photo: Screenshot of the National Weather Service Pittsburgh video<\/p>\n


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