A meteor, detected by NASA moving at 35,000 mph over Houston, created sonic booms as it fragmented, with parts possibly hitting a Spring woman’s home.

HOUSTON — Many of you saw the bright light of a meteor over parts of the Houston area Saturday afternoon. Others heard a loud boom.

Now, one woman says a piece of it may have crashed into her home.

Sherrie James, who lives in the Spring area, told KHOU 11 an apparent meteorite fragment came bursting through her ceiling and into an upstairs bedroom.

James said the object tore through the roof, punched a hole in the ceiling, then bounced off the floor, ricocheted back into the ceiling, and landed near a TV.

“We heard a big boom,” James said. “My grandson went to check and said there was a hole in the ceiling… then I saw the rock, and I thought, ‘that looks like a meteor.’”

James said she called the fire department, which initially considered whether the object could have fallen from a plane. But minutes later, crews told her there were reports of a meteor breaking apart over north Houston.

Despite the damage, no one was hurt. James said if anyone had been in the room, the outcome could have been much worse.

“I’m very excited to get this, but a little scared,” she said. “I think this is what it is, and I’m definitely going to keep it.”

We reached out to the National Weather Service, which said one of its satellite products detected what could have been a meteor or meteorite.

NASA also confirmed a meteor was seen over the area Saturday. According to a social media post, it became visible over Stagecoach before moving southeast at about 35,000 miles per hour and breaking apart west of Cypress Station.

#MeteorSighting: Eyewitnesses in Texas observed a bright fireball today, March 21, at 4:40 p.m. CDT. Current data indicates that the meteor became visible at 49 miles above Stagecoach, northwest of Houston. It moved southeast at 35,000 mph, breaking apart 29 miles above Bammel,… pic.twitter.com/nTXroI89XI

— NASA Space Alerts (@NASASpaceAlerts) March 22, 2026

NASA said the meteor, estimated to be about a ton and roughly three feet in diameter, fragmented in the atmosphere, creating a pressure wave that caused booms heard across the region.

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