{"id":215229,"date":"2026-03-22T08:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215229\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:29:19","slug":"suspected-meteorite-crashes-into-houston-womans-home-amid-citywide-reports-of-boom-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215229\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston woman’s home amid citywide reports of ‘boom’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Social media was buzzing with reports of a loud noise and shaking houses.<\/p>\n

A woman notified FOX 26 of a potential meteorite that broke through her roof.<\/p>\n

NASA is not confirming reports of a meteor at this time.<\/p>\n

HOUSTON – Following reports of a loud “boom”<\/a> and houses shaking the Houston area on Saturday, a woman says a potential piece of the answer may have been what crashed through her roof.<\/p>\n

Potential meteorite in Houston woman’s home<\/p>\n

What they’re saying<\/p>\n

Social media was buzzing with questions about a noise sounding like thunder or an explosion shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Brenham Fire Department said<\/a> they responded to reports of a possible explosion, but they did not find proof that one happened.<\/p>\n

Some speculated whether the noise came from a meteor or a sonic boom.<\/p>\n

As the questions continued, a woman contacted FOX 26 claiming a meteorite crashed through her roof. Sherrie James says she contacted the Ponderosa Fire Department for help.<\/p>\n

Fire Captain Tyler Ellingham confirmed that he responded to James’ call. The captain’s team found what they say is an unusual rock.<\/p>\n

Since there was no construction or trees nearby, the fire department believes the rock is a part of the alleged meteor that was heard around Houston.<\/p>\n

FOX 26 has contacted NASA to confirm reports of a meteor, but they couldn’t confirm anything as of this report.<\/p>\n

This is a developing news report. We will update when any information is available.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Sherrie James and Ponderosa Fire Captain Tyler Ellingham.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Social media was buzzing with reports of a loud noise and shaking houses. A woman notified…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[84147,56,58,57,84148,84099,542,702],"class_list":["post-215229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-brenham-fire-department","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-loud-noise","tag-meteorite","tag-reports","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}