{"id":215598,"date":"2026-03-22T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T16:47:20","slug":"meteor-lights-up-texas-sky-in-broad-daylight-and-produces-loud-boom-heard-by-many","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215598\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor lights up Texas sky in broad daylight and produces loud boom heard by many"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON, Texas \u2014 Residents across East Texas<\/a> were caught by surprise on Saturday as a meteor streaked across the sky, accompanied by reports of a loud boom.<\/p>\n

NASA later confirmed on X that the fireball blazed across the sky around 4:40 p.m. CDT on March 21.<\/p>\n

See It: Meteor Caught On Camera Streaking Over Pittsburgh, Reports Of Loud Boom Across Ohio Valley<\/a><\/p>\n

This comes less than a week after a bright meteor blazed across the Ohio<\/a> skies on March 17, with reports of visibility in Delaware<\/a>, Indiana<\/a>, Illinois<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a>, Maryland<\/a>, Michigan<\/a>, New York<\/a>, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to NASA, data indicates the object became visible about 49 miles above Stagecoach, northwest of Houston<\/a>, traveling southeast<\/a> at roughly 35,000 mph, and disintegrated around 29 miles above Bammel, near Cypress<\/a> Station.<\/p>\n

Estimated at one ton in mass and three feet in diameter, the meteor\u2019s breakup created a pressure wave that produced audible booms, according to Nasa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch: Rare Meteor Explosion Caught On Camera<\/a><\/p>\n

NASA said the resulting fireball released an amount of energy equivalent to 26 tons of TNT into the atmosphere<\/a>. NASA’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science<\/a> department provided a map of where meteorites may have landed.<\/p>\n

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An estimate of where meteorites landed in Texas on March 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

(FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

Meteors<\/a> streak through the sky at tens of thousands of miles per hour, far exceeding the speed of sound, and whether a sonic boom is heard on the ground depends on their size and altitude.<\/p>\n

How To Watch Fox Weather<\/a><\/p>\n

Nasa<\/a> reported that Doppler radar detected fragments of the meteorites produced between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing, and a local woman told FOX Weather that one of the meteorites crashed through the roof of her Houston home.<\/p>\n

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A possible meteorite crashed into a woman’s home in Houston, Texas, on March 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

Sherrie James shared photos of the possible meteorite in a plastic bag, appearing to be the size of her palm.<\/p>\n

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