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Mike Hankey via American Meteor Society<\/p>\n

This photo shared on the American Meteor Society website shows an apparent meteor in the Houston-area sky on the afternoon of March 21, 2026.<\/p>\n

If you heard a loud boom in the Houston area late Saturday afternoon, it was a meteor shooting across the sky, according to NASA.<\/p>\n

The federal space agency, citing eyewitness accounts reported by members of the American Meteor Society<\/a>, wrote in a social media post<\/a> that a \u201cbright fireball\u201d was visible above parts of the region at about 4:40 p.m. Saturday. NASA says it was a meteor that became visible about 50 miles above Stagecoach, a small town northwest of Houston.<\/p>\n

The space rock zoomed across the sky to the southeast at 35,000 miles per hour, according to NASA, which says it broke apart about 30 miles above the Bammel area.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fragmentation of the meteor \u2013 which weighed about a ton with a diameter of 3 feet \u2013 created a pressure wave that caused booms heard by some in the area,\u201d NASA wrote in its post.<\/p>\n

#MeteorSighting<\/a>: 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<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NASA Space Alerts (@NASASpaceAlerts) March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Weather radar showed meteorites, which are broken-up pieces of a meteor, between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing, according to NASA.<\/p>\n

A meteorite crashed through the roof of a Houston-area home<\/a>, according to multiple local news reports. <\/p>\n

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