{"id":541802,"date":"2026-03-24T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541802\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:09:10","slug":"see-it-third-meteor-sighting-in-one-week-across-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541802\/","title":{"rendered":"See it: Third meteor sighting in one week across the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A meteor lit up the sky over Palo Alto, California, while a driver was on the road on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">CHOWCHILLA, Calif. \u2013 Skywatchers across the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">U.S.<\/a> witnessed a third <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/search?q=meteor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">meteor<\/a> streaking across the sky within a week&#8217;s span.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Meteor Society<\/a>, well over 200 eyewitnesses across <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California<\/a>, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nevada<\/a> and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arizona<\/a> reported seeing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/search?q=fireball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fireball<\/a> hurl through the night sky on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/see-it-meteor-caught-camera-streaking-over-pittsburgh-appears-cause-loud-boom-across-ohio-valley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SEE IT: METEOR CAUGHT ON CAMERA STREAKING OVER PITTSBURGH, REPORTS OF LOUD BOOM ACROSS OHIO VALLEY<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The meteor was first spotted 49 miles above <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/california\/chowchilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chowchilla<\/a>, California, moving south at 35,000 mph, and traveling 58 miles before disintegrating above\u00a0<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/california\/colfax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Colfax<\/a>\u00a0at about 29 miles in the sky.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">This comes after eyewitnesses in both <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Houston<\/a> and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh<\/a> also observed a fiery space rock hurling through the sky this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A meteor was caught on camera streaking across the sky in Lago Vista, Texas, on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASA<\/a>, data indicates one of the objects became visible about 49 miles above Stagecoach, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Texas<\/a>, on Saturday, northwest of\u00a0<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/texas\/houston\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a>, traveling at around the same speed as the meteor observed in the west on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The meteor spotted streaking across the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh<\/a> morning sky early on Tuesday looked almost like a missile shooting through the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/atmosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">atmosphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/nasa-hubble-space-telescope-rare-proof-comet-breaking-apart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WATCH: NASA&#8217;S HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE CAPTURES RARE PROOF OF COMET BREAKING APART<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The fireball was initially observed over Lake Erie, moving at about 40,000 mph before traveling over 34 miles and breaking apart, according to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/nasa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Both meteors spotted in the Pittsburgh and Houston areas produced loud booms.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/meteor-lights-up-texas-sky-amid-reports-flash-loud-boom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">METEOR LIGHTS UP TEXAS SKY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AND PRODUCES LOUD BOOM HEARD BY MANY<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Neither of the prior meteor events is related to the latest fireball streaking across California this weekend. NASA notes that the meteor that the most recent meteor had a different radiant and speed.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to NASA, meteors are bits of rocks and ice ejected from comets as they move in their orbits around the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_earth-space_article_main-content_article-body_2_23\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sun<\/a>. A meteor that reaches the ground is called a meteorite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A meteor lit up the sky over Palo Alto, California, while a driver was on the road on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1017,2356,230004,718,1058,3234,79,193,953,230006,1022,3324,22192],"class_list":["post-541802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-arizona","tag-california","tag-earth-space","tag-nasa","tag-nevada","tag-pennsylvania","tag-science","tag-space","tag-space-weather","tag-stay22","tag-texas","tag-utah","tag-west"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}