US EditionSuspected Meteorite Crashes Through Houston Home After Fireball Lights Up Texas Sky
A meteor weighing about one ton created a pressure wave equivalent to 26 tons of TNT and may have struck a Houston home, causing damage but no injuries.
- On Saturday, March 21, 2026, NASA confirmed a meteor broke apart over Southeast Texas after moving southeast at 35,000 mph and fragmenting about 49 miles above Stagecoach.
- Witnesses said at about 4:40 p.m. CDT, a fireball appeared and the boom lasted between 1.5 and 7.5 seconds, despite clear skies.
- Local newsrooms received reports pouring in from Katy, Cypress and Pearland, while the American Meteor Society logged more than 100 reports of the fireball event.
- Ponderosa Fire Chief Fred Windisch and responding crews, including Fire Captain Tyler Ellingham, said they found an 'unusual rock' that may be debris from a possible meteorite that crashed through a home’s roof.
- The National Weather Service said a satellite product detected a possible meteor as local crews checked explosions, while NASA said fragmentation of an object weighing about a ton with a diameter of 3 feet caused pressure waves creating loud booms.
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HOUSTON, Texas — A suspected meteorite crashed into a suburban home Saturday night after a bright fireball and loud boom were reported across the Houston area, according to residents and officials. Local resident Sherrie James said her grandson discovered a hole in the ceiling before finding a rock inside the home, initially raising concerns it may have fallen from an aircraft. Authorities later indicated the object was likely linked to a meteor…
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A FIREBALL soaring through the sky at 35,000mph turned into a meteorite and smashed into a woman's home. The meteorite crashed into the property belonging to Sherrie James in Houston, Texas, on Saturday night. It ripped through the roof and top two stories of the home before landing in the…
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