NASA has confirmed that the fireball spotted over Houston, Texas was indeed a meteor. Eyewitnesses reportedly noticed a bright streak across the sky followed by a loud boom as the object exploded before vanishing. The fireball was spotted around 4:40 pm local time on March 21 and according to NASA, it was moving at a speed of 56,327 km per hour before breaking apart about 46 kilometres above the Bammel region in Houston.
#MeteorSighting: 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
— NASA Space Alerts (@NASASpaceAlerts) March 22, 2026
“The fragmentation of the meteor – which weighed about a ton with a diameter of 3 feet – created a pressure wave that caused booms heard by some in the area. Doppler weather radar also showed meteorites produced between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing,” the space agency posted on X.
Several videos have surfaced on social media featuring the meteor streaking across the sky and disappearing with a bright flash.
AVISO ☄️
Bólido, posible meteorito, explota sobre el lado oeste de Houston, Texas, EEUU 🇺🇸
Fuerte estruendo y vibración de ventanas, después de que un brillante meteoro cruzara los cielos de Houston. Un satélite para la detección de rayos, captó el destello.
Fuente: KHOU/… pic.twitter.com/kEtCzcpmOo— Geól. Sergio Almazán (@chematierra) March 22, 2026
☄️ Meteor over Texas!! A livestream of a little league baseball game in East Bernard, TX, captured the meteor soaring through the sky! pic.twitter.com/igf51N8jlw
— Gage Goulding – KPRC 2 (@GageGoulding) March 22, 2026
CBS News reported that a house was struck by a piece of rock before NASA’s confirmation. It is now believed that the rock was most likely a meteorite – remains of a meteor that survive the atmospheric entry and land on Earth. The tiny piece of rock tore through the roof and reportedly ended up in the kitchen.
According to MyRadar Weather, the GOES East geostationary satellite’s lightning mapper picked up the infrared flash that accompanied the explosion.
BREAKING: We can confirm that a meteor exploded over Houston just before 4:40 p.m. Central time.
The GOES East geostationary lightning mapper picked up the infrared flash that accompanied the explosion. A boom was heard across the northern/northwestern Houston metro. There are… pic.twitter.com/QPfXOrvtGQ
— MyRadar Weather (@MyRadarWX) March 22, 2026
The latest sighting comes just a week after another massive meteor was seen over multiple US states. Weighing about 7 tons, the meteor was another rare daylight fireball. It measured about 1.8-metre wide and was spotted over Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, New York, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Delaware.
Reports say meteor fragments from the explosion scattered around Medina County in Ohio.
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