Suspected meteorite crashes into Houston home, officials say

Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible
Speaking to the local news outlet KHOU11 over the weekend, Spring area resident Sherrie James recalled the incident, saying: “My grandson went to check and said there was a hole in the ceiling … then I saw the rock, and I thought, ‘That looks like a meteor.’”
James said she reported the incident to the local fire department.

“The first thing they thought was maybe it fell off a plane,” she recounted.

However, the fire department later informed her that they had received reports that a meteor was over the north part of Houston which had exploded into multiple pieces.

On Saturday, the US space agency Nasa confirmed the information about a meteor, saying in a statement on X: “Eyewitnesses in Texas observed a bright fireball today … at [4.40pm local time].

Current data indicates that the meteor became visible at 49 miles above Stagecoach, north-west of Houston.

It moved southeast at 35,000mph, breaking apart 29 miles above Bammel, just west of Cypress Station.

It added: “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.”
Local residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible.

Bridgeland resident Wendy Camardelle Heppner told KHOU11 that it “sounded like thunder, but clear skies” – while Dickinson resident Shylie Troquille reported a small ball of fire in the sky that swiftly disappeared.

Saturday’s episode in Houston comes just days after a meteor in Ohio created a sonic boom so loud it was heard as far as Pennsylvania.

Traveling at 45,000mph, the asteroid – about 2 meters in diameter and weighing about 6 tons – triggered the explosion, which Nasa confirmed was felt well beyond northern Ohio.