Nasa confirms meteor after residents reported hearing thunder-like noises about the time the fireball was visible
A suspected meteorite crashed into a home in suburban Houston on Saturday night, according to local residents and officials.
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 south-east at 35,000mph, breaking apart 29 miles above Bammel, just west of Cypress Station.
