An object suspected of being a meteorite fell through the roof of a residential house

“My nephew went to check and said there was a hole in the ceiling. Then I saw the rock and thought it looked like a meteorite,” Sherrie James, a resident of Spring, Texas, told the television station. KHOU11 this week. Luckily, no one in her family was injured.

James reported the incident to the local fire department. “The first thing they thought was maybe it fell from a plane,” she said. However, the fire department later said they received reports of a meteorite passing north of Houston and exploding into pieces last weekend.

NASA also confirmed information about this meteorite. The agency announced on

According to NASA, the meteorite weighs about a ton with a diameter of more than 90 cm. When it breaks, it creates a pressure wave, causing a loud explosion.

Many locals also reported hearing a thunder-like noise around the time the meteor appeared. Wendy Camardelle Heppner, who lives in Bridgeland, told KHOU11 that he heard a sound “like thunder, but the sky was clear”. While Shylie Troquille, a Dickinson resident, said she saw the fireball rush through the sky and quickly disappear.

The event in Houston came just days after another meteorite crashed into Ohio, creating a sonic boom so loud it could be heard in Pennsylvania. Moving at a speed of about 72,400 km/h, this meteorite is nearly 2 m in diameter and weighs about 7 tons.

More recently, on the evening of March 23, Ohioans also reported a smaller fireball appearing in the sky. This is the fourth fireball recorded by the American Meteor Association in just 7 days, an unusually dense frequency.

Some experts say meteorites are almost always more common during February-April, with some years seeing an increase of up to 30%. This phenomenon, called a “spring fireball,” may originate from Earth’s position relative to the Sun and the rest of the solar system. However, researchers are still not sure how or why the phenomenon occurs.