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NASA Confirms 1‑Ton Fireball Over Houston as Radar Points to Meteorites on the Ground

NASA estimates a three‑foot object released energy equal to 26 tons of TNT, with fragments likely falling between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing.

The graphic from NASA above represents a "simplified estimate" of where meteorites may have landed, with the darker shades signifying an area where larger objects may have fallen.
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Overview

  • NASA said the fireball became visible around 4:40 p.m. CDT about 49 miles above Stagecoach, then moved southeast at roughly 35,000 mph before breaking apart about 29 miles above Bammel.
  • The breakup generated a pressure wave that produced loud booms reported across the Houston area and as far as South‑Central Texas, with no injuries reported.
  • Doppler weather radar indicated falling meteorites in a corridor north of Houston, and the American Meteor Society logged more than 100 eyewitness reports.
  • Sherrie James of the Spring/Ponderosa Forest area reported a rock crashing through her roof; local firefighters called it an unusual stone, and NASA is working to verify the claim.
  • The event was captured by ground videos and space‑based sensors, and it follows a larger confirmed fireball over Ohio earlier in the week.