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NASA Confirms Daylight Meteor Over Northern Ohio Triggered Regionwide Sonic Booms

The 6-foot, 7-ton object fragmented high above Lake Erie, releasing energy equal to roughly 250 tons of TNT.

A fireball streaks across the sky in a video captured by a National Weather Service employee in Pittsburgh.
The National Weather Service in Cleveland said that per GLM imagery, a loud boom heard in Northeast Ohio on March 17, 2026, was the result of a meteor landing.
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Ohio meteor

Overview

  • - The fireball was first detected around 8:56–9:01 a.m. ET over Lake Erie near Lorain, with satellite GLM data pinpointing the flash in the Cleveland area.
  • - NASA reports the meteoroid traveled roughly 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before breaking apart about 30 miles over the Valley City–Medina County area.
  • - National Weather Service specialists identified an elongated flash indicating two breakup events tens of miles high, consistent with widespread sonic booms.
  • - Hundreds of eyewitness accounts and videos across at least 10 states and Ontario were complemented by seismometer readings of slight ground shaking in northern Ohio.
  • - Officials report no injuries or confirmed meteorite recoveries, with analyses ongoing and possible fall areas including southern Medina County or Lake Erie.