Did you see or hear it? Meteor causes boom as it streaks across Ohio Valley sky

PITTSBURGH, Penn. — A meteor was caught on camera streaking across the sky in Pittsburgh early Tuesday. The video was taken by an eagle-eyed employee of the National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh.

The meteor appeared to cause a loud boom that could be heard across parts of the Ohio Valley, according to the NWS office in Cleveland, as it made its fiery journey through the Earth‘s atmosphere.

NASA officials said many eyewitnesses in the following states have reported seeing a very bright daylight fireball: Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

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The fireball was seen just before 9 a.m. ET. The meteor was initially seen above Lake Erie, and it moved south at 40,000 mph. NASA said the fireball — caused by a small asteroid nearly six feet in diameter and weighing about seven tons — traveled over 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before fragmenting 30 miles over Valley City.

The fragments continued on to the south, producing meteorites in the vicinity of Medina County, Ohio. There were no immediate reports of damage.

The asteroid unleashes an energy of 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented, resulting in a pressure wave that propagated to the ground, causing the booms and explosive noises heard by many.

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NASA said the sound may have even shaken houses north of Medina.

According to NASA, most meteors smaller than a football field break up as they hurtle through the atmosphere and generally less than 5% of the original object makes it down to the ground.

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Meteors travel through the sky at tens of thousands of miles per hour — well above the speed of sound — their altitude and size dictate whether a sonic boom can be heard on the Earth’s surface.