The most dramatic event occurred Tuesday morning (March 17) over Cleveland, Ohio: NASA confirmed a 6-foot-wide, 7-ton meteor hit the atmosphere at 45,000 mph, creating a sonic boom loud enough to shake houses from Ohio to Pennsylvania.
The American Meteor Society and NASA have been tracking a significant uptick in sightings across the country this week:
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Los Angeles (March 18): The latest sighting, a bright streak over Southern California, adding to a week of high activity.
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Cleveland/Pittsburgh (March 17): A massive 7-ton meteor that fragmented over Valley City, Ohio, causing a “once-in-a-lifetime” daytime sonic boom.
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Dallas/Southern U.S. (March 15-16): Multiple reports of a fast-moving fireball visible across Texas and Oklahoma.
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Maryland/Virginia (March 17): The same Cleveland meteor was visible as far south as Maryland, where emergency crews were actually dispatched after callers thought a plane had gone down.
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Southeast U.S. (March 12-13): A bright fireball was confirmed over the Virginia/North Carolina border region.Below are videos from the latest sighting in California, Texas, and the first in Ohio
Check out the videos from California, Texas, and Ohio!
🔥🚨BREAKING: What appears to be yet another fireball was spotted in the skies of Los Angeles California, this would be the 6th ‘meteor’ sighting this week. pic.twitter.com/YR4KnD6xcI
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) March 18, 2026





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