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A large meteor is visible from much of Ohio and parts of neighboring states

TechnologyMarch 17, 2026

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A large meteor is visible from much of Ohio and parts of neighboring states

Meteor's fiery passage through the atmosphere was captured by a space-based lightning mapper.

A large meteor crashed through the sound barrier above northern Ohio on Tuesday morning, producing a large fireball and what local residents described as an extremely loud "boom."

According to various eyewitness reports, the meteor's bright streak through the morning sky was visible across a wide area. A National Weather Service meteorologist in Pennsylvania, Jared Rackley, captured video of the meteor passing through the atmosphere and creating a large fireball. So far, there have been no reports of impacts on the ground.

The precise location of the fireball was pinpointed by a near-infrared optical detector on a geostationary satellite at 9:01 am ET (13:01 UTC). This "geostationary lightning mapper" revealed that the meteor traversed through the atmosphere in northern Ohio, just west of Cleveland, and over Lake Erie.

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