NASA Confirms Loud Boom Triggered By Asteroid Seen Over At Least 10 States

[Dulcinea]

(The Weather Channel) A loud boom heard across Cleveland on Tuesday morning, and NASA has confirmed that it was caused by an asteroid that was 6 feet in size weighed roughly 7 tons.

"Heard the loudest boom just now in northeast OH. People heard it as far as Avon. What was that? Meteor? @NWSCLE," wrote @jacecraftmiller on X.

https://weather.com/science/space/news/2026-03-17-cleveland-boom-meteor-national-weather-service

[wnylib]

1. I wonder if the entire meteorite burned up

in the atmosphere or if any fragments hit the ground.

[lastlib]

2. Metallic fragments were bound to hit the ground.

Maybe not of any size--who knows what the composition of it was?

[Attilatheblond]

3. I know better, but choose to think the Universe is firing a warning shot at us for our bad behavior.