Texas Woman Says Meteorite Crashed Through Her Roof After Loud Boom Heard Over Houston

A Texas female says a meteorite collapsed done nan tile of her home aft a large roar was heard complete nan metropolis of Houston.

Sherrie James was near speechless aft a heavy abstraction stone busted done her roof and done nan ceiling of her daughter’s chamber connected Saturday.

A large roar and flash of ray was witnessed by galore successful nan Houston area, pinch nan Brenham Fire Department noting witnesses “saw a greenish flash from nan sky” and noted speculation that it was “a imaginable meteor.”

“I saw nan stone and nan first point that came to my mind was that it was a meteor,” James told Fox 26 Houston. “It’s very heavy, and it doesn’t look for illustration a normal stone aliases anything…Just nan weight of it, you tin show thing is different.”

James besides noted that nan stone near a spread successful nan ceiling and indents connected nan ground, meaning it came crashing down pinch awesome force.

Local occurrence officials later confirmed James’ suspicions, telling her that a meteor did detonate nearby, sending fragments flying passim nan air.

Even NASA weighed in, confirming that a 3-foot meteor part deed northwestern Houston Saturday.

In a station connected X, NASA noted that nan meteor became visible astatine 49 miles supra Stagecoach, northwest of Houston, and moved southeast astatine 35,000 mph.

The meteor collapsed isolated astatine 29 miles supra Bammel, conscionable westbound of Cypress Station, NASA said.

“The fragmentation of nan meteor — which weighed astir a ton pinch a diameter of 3 feet — created a unit activity that caused booms heard by immoderate successful nan area. Doppler upwind radar besides showed meteorites produced betwixt Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing,” NASA said.

Footage taken by a driver successful Southeast Texas and shared by KHOU shows a agleam speck of ray falling done nan sky.