According to a tweet from the National Weather Service in Cleveland, the fireball and boom was the result of a meteor that crashed somewhere in Northeast Ohio.

A suspected meteorite landed near Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday morning, March 17, after a bright fireball was reported across multiple states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan — and as far as Virginia and Canada.

A bright fireball streaked across the sky over parts of Ohio and western Pennsylvania on Tuesday March 17 2026 around 9 a.m. EDT triggering reports of a loud sonic boom shaking homes and prompting widespread calls to emergency services.

The discovery of a new tektite-strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact—but geologists have yet to find the crater.

A meteor caused a loud boom heard across the Ohio Valley on March 17, but a meteor strike in the mid-Atlantic seems unlikely.

Multiple videos have captured the moment the meteor's impact was felt across the region.

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