NASA Confirms Meteor Spotted Over Ohio

The seven-ton space rock exploded into fragments over Medina County, Ohio.

Footage of a meteor that disintegrated in the skies above the American Midwest captured by the National Weather Service Office in Pittsburgh on March 17, 2026. (Screenshot/NWS Pittsburgh).

NASA confirmed that a meteor hit the Earth’s atmosphere and exploded over Ohio on the morning of March 17, after eyewitnesses reported seeing a fireball in the sky.

“The fireball—caused by a small asteroid nearly 6 feet in diameter and weighing about 7 tons— moved southeast at 45,000 mph before fragmenting over Valley City,” NASA said on X. “The fragments continued on to the south, producing meteorites in the vicinity of Medina County, Ohio.”