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Questions & Help Mar 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM

Suspected meteor falling over Cleveland could be seen several states away

Posted by WilliamInBlack

https://apnews.com/article/meteor-cleveland-fireball-astronomy-89d1cd3e060774ff897512cb811710d7
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half_a_cup Mar 17, 2026 +25
I live in Cleveland and around 9am this morning I heard a massive boom that shook my house that lasted a couple seconds. I literally thought a tree hit my house or something exploded right outside but I didn’t see anything. Went online and found out shortly after it was a meteor and people in a 50 mile wide area heard it. Latest reports I heard say it was 17,000 pounds…
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Used-Yogurtcloset757 Mar 18, 2026 +3
That’s how the space shuttle sounded when it exploded. Woke me up out of a dead sleep.
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WordsAreGarbage Mar 17, 2026 +69
We could ask NASA, if anyone still works there… All meteors now “suspected” meteors, I guess!
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GardenPeep Mar 17, 2026 +12
Actually, NASA tracked this one. It’s NOAA that’s having trouble tracking tornadoes.
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WordsAreGarbage Mar 17, 2026 +5
Yeah, I posted a link earlier but someone deleted the parent comment Here’s another: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-asteroid-just-exploded-above-ohio-with-the-force-of-250-tons-of-tnt/
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invalidpassword Mar 18, 2026 +2
Thank you for the link We probably have pebble sized meteor debris all over this planet of ours.
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TheAskewOne Mar 18, 2026 +7
They have to write "alleged meteor" until the meteor is formally convicted.
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Violet_Paradox Mar 20, 2026 +1
Could be a meteorite. You don't know until it either reaches the ground or burns up in the atmosphere. 
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WordsAreGarbage Mar 17, 2026 +6
I’m assuming it’s related to this?: https://ktla.com/news/nasa-confirms-boom-in-ohio-was-17000-pound-meteor/
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wyvernx02 Mar 17, 2026 +3
So super secret that they have an entire above ground campus with "NASA" visibly painted on the building closest to and easily noticeable from the airport terminal that they give public tours of? 
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Manos_Of_Fate Mar 17, 2026 +29
Maybe space is angry that Ohio keeps sending Ohioans there
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MedicMalfunction Mar 17, 2026 +11
It was apparently seen here in Maryland.
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Mediadrake Mar 17, 2026 +6
I was in Leesburg VA in rt 7 and saw it.
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onmywheels Mar 17, 2026 +9
I live just outside of Cleveland, and *felt* it. Heard the boom first, then our house shook for a good five seconds after. I honestly thought a tree had fallen on our roof, and then was like, rolling off the side or something? Truly bizarre. Husband ran outside to check and then was very confused when he didn't see anything. Then suddenly everyone on social media from other nearby cities were also posting about the "boom" and we were like oh, shit, lol.
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BannedMuadD1b Mar 18, 2026 +4
Crazy thing to live through. Region wide explosion that shook buildings across a 50 mile swathe. Checked the roof of my warehouse cause it sounded like something got ripped off.
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LimpyDan Mar 17, 2026 +12
It's aliens. I just saw a movie about it.
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SugarDue8160 Mar 17, 2026 +6
It's Jesus
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WilliamInBlack Mar 17, 2026 +8
It’s Santa Claus
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Mot6180 Mar 17, 2026 +6
It's Howard the Duck
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theghost440 Mar 17, 2026 +4
That's it no more Mr Nice Duck
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Riskbreaker_Riot Mar 18, 2026 +2
It's Galuf
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Taokan Mar 18, 2026 +2
It's about damn time.
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Spectralcolors78 Mar 17, 2026 +2
Did he bring the pork chops? 
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Successful-Age-2432 Mar 18, 2026 +1
Like the opening of Men in Black
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LimpyDan Mar 18, 2026 +1
Or the end of Cloverfield. Or the early stages of War Machine. It was one of those.
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t0matit0 Mar 17, 2026 +8
Another distraction as 3IA broadcasts from Jupiter
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vegetaman Mar 17, 2026 +8
Attempt no landing on Europa.
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OGLikeablefellow Mar 18, 2026 +3
Oh is this the one that breaks all the windows?
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Reds_PR Mar 18, 2026 +3
It guided three wise rescuers to the location of the first ice fisherman trapped on Erie by the thaw.
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WordsAreGarbage Mar 18, 2026 +1
Wait, seriously??? Or is this just a reference I’m not getting lol
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RazzleThatTazzle Mar 18, 2026 +1
Seems to be a reference to the three wisemen from the jesus birth narrative
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WordsAreGarbage Mar 18, 2026 +1
Crossed my mind, but I was hoping there might be more to it lol
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zirky Mar 19, 2026 +2
imagine traveling trillions of miles through the vacuum of space, past wonders indescribable, only to end up in f****** ohio
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Worried-Concept5778 Mar 17, 2026 +2
Theres a lot of big projectiles going through the sky lately..
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johnn48 Mar 20, 2026 +1
Good thing NASA said it was a meteor right away. I would have hated to hear Hegseth or Trump telling us Iran had gotten another tomahawk missile and we had shot it down.
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