Meteor Boom Rattles Cleveland, Likely Meteorite

0:00What's up? This is Global News Today, bringing you the fastest global updates right now. A bright fireball lit up the sky over Cleveland on Tuesday morning around 9 a.m. and experts believe it was a meteor that created a loud boom, shaking nearby homes. Reports poured in from as far as Wisconsin to Maryland, with American Meteor Society confirming hundreds of sightings across several states. Residents described the sound as a massive explosion, and even staff at the local National Weather Service office felt the ground shake while hearing, the rumble. Astronomers say this was likely a meteorite, a chunk of space rock the size of a softball, or even a basketball, slamming into the atmosphere at tens, of miles per second. Videos of the event are now flooding online, though officials expect most of it burned up with only small fragments possibly reaching the ground. DNA is brought to you by our sponsor link in the description. When you want calm, do not reach for your phone, lay back and listen, S-O-L-L-I, solely pillow.com.