Meteor Fireball Over Ohio: Rare Findings & Excitement

0:00On March 20th, a massive meteor lit up skies over Ohio around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, breaking apart near Valley City, south of Cleveland, weighing an estimated 6,350 kilograms and nearly 1.8 meters across, it created a brilliant fireball visible for hundreds of miles. Traveling at roughly 72,420 km per hour, the space rock generated a powerful sonic boom. The rubble shook buildings and raised explosion alarms from Wisconsin to Maryland, drawing attention from NASA and weather experts. Locals and dedicated hunters quickly hit the ground searching for fragments. One resident spotted a small, black, pitted rock, less than 5 cm wide, right by her garage, picking it up carefully with a napkin for. Safekeeping. A collector from Connecticut drove through the night and found two high-quality pieces, including one with perfect fusion crest. Another searcher in North Ridgeville grabbed the standout specimen from open fields, passing on offers of hundreds or thousands of dollars.

1:04Hunters faced challenges with private land, but finds keep coming as excitement builds over this once in a lifetime cosmic drop.