Meteor lights up Texas sky; Booms reported from Houston to as far as San Antonio
By Shelby Ebertowski
Published on March 22, 2026.
A meteor was reported north of Houston, Texas, at around 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, causing loud booms and low rumbles across the Houston area and beyond, including the San Antonio area. Witnesses reported seeing a bright fireball meteor that first became visible 49 miles above Stagecoach before moving southeast at nearly 35,000 miles per hour. The meteor, which weighed roughly one ton and measured around three feet in diameter, began to break apart 29 miles above Bammel, creating a powerful pressure wave. This caused the loud boom and low rumble, which is consistent with a pressure wave produced when a meteor enters Earth’s atmosphere at an extremely high speed. While the meteor broke apart well away from San Antonio, its effects were still noticeable. There are no confirmed reports of damage or meteorites reaching the ground.
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