NASA confirms meteor caused loud boom across Northeast Ohio

Multiple people from across Northeast Ohio have called the News 5 newsroom to report hearing a loud boom.

Meteor captured in Broadview Heights

A NASA spokesperson spoke with reporter Clay LePard, confirming the meteor was spotted near Medina.

“I woke up this morning, and the sky fell, so I feel like Chicken Little right now,” Bill Cooke, NASA’s lead for the Meteoroid Environment Office, said.

Cooke said the meteor was moving 44,000 mph, “which is fast for a human but slow for a meteor.”…

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