CLEVELAND — A meteor went across Northeast Ohio Tuesday morning, lighting up the sky and rattling homes with a boom. NASA experts say the roughly 6-foot, 7-ton space rock broke apart over Valley City, possibly scattering fragments across southern Medina County.
The explosion released energy equivalent to 250 tons of TNT, creating the pressure wave that startled residents across the region. While any debris is still being searched for, Ohio’s meteorite history shows how rare such finds are.
Ohio has only 14 confirmed meteorites
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, just 14 meteorites have been confirmed in the state.
Meteorites are fragments of asteroids or comets that survive their passage through Earth’s atmosphere and land on the ground, according to the ODNR. Confirmed recoveries of meteorites are rare…