HOUSTON (CW39) — There are multiple reports about an explosion in the sky in north Houston that NASA says was a meteor that landed in southeast Texas.
According to NASA, a bright fireball was seen on Saturday around 4:40 p.m. in parts of northwest Harris County. The fireball was moving 35,000 miles per hour and broke up 29 miles above Bammel, just west of Cypress Station.
When the meteor broke up, it created what NASA called a “pressure wave” that caused several booms to be heard across the area.
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Parts of the meteor fell to the ground around the Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing areas in north Houston.
A family in north Harris County said that an apparent meteorite broke through their roof and into their house. No one was hurt, though police told CBS News the material, which “appears to be a meteorite,” is larger than a hand…