A fridge-size space rock spectacularly broke apart over Ohio at 40,000 mph, creating a loud boom and a rare "fireball" that shone in the bright blue daytime sky. The rare sight, which exploded with the equivalent force of 250 tons of TNT,

A meteor was caught on camera streaking across the sky in Pittsburgh early Tuesday. The video was taken by an eagle-eyed employee of the National Weather Service office in Pittsburgh.

The western sky and social media lit up Tuesday morning when a meteor streaked through the atmosphere over northeast Ohio. Jared Rackley, an employee with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, caught video of the large fireball as the suspected meteoroid fell to earth.

A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

Reports of 'fireball' across Ohio, Pennsylvania. Here's what it likely was

In the event identified as 1828-2026 by the American Meteor Society, the meteor weighed 7 tons.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland suggested the sound might have originated from a meteor breaking apart approximately 27 miles above Lake Erie., US News, Times Now

A 7-ton asteroid exploded over about 30 miles above the Earth over Medina County in northern Ohio around 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

Did you hear a loud boom this morning? According to the National Weather Service, it apparently was the result of a meteor.