Meteor Chunk Rips Through Texas Sci-Fi Fan’s Home
A Texas woman said a meteor crashed through the roof of her home Saturday, landing in an upstairs bedroom and frightening her family.
Sherrie James lives in the Spring area, north of Houston, and told KHOU the rock tore through the roof, left a hole in the ceiling, bounced and eventually came to rest near a television, the outlet reported.
When his family heard a loud boom, James said his grandson went to see what was happening and found a hole in the ceiling and “a big rock on the floor.”
“So I came here and I looked, there’s a hole in the ceiling, a big dent in the floor, another little piece in the ceiling and a big rock on the floor, and it scared me to death. I said, ‘Everybody, get out, get out of the room.’ “I said, ‘I don’t know what it is, but it could be a meteor.’ I said, ‘I don’t know? The first thing I did was call the fire department,'” James told KTRK.
Officials initially thought it was a piece of a plane, but then informed James that they had received reports of a meteor crashing over that area of Houston.
“I’m very excited to get this, but a little scared. I think it is what it is, and I’m definitely going to keep it,” she told reporters.
No one was injured when the rock smashed its way through James’ roof and ceiling. Meanwhile, NASA space alerts confirmed On Saturday evening, a meteor appeared over Houston and eventually shattered near Cypress Station.
“The fragmentation of the meteor – which weighed about a ton and measured 3 feet in diameter – created a pressure wave that caused detonation sounds heard by some in the area. Doppler weather radar also showed meteorites produced between Willowbrook and Northgate Crossing,” the agency said:
“I was excited. So, I’m a big science fiction fan and I was like this is definitely something I want to keep,” James told KPRC.
