The news was shared by two aircraft with Houston Air Traffic Control. As per reports, the meteorite was spotted over Mission in South Texas and parts of McAllen. Days after the Pentagon confirmed of shooting down Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), two American aircraft reported seeing a meteorite in Texas on Wednesday with residents saying they heard a loud explosion. Be it China's spy balloon or the US military shooting down an actual UFO, the Americans are actually seeing it all.
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NASA has tips, here, on what to do if you find a meteorite.For the past 1 month, the residents of the United States of America (USA) have been puzzled by a series of strange phenomena.
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Should anyone find a crater or an object they believe to be a meteorite, Guerra cautioned against touching it with bare hands out of concern the oils from human skin could contaminate the surface of the object and promote rusting. So again, while this is not a normal situation here in the Rio Grande Valley, it does occur."
"NASA scientists estimate that every single day our planet is hit by over 100 tons of dust and particles from space. "We have meteorites that have hit all over," de la Cruz said. De la Cruz said she expected to receive a briefing from NASA sometime Thursday. Monica de la Cruz (R-TX, 15th District) said if the meteor made it to the ground they believe it would have come down about 10 miles west of Mission. Officials searched the area by air Wednesday afternoon and found no smoke, fire, explosions or damaged property related to a meteor. Officials stressed they have not found any site confirming the meteor struck the ground. "No reports of any damage in that area have been received." "Where the exact point of impact is unknown," said Guerra. Other callers also reported seeing a meteor streak across the sky, but it's unclear if it made it to the ground because no impact site has been located. Junior Sanchez shared footage of his driveway where the boom can be heard and moments later the camera shakes. Guerra added that Houston Air Traffic Control received reports from two aircraft pilots, one flying at 34,000 feet, who reported seeing a meteor in the sky west of the McAllen-Mission area. Guerra said residents told his deputies they saw a meteor or falling star and that after they lost sight of it they heard a loud boom that said sounded like a clap of thunder. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said during a news conference Alton Police Chief Jonathan Flores told him he was out for a jog when a loud boom nearly caused him to lose his footing. NWS Brownsville GLM image of a flash of light detected in the atmosphere west of Hidalgo County (center). though there were no storms in the area at the time. The National Weather Service in Brownsville reported that their Geostationary Lightning Mapper, a satellite that measures lightning, recorded flashes of light in the atmosphere that were bright enough to be detected by their satellites at about 5:23 p.m. Other callers said the booms left the walls of their homes shaking. who reported hearing what sounded like explosions. Radar and other data indicate that meteorites did reach the ground from this event," the statement continued.Ĭesar Torres, Chief of Police in Mission, said 911 dispatchers took calls from panicked residents at about 5:28 p.m. "The angle and speed of entry, along with signatures in weather radar imagery, are consistent with other naturally occurring meteorite falls.
"Based on analysis of preliminary information from several sources, NASA experts believe the object was a meteoroid about two feet in diameter weighing about 1,000 pounds," a NASA news release said Thursday. On Thursday, NASA said a half-ton meteoroid broke apart over South Texas Wednesday night and radar showed fragments of it reached the ground. Officials in Texas's Rio Grande Valley are investigating whether a meteor smashed into the ground in Hidalgo County Wednesday afternoon after fielding calls about falling stars, loud booms and shaking walls.
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