(KRON) — A meteor was caught on camera as it streaked across the Bay Area sky on Sunday night. Doorbell and household surveillance cameras captured it, appearing like a fireball against the night sky.

Hundreds of eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud boom around 4:40 p.m.

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.

The western sky — and social media — lit up Tuesday morning when a meteor streaked over Western Pennsylvania skies and into the atmosphere over northeast Ohio. Jared Rackley, an employee with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh,

NASA said the meteorite was originally about 1 ton and three feet across.

Meteor showers look beautiful right up until one of those rocks is big enough to survive the atmosphere. This video breaks down how a real impact event happens, from friction and fire to shockwaves, ejecta,