March Meteor Mania: See Latest Ones Over US

On Monday night, people saw a meteor streak across the sky over Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to NASA Space Alerts on X.

It was the second meteor sighting on Monday alone — and those sightings are just the latest in what may feel like a surge of meteor activity over the United States. At least five meteors have been recorded since March 17, with dozens more sightings reported.

A bright green fireball was caught on video in Oregon as it blasted over the Pacific Northwest and even into Northern California around 6 a.m on Monday, March 23.

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Jason Jenkins was driving to his job in Portland, Oregon, when he captured the fireball on his dashcam. "It kind of reminded me of a lightning strike because it was so bright,” he said. “The video doesn’t do justice on how bright and close it seemed.”

On Sunday night, March 22, just after 8 p.m., hundreds of people witnessed a meteor lighting up the sky over northern California, Nevada and Arizona, according to the American Meteor Society.

Just the day before, a meteor traveling 35,000 mph broke apart north of Houston, according to NASA. The disintegration caused booms heard by some in the area, the agency said, and a resident told local TV news outlet ABC13 that a piece of the meteor crashed through her roof.

No one was hurt, but homeowner Sherrie James said, "There's a hole in the ceiling, a big dent in the floor. Another little piece broke off in the ceiling and there's a big rock on the floor and it just scared me to death and I'm like, 'everybody back out, get out the room.'"

On March 17, a 7-ton meteor broke up over Ohio, shaking homes after first being sighted 50 miles above Lake Erie, according to NASA. The American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to Maryland. NASA later confirmed that it was a meteor nearly 6 feet in diameter.

Meteorite hunters fanned out across the northeastern part of the state, recovering fragments that fell to the ground.

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Meteors typically fall somewhere in the U.S. about once a day, while smaller pieces of space dust might fall 10 times an hour, said Carl Hergenrother, executive director of the American Meteor Society.

Scientists track meteors through a network of special cameras that help capture the night sky, but more members of the public are catching them on cellphones and security cameras of their own.

The most recent meteor sightings may be linked to the Puppis Constellation meteor shower, which the American Meteor Society says ramped up on March 18 and has been active at least through March 22.

The next big celestial event is expected to be the Lyrid meteor shower between April 16 and 25. It’s expected to peak in the early morning hours of April 22, according to space.com.

Have you captured any photos or videos of the recent meteors? Share them with us in the comments.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.