An unidentified object was seen in the night skies of Dallas with many claiming it was a meteor that exploded or burned up before reaching the ground.

A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, was caused by a six-foot-wide, seven-ton space rock that was traveling at roughly 40,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm people.

A meteor streaking across the sky triggered a loud sonic boom in Ohio, startling residents. The fireball was caught on camera, with NASA confirming a similar asteroid event.

Skywatchers got a cosmic wake-up call as a thunderous boom rattled the Northeast—courtesy of a rogue space rock crashing the party. CCTV caught the fiery streak blazing across the sky before exploding in a dazzling flash.

A 7-ton meteor traveling at 45,000 miles per hour shot across the eastern sky, with many seeing it and even more hearing it.

A bright meteor streaked across the sky above Vancouver, lighting up the night and producing loud booms as it exploded in Earth’s atmosphere, startling residents across British Columbia.

A suspected meteor that fell from the sky over the Cleveland area shook homes and startled residents who heard a boom that some compared to an explosion.