{"id":849288,"date":"2026-03-25T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/849288\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:29:17","slug":"thousands-left-baffled-as-green-missile-flashes-across-multiple-us-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/849288\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands left baffled as green ‘missile’ flashes across multiple US states"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of people across the western US reported seeing a mysterious green flash ripple across the sky this week.<\/p>\n

According to NASA<\/a> Space Alerts, the meteor was first spotted over Chowchilla on Sunday night, traveling at about 35,000 mph.<\/p>\n

The agency said the fireball streaked <\/a>58 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating roughly 29 miles above Calflax.<\/p>\n

More than 300 people across California<\/a>, Nevada<\/a> and Arizona<\/a> reported seeing the bright green meteor to the American Meteor Society, which collects public sightings of fireball events.<\/p>\n

One witness, Gregory E, who spotted the fireball from Lake Nacimiento in San Luis Obispo County around 8.20pm local time, said it was ‘like nothing I’ve ever seen before.’<\/p>\n

‘I’ve seen plenty of satellites, SpaceX<\/a> launches (and explosions), and meteor showers,’ he wrote in his sighting report.<\/p>\n

‘We thought it was a missile at first, it was kinda terrifying. By the end, it looked more like a firework, but it was far too bright.’<\/p>\n

Another witness, Aelin G of Morro Bay, wrote: ‘It was a streak and then looked like it broke into pieces that were on fire. It started as a circle, then shattered.’<\/p>\n

\"Hundreds <\/p>\n

Hundreds of people across the western US reported seeing a mysterious green flash ripple across the sky this week<\/p>\n

\"According <\/p>\n

According to NASA Space Alerts, the meteor was first spotted over Chowchilla on Sunday night, traveling at about 35,000 mph<\/p>\n

Locals also reported hearing a loud boom as the fireball appeared in the sky, triggered by the meteor\u00a0creating a shockwave as it compressed air in front.<\/p>\n

Residents across the region flooded social media with reports of a powerful blast, with many describing a thunderous noise that shook homes and echoed for miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Fresno, Stephanie O reported to the American Meteor Society that she heard a small boom after the fireball appeared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We heard a boom that wasn’t loud enough to shake the house approximately two minutes after seeing the fireball,’ she wrote.<\/p>\n

Another witness, Douglas H. of Clovis, said he initially mistook the fireball for something else.<\/p>\n

‘I have never witnessed anything like this,’ he stated. ‘At first, I thought it might be a drone flying overhead.<\/p>\n

The fireball was at least the third to be seen shooting through the US skies in the last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On March 17, another object was spotted making turns that seemed to defy the laws of physics over Texas.<\/p>\n

Join the debate<\/p>\n

What do you think is really behind these mysterious fireballs lighting up our skies lately?<\/p>\n

\"More <\/p>\n

More than 300 people across California , Nevada and Arizona reported seeing the bright green meteor to the American Meteor Society, which collects public sightings of fireball events<\/p>\n

Videos capturing the object over Red Oak flooded social media, revealing an orange fireball that did not move in a straight line like a shooting star crossing the horizon.<\/p>\n

Instead, the object was seen zig-zagging through the sky, appearing to move closer to the ground before turning upwards and changing direction.<\/p>\n

While officials have not yet identified the object, described by some as a UFO, orb, or meteor, witnesses reported it emitted a bright orange tail resembling a rocket engine or the fiery trail of a space rock entering the atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Residents across Pennsylvania and Ohio were startled that same morning when a meteor was widely seen crashing to Earth.<\/p>\n

Witnesses in Pittsburgh reported seeing what appeared to be a burning object streaking through the sky, describing it as ‘a rocket or something like a meteor.’<\/p>\n

One local wrote online: ‘911 calls in the city. I have relatives who heard the boom from Hinckley, Ohio, all the way to Sandusky.’<\/p>\n

‘Totally reminded me of the sonic booms produced by the fighter-jet test pilots in the early 1960s,’ another person shared.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service (NWS) later said the fiery object was likely a meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere.<\/p>\n

The meteor was spotted by space satellites around 9am ET and seen by human eyes about one hour later.<\/p>\n

As of January 2026, the Meteoritical Bulletin Database has recorded 1,270 officially confirmed ‘observed falls,’ meteorites that were seen falling to Earth and later recovered.<\/p>\n

Scientists estimate around 17,000 meteorites strike the planet each year, but most land in oceans or remote areas, meaning only about 1.8 percent of meteorites have actually been witnessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of people across the western US reported seeing a mysterious green flash ripple across the sky this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[20808,557,92,875,874,17905,70,261,1603,16,15],"class_list":["post-849288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-arizona","tag-california","tag-dailymail","tag-earth","tag-nasa","tag-nevada","tag-science","tag-sciencetech","tag-spacex","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116289822425345379","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}