{"id":675230,"date":"2026-03-23T04:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/675230\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:33:20","slug":"houston-homeowner-gets-attention-after-possible-meteorite-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/675230\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston homeowner gets attention after possible meteorite crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A Houston woman says a rock from space may have crashed straight through her home, leaving behind damage, shock, and what experts believe could be a meteorite.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came through the roof, hit the floor, bounced up, and landed right there between the TV and the bed,\u201d said Sherrie James.<\/p>\n

James says it all started with a loud noise inside her home. At first, she didn\u2019t know what caused it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought something fell at first,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

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Moments later, her grandson made a startling discovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came back into my room and said, \u2018Nonny, you\u2019ve got a hole in the ceiling.\u2019 I\u2019m like, what?\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

When she walked into her daughter\u2019s bedroom, she says she saw both the damage and something unusual on the floor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen I see the rock on the floor. I\u2019m like, what is that?\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

She called the fire department and a constable, who responded to the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe firefighter had it and said, \u2018This isn\u2019t a regular rock,\u2019 because it was so heavy,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

James said on Sunday morning, scientists and researchers flooded her home with fascination and offered their analysis.<\/p>\n

A professor who studies meteorites also visited and gave an initial assessment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that, from what he could see, it looked like a meteorite, but I needed to get it tested to verify what kind it was,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n

Scientists say events like this are rare.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an organization called the Meteoritical Society that records a database of all the world\u2019s meteorites, and they typically record about a dozen new meteorite falls each year,\u201d said Dr. Marc Fries, a scientist at Johnson Space Center.<\/p>\n

Fries creates meteorite fall maps on NASA\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

That makes the chances of one hitting a home extremely low.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t get a very good chance of a fall anywhere in a given year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even after traveling through space and burning through the atmosphere, meteorites can still hit with significant force.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably moving several hundred miles an hour when it hit, cutting straight through and cleaving its way into the house,\u201d Dr. Fries said.<\/p>\n

James says she\u2019s grateful no one was hurt. What started as fear has now turned into fascination.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was scary,\u201d James said. \u201cBut then it was kind of exciting. No telling where this thing came from.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, she says she plans to sell the rock.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do have intentions of selling it,\u201d James said. \u201cI\u2019ve had quite a few offers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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