Authorities are investigating a meteorite that slammed into Mission, Texas, on Wednesday with a "boom."
Officials were alerted to the crash around 5:30 p.m. after various law enforcement agencies received calls from locals reporting a "large explosion" or "boom," Mission Police Chief Cesar Torres and Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said.
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Several individuals who called in reported that their homes shook, according to Torres, but no injuries or property damage was confirmed.
There's been reports of a possible meteorite this evening west of McAllen. One of the satellite tools we use is the Geostationary Lightning Mapper & it measures lightning as observed from space. GLM detected a signal at 523 PM with no storms around. No official confirmation yet. pic.twitter.com/1NKRZTZU9C
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The object is believed to have been 2 feet in diameter, and it weighed roughly 1,000 lbs, according to a report citing NASA's Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division.
"The angle and speed of entry, along with signatures in weather radar imagery, are consistent with other naturally occurring meteorite falls," a release from the division read.
"Radar and other data indicate that meteorites did reach the ground from this event."
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Houston air traffic control had detected the meteorite, but its exact impact location has not been confirmed, the report noted.
Residents are instructed not to touch it if they discover the meteorite and contact authorities, Guerra said.