Cameras in the Pittsburgh area captured a bright meteor streaking across blue sky on Tuesday morning.

A loud boom and fiery streak across the morning sky startled residents across multiple states Tuesday, March 17, as federal weather officials pointed to a likely cause.The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said it received numerous reports of a large fireball seen across parts of western

The National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed that a loud, fiery boom seen Tuesday morning over western PA skies was a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere

A meteor caught on camera over the Pittsburgh region on Tuesday. GIF: Courtesy of Jared Rackley The boom that rattled parts of the Pittsburgh region Tuesday morning was likely a shock wave from a meteor passing overhead,

The western sky and social media lit up Tuesday morning when a meteor streaked through the atmosphere over northeast Ohio. Jared Rackley, an employee with the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, caught video of the large fireball as the suspected meteoroid fell to earth.

Reports of 'fireball' across Ohio, Pennsylvania. Here's what it likely was

They received reports of a loud boom and a fireball in the sky.

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.