Meteorite fall in Windfall, Medina County, Ohio, USA at 12:56:42 UTC on 17 March 2026

19/03/2026 15:14 · by karmaka · in witnessed fall

The first (apparently achondritic) meteorite finds were reported on 18 March. Meteorite dealer Roberto Vargas reports having found a 12.2-gram fragment.

12.2-gram specimen in situ. Photos: Roberto Vargas

12.2-gram specimen. Photos: Roberto Vargas

A second ‘spikey’ specimen found by Roberto Vargas. Photos: Roberto Vargas

Further finds have informally been reported in social media.

NASA’S calculated fall area: Red shows where ~10kg meteorites would land if this fall produced any. Dark orange is ~1kg, orange is ~100g, light orange is ~10g, and yellow is ~1g and smaller. Image: NASA

Weather radar signatures of falling meteorites. Image: NASA

Composite image of weather radar signatures of falling meteorites. View is straight down, total elapsed time is 12 minutes. Image: NASA

The bolide

At the moment of the bolide’s brightest flare at an altitude of 45 km above location 41.2 N, 82.0 W the total radiated energy was 12.6^10 Joule and the calculated total impact energy was 0.37 kilotons.