11 Years Ago, A Massive Meteor Exploded Over Cedar Rapids Do you remember the night when our skies lit up thanks to a large meteor exploding over Cedar Rapids? It happened 11 years ago and there are numerous videos of what happened that night. I must confess that I had completely forgotten about this event. If not for this video which I stumbled across on YouTube, it would have likely remained a faint memory. This video is from a security camera at Electronic Engineering at 1900 6th St. SW, Cedar Rapids looking northeast the night of April 14, 2010. The huge flash was accompanied by a loud sonic boom.