The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina.

Officials in the southeastern United States are investigating reports of a “fireball” seen in the sky. The event occurred around midday, as per Fox News. Over 100 sightings from Georgia, South ...

Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected to the annual Bootid meteor shower.

Fireball seen across Southeast Over 100 reports of a possible fireball were received by the American Meteor Society, with sightings across metro Atlanta and other regions, including South Carolina.

NASA confirmed a meteor entered Earth's atmosphere over Georgia, disintegrating with energy equivalent to 20 tons of TNT.

A rarely seen daytime fireball that may have been dropped by a meteor was spotted across the Southeast on Thursday — creating a sonic boom that blared through the region.

A fireball is a meteor that is significantly brighter than normal meteors, outshining planet Venus. Ground-level rumbles known as sonic booms occur when a fireball explodes, according to EBSCO.

Discover how NASA, radar systems, and physical evidence confirm the authentic Georgia meteor fireball that streaked across southeastern skies.

Did a meteorite slam into a Georgia house? Video, what to know about mysterious fireball One poor Georgian may have gotten a closer look at the fireball object that most people saw from miles away ...