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f You Look Up Friday Night, You Just Might See the Bootids Meteor Shower
Some folks may have caught a glimpse of it Friday afternoon when hundreds of people reported seeing a fireball in Georgia.
Southern US residents express amazement after seeing mystery object streak across the sky
A resident of Henry County, Georgia, reported a rock coming through their roof around the time they heard the sonic boom from ...
Meteor Fragments Hit the Southeast U.S. Here's What to Know
The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...
What is a fireball, and how often does rare event occur? See known SC meteorites
The object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.
VIDEO: Fireball streaks across sky in South Carolina
The National Weather Service office in Charleston, South Carolina, suggested it may have been a meteorite. Technology typically used to detect lightning picked up on a flash of light late Thursday ...
Was it a fireball? A meteor? Search is on for crash site of flaming object in SC
Video appearing to be a flaming object flying through the sky in upstate South Carolina has been circulating on social media.
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Georgia meteor fireball caught on camera – real or fake?
Discover how NASA, radar systems, and physical evidence confirm the authentic Georgia meteor fireball that streaked across ...
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Fireball seen across the southeastern US was produced by asteroidal fragment: NASA
Fireball sightings were reported in multiple states across the southeastern United States during the day on Thursday, which ...
People reported earthquakes and fire in the sky. It was probably a meteor.
The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.