The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.

A meteor on Thursday around 11:50 AM has drawn much attention. The bright flash was seen in the skies over South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee, and over 200 reports have come in since. … ...

Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.

NEED TO KNOW Witnesses across southeastern U.S. states reported seeing a “really scary” fireball moving across the sky on June 26 A NASA expert confirmed to PEOPLE that the object was a meteor ...

People in the southeastern United States on Thursday, June 26, reported a fireball in the sky and rumbling on the ground, an unsettling combination that was probably a meteor, according to various ...

A fireball that streaked across the sky over Georgia was identified as a large meteor, and a piece of the space debris crashed through the roof of a home.

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.

The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.

The National Weather Service said fireballs were spotted across the Southeast, including in Charleston, S.C., a day before the June Bootid meteor shower peeks.

Numerous reports of a fireball in the sky in South Carolina and Georgia Thursday afternoon had observers and scientists alike wondering what the object was.