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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.
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.
Fireball may bring memories of past meteorites that fell in Florida
Meteorites aren't very common in Florida, but there have been documented reports over the last 100-plus years, including ...
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Rare daytime fireball bright enough to be seen from orbit may have punched a hole in a house in Georgia
A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia ...
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.
Fireball streaks across Southeast skies, with sonic boom, ground shaken
Calls streamed into 911 dispatchers from across the Southeast on Thursday afternoon with reports that a “ball of fire” was ...
Rare daytime fireball spotted in skies over Alabama, 4 other states
The object described as a “fiery ball” was seen by people in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and northern ...
Video shows fireball meteor explode in broad daylight. How rare is this cosmic phenomenon?
Fireballs fall on the Earth every day—but the one that just streaked across the southeastern U.S. this week was unlike the ...