A glowing object lit up the sky, prompting dozens of calls to the authorities, as scientists scrambled to figure out what it was. It turns out that it was a meteor.

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

NASA has shared what they know after many people in the Southeast filed reports of a fiery ball falling from the sky on Thursday. Sign up for our Newsletters Key information: A fiery object was seen falling from the sky around 12:21 p.