A fireball streaking across the sky was spotted in four states, including Georgia, on Thursday afternoon.
Social media lit up with images of the possible meteor entering Earth’s atmosphere and fragmenting across Georgia and South Carolina around 12:30 p.m. on June 26. The light show was also accompanied by a loud boom that was heard across parts of the metro.
The American Meteor Society identified the object as a “bolide,” a large and rare fireball that creates a sonic boom.
According to a report from The Guardian, a fragment pierced the roof of a home in Henry County, cracking the laminate flooring and concrete underneath. No one was injured.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a “meteor or space junk” was seen blazing across the state and that the sonic boom led some to believe it was an earthquake.
