Fireball seen over Southeast US could have been a meteor — and more may be on the way: NWS
A massive fireball that officials said could have been a meteor shot across the daytime sky over the Southeast U.S. Thursday, and more could be on the way, officials said.
The National Weather Service received multiple reports of a fireball visible just before noon in the skies above South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia.
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Video shared to social media shows the blazing ball descend past a treeline off a South Carolina highway.
The National Weather Service detected the blaze from satellite images.
“It is not certain, but the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky over the NC/VA border, over Gasbury, VA,” the agency posted to X.
The weather service informed the sheriff’s office in Newton County, Georgia, that the fireball was possibly a meteor and “believe more could possibly be on the way,” according to the sheriff’s office.
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