Fireball seen taking pictures throughout the sky in Southeastern U.S. could also be from meteor

A potential meteorite was noticed taking pictures by way of the sky within the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday.

The Nationwide Climate Service workplace in Charleston mentioned there have been “many reviews of a fireball” throughout the area simply earlier than midday.

“It’s not sure, however the satellite-based lightning detection exhibits a streak inside cloud free sky over the NC/VA border, over Gasbury, VA,” between 11:51 to 11:56 a.m., the climate service mentioned.

Movies shared on social media confirmed the fireball shoot down right into a wooded space in South Carolina.

Kathryn Farr shared video of her automotive’s dashcam as she was driving south on Interstate 85 towards Anderson, South Carolina, round 12:25 p.m.

“Not one thing you see on a regular basis,” she wrote on Fb.

One other view from Andrew Corley Street in Lexington, South Carolina, confirmed the suspected meteorite burning brilliant white with an orange flame tail earlier than fizzling right into a wooded space.

The Newton County sheriff’s workplace in Georgia mentioned it was notified by the climate service that the fireball was doubtless a meteor, “and so they consider extra may probably be on the best way.”

“At the moment, we don’t have any info on the place the meteor might have landed,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned, noting the fireball was reported by residents in and round Covington.