ATLANTA — A rarely seen daytime fireball that may have been dropped by a meteor was spotted across the Southeastern U.S. on Thursday, creating a sonic boom that blared through the region.

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 fireball that caught the attention of people across the southeastern United States is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.

Videos and posts of the fireball in Georgia on Thursday Vanessa Countryman is the Trending Topics Reporter for the the Deep South Connect Team Georgia. Email her at [email protected] m .

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A rarely seen daytime fireball that may have been dropped by a meteor was spotted across the Southeast on Thursday — creating a sonic boom that blared through the region.