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

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.

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 object, identified as a fireball, "exploded 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT," per CBS News.

A fireball, or an exceptionally bright meteor, appears to have exploded in the skies over the southeastern U.S. on Thursday.

A fireball spotted across the South may be a meteorite, officials said. See the flash in the sky that was captured by dashcams.

Fireball sightings were reported in multiple states across the southeastern United States during the day on Thursday, which NASA determined was produced by an asteroidal fragment weighing over a ...

A fireball, or a bright meteorite, was seen across the southeastern United States on Thursday and later exploded over Georgia, creating booms heard by residents in the area, according to NASA.

Channel 2 Action News is receiving reports of a “fireball” falling from the sky on Thursday afternoon.