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.

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 ton ...

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

Scientists said a fireball was seen blazing across the sky on Thursday was the result of a burning meteor. The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Oxford, Ga., moving… ...

The bright flash and a thunderous boom startled Georgia residents, prompting 911 calls – the fireball could also be seen in Tennessee and South Carolina.

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 ...

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.

Here's what we know about this fireball. What was the fireball in Georgia on Thursday? According to 11Alive, scientists are calling it a bolide.