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 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… ...

Fireball seen across Southeast Over 100 reports of a possible fireball were received by the American Meteor Society, with sightings across metro Atlanta and other regions, including 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.

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 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.

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.