Overview

• The American Meteor Society logged over 142 reports of a bright fireball sighting across Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee between 12:15 and 12:30 p.m. ET.
• The National Weather Service’s satellite-based lightning mapper recorded a streak over the North Carolina–Virginia border between 11:51 and 11:56 a.m. ET, indicating a bolide entry.
• Henry County Emergency Management confirmed a meteorite fragment pierced a residential roof in metro Atlanta, leaving an inch-wide hole and prompting damage assessments.
• Search teams in Anderson County, South Carolina have canvassed wooded areas for additional meteorite debris to establish the exact impact site.
• Residents described the phenomenon as a blazing “mini sun” with a fiery tail, accompanied by loud booms and ground shaking uncommon for daylight meteors.