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Fireball seen across the southeastern U.S. was a meteor, NASA says
NASA has now confirmed that the mysterious fireball seen across the southeast was a meteor – weighing in at a ton and ...
Was it a fireball? A meteor? Search is on for crash site of flaming object in SC
Video appearing to be a flaming object flying through the sky in upstate South Carolina has been circulating on social media.
Meteor Fragments Hit the Southeast U.S. Here's What to Know
The brilliant flash, which was accompanied by a sonic boom that many mistook for an earthquake, resulted in hundreds of calls ...
Fireball seen across the southeastern US was produced by asteroidal fragment: NASA
Fireball sightings were reported in multiple states across the southeastern United States during the day on Thursday, which ...
What is a fireball, and how often does rare event occur? See known SC meteorites
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.
Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky
More than 200 people across a half-dozen southern U.S. states have now reported witnessing a mysterious object streak across ...
What we know about the fireball seen across several states Thursday
A meteor possibly traveling at speeds of up to 40,000 mph lit up the sky across multiple states. A South Carolina expert ...
Fireball sightings reported across the southeastern US
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it found multiple bright flashes of light during the day on Thursday ...
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Meteor over Georgia delights, intrigues scientists, space lovers
Meteor spotted over Georgia, Southeast, reports say “It’s like a miniature gold rush,” he said of the quest to find meteorites. “It’s worth more ...
Rare 'bolide' fireball falls from sky, sightings reported across Southeast U.S.
Sightings have come from Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The National Weather Service station in Charleston noted the reports, saying that "satellite-based lightning detection ...