The National Weather Service said fireballs were spotted across the Southeast, including Charleston, South Carolina, a day before the June Bootid meteor shower.

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

A glowing object lit up the sky, prompting dozens of calls to the authorities, as scientists scrambled to figure out what it was. It turns out that it was a meteor.