‘Fireball’ within the sky seen throughout metro Atlanta

Channel 2 Motion Information is receiving reviews of a “fireball” falling from the sky Thursday afternoon.

A number of viewers have referred to as and messaged, saying they noticed one thing within the sky earlier than listening to a loud growth and feeling shaking.

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NASA confirmed to Channel 2 Motion Information that it was a meteor first seen 48 miles above Oxford, Ga. in Newton County and was shifting 30,000 miles per hour.

They are saying it was produced by an asteroidal fragment that had a three-foot diameter and weighed greater than a ton.

It disintegrated about 27 miles above West Forest, Ga., which launched the identical quantity of power as 20 tons of TNT, NASA mentioned.

That’s doubtless what resulted within the loud growth that a whole lot of individuals within the space reported listening to.

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Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett informed Channel 2’s Courtney Francisco that he and his workforce felt it hit, and that it stopped them of their tracks.

Emergency officers say they’re investigating reviews {that a} piece of a meteorite flew by way of a roof and right into a Henry County residence.

Henry County Emergency Administration Director Ryan Morrison informed Francisco that he went to the house to verify everybody was okay. He says the person reported that it appeared like a gunshot after which he seen items of rock on the bottom.

We’ve obtained reviews from throughout metro Atlanta, together with DeKalb County, downtown Atlanta and right down to Henry and Newton counties.

Extreme Climate Workforce 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan says it might be a meteorite burning up within the environment.

The Nationwide Climate Service in Charleston, S.C. reported a streak in Gasbury, Va. simply earlier than midday.

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