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.The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina at 12:25 p.

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.

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF/FOX Carolina) - A possible meteorite crash sprung multiple fire departments in South Carolina’s Upstate into action Thursday. According to Fox Carolina, Anderson County Fire and Anderson City Fire are driving around looking for the crash site of a meteorite. It may have entered the atmosphere over central South Carolina.