{"id":214767,"date":"2025-06-26T19:51:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/?p=214767"},"modified":"2025-06-26T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T23:51:46","slug":"a-rare-fireball-yes-thats-a-thing-may-have-lit-up-the-southern-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/articles\/a-rare-fireball-yes-thats-a-thing-may-have-lit-up-the-southern-skies","title":{"rendered":"A Rare Fireball (Yes, That&#8217;s a Thing) May Have Lit Up the Southern Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Like many Southerners I received a jolt today around 12:30 p.m. EDT, when I heard and felt a distinct thudding and shaking at my house in Atlanta. After running to my window to make sure no one was breaking and entering, I ventured to the front porch to see if I&#8217;d received a delivery\u2014a big delivery, like a furniture-sized box someone had spiked onto my doorstep. (Incidentally a small package was sitting there, and I looked askance at it for a moment.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the time I got back to my desk, my Ring app was pinging with neighbors asking one another if they\u2019d felt the earthquake. <em>Another<\/em> earthquake in Atlanta? (Many residents had felt the tremors of a 4.1-magnitude quake that hit Tennessee just last month.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I consulted Google, which returned an ominous message: \u201cThere are reports of nearby shaking. Check back as more information becomes available.\u201d Social media offered more validation, as posters described their experiences:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1077\" height=\"1100\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-26-at-4.34.18-PM-1077x1100.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of a threads conversation\" class=\"wp-image-214798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-26-at-4.34.18-PM-1077x1100.png 1077w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-26-at-4.34.18-PM-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-26-at-4.34.18-PM-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/gardenandgun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screen-Shot-2025-06-26-at-4.34.18-PM.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A screenshot of a Threads exchange.<\/figcaption><div class=\"caption\">A screenshot of a Threads exchange.<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But an hour later, the online chatter had gotten much more interesting&#8230;and included visuals. This was no earthquake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fireball seen today across the southeast. Maybe space debris or a very large meteor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fireball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fireball<\/a> video via John Eckard in Lexington, SC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4dMFZzbOIu\">pic.twitter.com\/4dMFZzbOIu<\/a><\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3094814\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1848873\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-6444678\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n&mdash; Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wxbrad\/status\/1938296311952117781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | This was the view from Greenwood, South Carolina showing the object falling out of the sky. Getting reports of sightings out of Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/11AliveNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@11AliveNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o7JhgD2Hr6\">pic.twitter.com\/o7JhgD2Hr6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cody Alcorn (@CodyAlcorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyAlcorn\/status\/1938289793101676643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another video of the fireball. <br><br>William Jackson &#8211; \u201cAs seen from Hwy 378 approaching Lexington. Caught on my dash cam.\u201d  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fireball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fireball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5QeG0KqYE\">pic.twitter.com\/k5QeG0KqYE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Daniel Bonds (@Daniel_Bonds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Daniel_Bonds\/status\/1938297140876345772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It appeared that a meteor may have lit up the midday sky over Georgia, South Carolina, and surrounding Southern states. And not just a meteor, but a fireball (yes, that\u2019s the official term for a meteor brighter than the planet Venus). A NOAA satellite captured the flash of the probable fireball as it crossed Earth\u2019s atmosphere:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There have been many reports of a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fireball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fireball<\/a> streaking across the southeastern U.S. this afternoon! The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GLM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GLM<\/a>) on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NOAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NOAA<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOES<\/a> satellites can occasionally detect these bright meteors (aka <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bolides?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bolides<\/a>) when they pass through the atmosphere. <br><br>See the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SeODhBdYiK\">pic.twitter.com\/SeODhBdYiK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NOAASatellites\/status\/1938307801110941923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though fireballs blaze across the sky every day, most go unnoticed over oceans or remote lands or while people sleep, and seeing one is a once-in-a-lifetime event, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsmeteors.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Meteor Society<\/a>. Witnessing a fireball large enough to generate a sonic boom is even rarer, and observing a meteorite-causing fireball is more improbable still. (A meteorite is a chunk of space rock that collides with the Earth\u2019s surface.) The last meteorite recovered in Georgia <a href=\"https:\/\/tellusmuseum.org\/minerals\/cartersville-meteorite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landed in Cartersville<\/a> in 2009; South Carolina hasn&#8217;t claimed one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/geology\/meteorites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since 1933<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-5405534\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-7162340\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1076264\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Did a lucky (or unlucky) Southerner find one today? According to the National Weather Service, a resident of Henry County in metro Atlanta reported that a rock fell through the roof of their home around the same time as the fireball sighting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Henry County Emergency Management Agency passed along to us that a citizen reported that a &quot;rock&quot; fell through their ceiling around the time of the reports of the &quot;earthquake&quot;. We are presuming that a piece of the object fell through their roof. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eLEG8r5BCF\">pic.twitter.com\/eLEG8r5BCF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NWS Atlanta (@NWSAtlanta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSAtlanta\/status\/1938342989505389045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the mysterious thudding I felt at my house, it could have been the sonic boom shaking the framing. Or it might have been a meteorite fragment plunging to the ground somewhere in my neighborhood. You can bet I\u2019m keeping an eye out, just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p><div id=\"div-gpt-ad-2656339\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad mobile inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-8051012\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad tablet inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-4780774\" class=\"ad-container in-line-ad desktop inContent\" data-ad-size-mapping=\"inContent\" data-ad-path=\"\/68000349\/in-between-modules\" data-ad-sizes=\"[ [336, 280], [300, 250], [300, 50] ]\" data-ad-channel=\"\" data-ad-type=\"In-between Modules\" data-page-terms=\"flagged\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Georgia, South Carolina, and beyond enjoyed a mysterious cosmic spectacle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":214831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-06-26T23:51:45Z","apple_news_api_id":"bf11985e-7ca1-467e-8438-b69f3ef28053","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-06-26T23:51:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AvxGYXnyhRn6EOLafPvKAUw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1784],"tags":[30280],"authors":[29947],"issue":[],"recipe-type":[],"class_list":["post-214767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-culture","tag-whats-new","authors-elizabeth-florio"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Rare Fireball (Yes, That&#039;s a Thing) May Have Lit Up the Southern Skies &#8211; 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