The Context The National Weather Service of Charleston, South Carolina, said on X that there are "many reports" of a fireball across the southeastern U.S. "It is not certain, but the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky,

Witnesses across South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia describe a giant fireball in the sky. Here's what it means.

Based on over 100 reports by observers from Ohio to Alabama to the American Meteor Society (AMS), the fireball was seen shortly before 12:30 p.m. over Tennessee into Northern Georgia. Reports are also coming in from western North Carolina. If you saw it, you can share what you saw and help determine the meteor's trajectory.