A rare daytime fireball meteor was seen across North Georgia on Thursday afternoon.
At around 12:27PM, reports started flooding in about a large, bright object in the sky followed by a sonic boom. Shortly after, video emerged of what is certainly a bolide, or extremely bright meteor. Michelle Jones, one of our readers, shared this with us on Facebook from her front porch camera. The meteor can be easily seen very bright.
Satellite detection picked up the meteor as it reached the ground just south of Atlanta.
A look at visible satellite imagery shows what may have been smoke from the fireball entering the atmosphere.
The remnants of the meteor likely made it to the ground south of Atlanta, where emergency management reported damage to a home’s roof and interior in Henry County.
A sonic boom was felt with the entry across the region as well.
This is a very rare occurrence with only a few daytime meteors being reported and recorded each year. While thousands of meteors hit our planet each day, those big enough to be seen in daylight are few and far between. The meteor was likely the size of a quarter or a bit larger based on photos of the pieces that made it to the ground and the damage it incurred on the roof and interior of the Henry County house.
