A fireball was spotted over areas of the Southeastern United States on Thursday.
The American Meteor Society said it looks to be a "daytime fireball" that caused a sonic boom, typically occurring when a meteorite drops a fireball, but not always.
A driver in Lexington County, South Carolina, captured a video of the fireball on her dashcam. She said she saw a big flash in the sky come down and then disappear, almost like a firework.
The National Weather Service in Charleston shared that satellite images also showed a streak in the sky.
"Many reports of a #fireball across the Southeast U.S. It is not certain, but the satellite-based lightning detection shows a streak within cloud free sky over the NC/VA border, over Gasburg, VA. This streak was detected between 11:51 a.m. to 11:56 a.m.," the weather service stated in a X post.
Reports of fireballs are somewhat common at night, but to have one occur in the daytime is more unusual
