Meteor Over Georgia: Did You See Something in the Sky?

NASA is investigating a meteor spotted over Georgia at 6:33 p.m. Thursday.

“All 6 NASA sky meteor cameras in the Southeast picked up the meteor at an altitude of 50 miles above the town of McDonough (SE of Atlanta),” according to NASA Meteor Watch.

From its brightness, it is estimated that this piece of an asteroid weighed at least 150 pounds and was over 16 inches in diameter, moving at a speed of 29,000 miles per hour.

The American Meteor Society reports nearly two-dozen public sightings of the fireball over Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Texas.

The NASA cameras reportedly tracked it to an altitude of 17 miles above the town of Locust Grove, where it had slowed to a speed of 9,000 miles per hour, when it stopped burning.

“It is possible that fragments of this object survived to reach the ground as meteorites; If so, they are located in Henry County south of Locust Grove, or in the counties adjacent to this area.

NASA will update with more information Friday, including analysis on the possibility of a meteorites.

Images from NASA