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,

The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina.

A fiery object in the sky was seen by many in the South Carolina Midlands on Thursday afternoon. And it appears the object was seen across the Southeast