Article 6Y90P Fireball in the sky over US as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas – video

Fireball in the sky over US as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas – video

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A 'fireball' that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia. Reports say the fireball could also be seen from parts of North Carolina and South Carolina.

The National Weather Service did not initially recognise what it saw on its radar, said Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the service's Peachtree City station, as the fireball resembled a lightning strike on the service's global lightning mapper. The Atlanta area has had a spate of strong lightning storms over the last day, which led many to dismiss the boom as more lightning

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