An unusually bright daytime meteor lit up skies across the southeastern United States at about 12:25 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, 26 June. Witnesses from Alabama to Florida reported a brilliant fireball and loud booms; the American Meteor Society logged 215 separate sighting reports, most of them from Georgia and South Carolina.
NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office said the phenomenon was caused by a three-foot asteroidal fragment weighing more than a ton that entered the atmosphere near Oxford, Georgia, at roughly 30,000 mph. The object disintegrated 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, releasing energy equivalent to about 20 tons of TNT and generating a pressure wave strong enough to produce sonic booms at ground level.
The flash was captured by NOAA’s GOES-19 Geostationary Lightning Mapper and tracked on Doppler weather radar, giving researchers an unusually clear dataset for a daylight bolide. National Weather Service offices across the region confirmed the absence of seismic activity, attributing reports of ground shaking to the meteor’s shock wave.
Local authorities are investigating possible meteorite falls. In Henry County, Georgia—southeast of Atlanta—a rock believed to be related to the event pierced a home’s roof and floor; no injuries were reported. Fire departments in Georgia and South Carolina are searching additional areas where radar suggests small fragments may have landed.
Daylight fireballs are rare; NASA estimates only a handful are observed worldwide each year. Scientists are analysing whether the bolide was associated with the annual Beta Taurid stream, while advising residents to report any recovered debris for further study.
🚨🏴BRIGHT FIREBALL BREAKS APART OVER SCOTLAND, LOUD RUMBLE FOLLOWS
A meteor was seen breaking apart over western Scotland.
It lasted around 8 seconds, with a faint distant rumble heard roughly 2 minutes after it disappeared.
Source: @konstructivizm @OiAvogadro
Bright Fireball Seen Over Scotland
Taylor managed to capture this meteor breaking apart on July 2, 2025 at 12:50am (local time) over western Scotland. It lasted around 8 seconds & could hear a distant faint rumble roughly 2 minutes after it disappeared.
Source: Taylor
🚨🌎 Holy Crap - “What exactly is it?”
Legacy Media are trying to blame this on the Weather, however there’s a clear pattern to all these daily aerial phenomena right now ‼️
