Shocked onlookers saw what appeared to be a fireball shooting across parts of the Southeast on Thursday.
The National Weather Service office in Atlanta wrote on X that the fireball appears to be “a meteor or space junk” that moved over north Georgia shortly before 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
“Reports of an earthquake came in shortly after, followed by sightings & video of a flash across the sky seen as far as Macon & Upstate South Carolina,” the weather service said…