Blazing daylight fireball reported over U.S. Southeast!

A fireball meteor exploded over Georgia and South Carolina — and now video is starting to surface. Witnesses across the Southeast reported a blazing object in the sky around 12:30 PM, with some hearing a loud boom.

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— MyRadar (@myradar.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Daylight fireball reported over U.S. Southeast

On Thursday, July 26, 2025, social media reports of a rare daytime fireball streaking across the sky began pouring in. As of this writing, more than 200 reports from people in the U.S. Southeast – mostly from Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee – have been submitted to the website of the American Meteor Society (AMS).

What is a fireball? It’s a larger-than-usual bit of space debris that encounters our atmosphere and vaporizes, leaving behind a bright streak. It’s not an uncommon occurrence for Earth as a whole, but it can be a once-in-a-lifetime sighting from any particular spot on Earth. Yes, the brightest fireballs can be seen in daylight!

Did you see it? Report the fireball to the AMS

What we know so far

According to Newsweek:

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 agency said the streak was detected over the border of North Carolina and Virginia between 11:51 a.m. to 11:56 a.m.

And a post from CIRA showed the GEOS-19 satellite caught the bright flash over Georgia on June 26:

A bolide, or large meteor, broke up over South Carolina and Georgia earlier today, creating a fireball that was bright enough to be captured by GOES-19.

— (@cira-csu.bsky.social) 2025-06-26T20:27:11.383Z

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BREAKING: People are reporting seeing a fireball (Meteor) over Atlanta, GA.

Here is one dash cam view of that Meteor.pic.twitter.com/qdFiZel6Z3

— Right (@Rigghht) June 26, 2025

Video of the fireball caught on a dashcam and posted on X.com.

WATCH: Reports of a fireball/meteorite/something over Georgia. USGS says it may be related to a sonic boom.

Henry County says a McDonough home was damaged by small rock flying through roof into the floor.

Anna Sparks witnessed this in Dawsonville, GA. @ATLNewsFirst pic.twitter.com/eDdMCwxmNV

— Patrick Quinn (@PatrickQuinnTV) June 26, 2025

@newsweek A Tesla dashcam captured the moment a "fireball" fell from the sky near Interstate 20 in Aiken, South Carolina. #news #newsweek #SouthCarolina ? original sound – Newsweek

@abcnews Fireball sightings were reported in multiple states across the southeastern U.S. during the day on Thursday. The American Meteor Society said it received over 140 reports of fireball sightings Thursday over six states — Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. #news #fireball ? original sound – ABC News

Meteorite impact site?

Frequency of daylight fireballs

You might be surprised that meteors can also be seen during the daylight hours. Just like you can see the moon during the daylight hours, when a meteor exceeds a magnitude of -8 (comparable to the brightness of a half-illuminated moon), you can see it, too, with the unaided eye as long as it appears far enough from the sun. The AMS receives an average of one daylight event per month from all over the world. This is far less than 1% of the total events recorded per month.

Did you see it? Report it to the AMS/IMO.

Bottom line: Several reports were posted on social media of a rare daylight fireball that was seen over multiple states in the southeastern part of the United States on June 26, 2025.