Thursday's loud rolling rumble — and for some, a sudden flash and white streak in the sky — might have been a fireball from a meteor passing over metro Atlanta. Why it matters: More than 100 people from Georgia and parts of South Carolina and Florida reported spotting a potential fireball around 12:30pm to the American Meteor Society.

A bright fireball meteor streaked across the Southeast sky on Thursday (June 26), causing a stir among residents and officials. The event occurred around noon, with over 140 reports submitted to the American Meteor Society from Georgia,

Calls streamed into 911 dispatchers from across the Southeast on Thursday afternoon with reports that a “ball of fire” was streaking across the sky.