WATCH: A ‘fireball’ in the sky — how a suspected meteor fragment burned into a home in US

“It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring to the concrete… That’s why we think it’s part of this meteor storm.”

The homeowner has not been identified, citing privacy concerns related to their small child.

The event drew attention on social media, with videos and eyewitness accounts showing a bright trail of smoke as the object passed overhead.

The National Weather Service (NWS) did not initially detect the meteor on radar. Dylan Lusk, a senior meteorologist at the NWS Peachtree City station in Georgia, said this was likely due to the altitude at which the event occurred. “It looks like the fireball that occurred was a little bit too high up,” Lusk said.

There have been sightings of a meteor across parts of Georgia & South Carolina this afternoon.

The falling meteor was seen from satellite, with a brief flash near Atlanta, GA! pic.twitter.com/WTtPvclve0

— Weather Track US (@weathertrackus) June 26, 2025

He added that satellite tools later revealed a smoke trail. The object also appeared similar to a lightning strike on the service’s lightning-mapping systems. Due to recent thunderstorms in the Atlanta area, some residents initially assumed the noise was weather-related.

Lusk acknowledged that meteor strikes are not typically within the scope of meteorological agencies. “Space debris or asteroids are the purview of Nasa.”

(With inputs from The Guardian)