A possible meteorite was sighted across multiple states in the southeastern U.S. on June 26.

The event coincided with reports of an “earthquake,” later identified as a sonic boom.

A Henry County, Georgia resident reported damage to their home, believed to be caused by a piece of the object.

A man in Henry County, Georgia reported rocky debris punching through his roof the same time reports of a fireball in the sky came in around noon on June 26 from North Florida to North Carolina.

The bright streak may have been a meteorite, according to the National Weather Service.

A resident in Henry County , southeast of Atlanta, reported a hole in their roof and rocky debris on their floor at the same time that reports of an “earthquake” were coming in.

“Did you feel that today? Many in north Georgia not only felt it but saw it,” the NWS station in Peachtree City, Georgia posted on Facebook. “It appears that either a meteor or space junk crossed the skies of north Georgia just before 12:30 PM. Numerous reports of an earthquake came in shortly after, followed by sightings and video of a flash across the sky seen as far away as Macon and Upstate South Carolina.

“That ‘earthquake’ was actually a sonic boom from the meteor or space junk.”

Dashcam footage appears to have caught the astral event, with Kathryn Farr of South Carolina calling it “not something you see everyday” in a post on Facebook sharing the video.

The fireball occurred as the annual Bootid meteor shower peaks overhead. The Bootid shower, known for its unpredictability and rare but bright trails, is active from June 22 to July 2 and is expected to reach peak activity around June 27, according to the International Meteor Organization.

Georgia resident reports rock through roof

The Peachtree NWS also said that, according to Henry County Emergency Management agency, “a citizen reported that a ‘rock’ fell through their ceiling around the time of the reports of the ‘earthquake.'”

“We are presuming that a piece of the object fell through their roof,” the Peachtree NWS said,

“Henry County EMA also reported that the object broke through the roof, then the ceiling, before cracking the laminate on the floor and stopping.”

Fireball seen from Florida

The American Meteor Society logged more than 200 witness reports from North Florida up to North Carolina and Tennessee of a bright streak in the sky. Most of the reports were in northeastern Georgia and western South Carolina, at around 12:21 p.m. ET.

Aaron S reported seeing an orange fireball coming within a mile of his Cessna Citation at 40,000 feet near Tallahassee. Joshua P. said it was yellow from his sighting in Lake City.

Florida no stranger to space strikes

While there have been meteorites reported in the Sunshine State before, the most notable recent impact came from the International Space Station.

In 2024, Naples resident Alejandro Otero reported a nearly 2-pound chunk of debris “ripped through the house and then made a big hole on the floor and on the ceiling.”

NASA confirmed that the chunk came from a pallet of old batteries dumped from the ISS three years previous that was expected to burn up on entry through Earth’s atmosphere.