Extremely Bright Fireball Lights Up Appalachia and Disappears Over North Carolina (VIDEO)
Fireball screenshot via WCNC
NASA reported that a bright fireball lit up the Appalachia region before disappearing over North Carolina over the weekend.
In a Facebook Post, NASA reported the fireball was first spotted above Piney Flats, Tennessee, at 1:15 a.m. on Friday and was moving eastward at 31,300 mph.
NASA said in a statement, “The fireball was also detected by several cameras in the region, as well as the Geostationary Lightning Mapper aboard the GOES-16 spacecraft.”
The American Meteor Society received 175 witness reports from people on the ground who saw the bright meteor.
Witness reports came from 10 states, including Maryland, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
