A fireball, or an exceptionally bright meteor, appears to have exploded in the skies over the southeastern U.S. on Thursday.

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The American Meteor Society said it received more than 160 reports of a fireball sighting from observers in Georgia and South Carolina.

The fireball is presumed to be from a meteor fragmenting in the sky, according to meteorologists and other experts.

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A rarely seen daytime fireball that may have been dropped by a meteor was spotted across the Southeast on Thursday — creating a sonic boom that blared through the region.

Mercer University physics and astronomy professor Matthew Marone says the sighting is not uncommon, and it's likely connected to the annual Bootid meteor shower.

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