Meteorite
Crashes Into Roof Of Georgia House
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Search for within the sky … It is a chook, it is a aircraft … No, it is a 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that is older than planet Earth!
NASA has confirmed the fireball witnessed over Georgia and throughout the Southeast right now was a meteor, proven on this video from Atlanta Information First viewer Lindsey Rodney. >> https://t.co/jO9xoU3DPK pic.twitter.com/uOwYgeX3qn
— Atlanta Information First (@ATLNewsFirst) June 27, 2025
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Yup, you learn it proper … The fiery comet — nicknamed the “McDonough Meteorite” — was captured on movie streaking by way of the skies above Georgia and South Carolina on June 26 … however the video was lately launched.
The College of Georgia additionally issued a press launch Friday with their findings, primarily from UGA planetary geologist Scott Harris, who says the meteor slammed into the roof of a home simply exterior Atlanta. Fortunately, no one was injured!
Harris says 23 grams of meteor fragments had been taken from the roof and analyzed beneath a microscope. Primarily based on his examination, Harris decided the comet was a whopping 20 million years older than the Earth. Now that is outdated!
🚨#UPDATE: The meteor / fireball witnessed by numerous folks throughout a number of states has now been confirmed to have struck Earth. Officers say fragments of the meteorite crashed by way of the roof of a house in Henry County, Georgia. pic.twitter.com/9qrU1BCnyd
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 26, 2025
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By the best way, take a look at the video if you have not already. It is fairly rattling wild seeing that sucker taking pictures by way of the sky.
