NASA confirms sightings of fireball above NC-TN border
NASA confirmed sightings of a meteor seen above Tennessee and North Carolina at the beginning of November. The report from NASA comes several days after the object was first reported, with many sharing photos and videos on social media of the object captured at around 7:45 p.m. on Nov. 5. NASA has now confirmed that the object was a small piece of an asteroid, which disintegrated above Tennessee, just south of Chattanooga. While there is an active meteor shower occurring, NASA added that the meteor was unrelated to it. Here's everything we know. North Carolina Tennessee fireball: NASA meteor statement NASA confirmed that it used its sky cameras at the Tellus Science Museum in Cartersville, Georgia; Huntsville, Alabama; Tullahoma, Tennessee; and a site near the Tennessee-North Carolina border to analyze the fireball, as well as social media photos from eyewitnesses. The statement noted that the object was first spotted 53 miles above Robbinsville, moving "a little south of west at 47,000 miles per hour" before disintegrating at an altitude of 25 miles above East Ridge, Tennessee. .oembed-frame { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; border: 0; } What was that bright light in the sky? NASA determined the meteor spotted
