A meteor was seen streaking across the Carolina skies early Saturday morning.
Residents across four states — from central Virginia to Charleston, South Carolina, and from eastern Tennessee to the Outer Banks — reported seeing the space rock to the American Meteor Society.
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Based on triangulation of those reports, the meteor was first seen over Greensboro traveling nearly due south toward Asheboro. It was visible for only a few seconds, last seen east of the North Carolina Zoo before breaking up into a fireball high over south eastern Randolph County.
A meteor is the bright streak of light produced when a meteoroid—a small rock, likely a fragment of an asteroid—burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
A meteor shining brighter than Venus earns the fireball label. In the rare event that any part of the meteoroid survives the fall to be found on the ground, it is called a meteorite.
Triangle residents with doorbell cameras facing west might have captured the brief meteor. Share your photos at wral.com/reportit.