Numerous observers in the southeastern United States have filed reports of a bright daylight fireball seen on Thursday, June 26 at 12:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time (16:25 UTC). An analysis of these accounts combined with camera, satellite, infrasound, and doppler weather radar data has yielded the following information about this event:
1. The meteor was first seen at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Oxford, Georgia moving to the southwest at 30000 mile per hour.
2. It disintegrated 27 miles above West Forest, Georgia, unleashing an energy of about 20 tons of TNT. The resulting pressure wave propagated to the ground, creating the booms and shakings heard by many in that area. Some large windows may have vibrated or even cracked.
3. The fireball was produced by an asteroidal fragment 3 feet in diameter, weighing over a ton.
4. The Geostationary Lightning Mappers onboard the GOES satellites were able to detect the fireball and provide estimates of its location and energy.
5. Multiple doppler weather radars have detected the signatures of meteorites falling to the ground and there are reports of meteorites being found.
More information can be found here: https://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/meteorite-falls/events/blacksville-ga
| Event ID | 20250626-162457 |
| Date (UTC) | June 26, 2025 |
| Time (UTC) | 16:24:57 |
| AMS Event | 3455-2025 |
| Size | 3 feet in diameter, weighing over a ton |
| Chicken Little Start Lat/Lon | +33.619, -83.882 |
| Chicken Little End Lat/Lon | +33.491, -84.082 |
| Chicken Little Altitude | 76.9 km → 44.0 km ( 47.8 miles→ 27.4 miles) |
| Chicken Little Speed | 13.4 km/s (30,100 mph) |