There have been many postings to social media of a fireball observed over southern Tennessee on November 5th at 7:45 PM Eastern Standard Time (2026 November 06, 00:45 UTC). The meteor was also detected by 4 NASA all sky cameras in the region and an analysis of the video data shows that the object - a small piece of an asteroid 2 inches in diameter and weighing 6 ounces - was first spotted 53 miles above the North Carolina town of Robbinsville, moving a little south of west at 47,000 miles per hour. It disintegrated at an altitude of 25 miles above East Ridge, Tennessee, just southeast of Chattanooga.
This meteor was not part of the currently active Taurid meteor shower.
| Event ID | 20261106-004521 |
| Date (UTC) | Nov. 6, 2026 |
| Time (UTC) | 00:45:21 |
| AMS Event | - |
| Magnitude | -6.1 |
| Size | 2 inches |
| NASA Camera Start Lat/Lon | +35.435, -83.745 |
| NASA Camera End Lat/Lon | +34.989, -85.245 |
| NASA Camera Altitude | 86.3 km → 40.5 km ( 53.6 miles→ 25.2 miles) |
| NASA Camera Speed | 21.2 km/s (47,500 mph) |