There are several postings on social media of a fireball seen over middle Georgia at 22:49 PM Eastern Standard Time on the night of November 5 (2026 November 6, 03:49 UTC). The meteor was also detected by 5 NASA all sky cameras in Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida and by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper onboard the GOES 19 satellite. An analysis of the available data indicates that the fireball was caused by a cometary object weighing about 15 pounds with a diameter of 7 inches. It was first detected at an altitude of 54 miles above Vienna, moving west at 73,000 miles per hour. The meteor disintegrated 32 miles above Americus, Georgia. No meteorites are expected to have been produced by this event.
| Event ID | 20261106-034927 |
| Date (UTC) | Nov. 6, 2026 |
| Time (UTC) | 03:49:27 |
| AMS Event | - |
| Magnitude | -8.4 |
| Size | 7 inches |
| Origin | cometary |
| NASA Camera Start Lat/Lon | +32.169, -83.770 |
| NASA Camera End Lat/Lon | +32.079, -84.153 |
| NASA Camera Altitude | 87.3 km → 51.7 km ( 54.2 miles→ 32.1 miles) |
| NASA Camera Speed | 32.7 km/s (73,000 mph) |