Residents in many southern states are startled by a large 'fireball.'

This week, residents in numerous southern states saw and heard a visitor from space. According to NASA at than 30 individuals saw a fireball rushing towards Earth. Many more people in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi didn't see the item, but they could hear it very well. As the item flew through our atmosphere and finally landed to Earth, there were several reports of huge booms.

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The explosion was most likely a fragment of an asteroid about a foot wide and weighing roughly 90 pounds, according to NASA. It started to break apart in the lower atmosphere as it plummeted into Earth at a speed of 55,000 miles per hour. The disintegration released enough energy to explode three tonnes of TNT, causing shockwaves on the earth below. It was also the cause of several loud booms, according to locals. The object was originally seen 54 miles above Mississippi before dissolving 34 miles north of Minorca, Louisiana.

NOAA satellites 22,00 miles distant were the first to see the streaking "fireball." The Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLM) aboard the agency's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) 16 and 17 detected a slew of brilliant flashes in the sky. The breakdown of the bolide, which is a very brilliant meteor, created the flashes. It was more than 10 times brighter than a full moon at its peak, according to NASA.

NOAA satellites 22,00 miles distant were the first to see the streaking "fireball." The Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLM) aboard the agency's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) 16 and 17 detected a slew of brilliant flashes in the sky. The breakdown of the bolide, which is a very brilliant meteor, created the flashes. It was more than 10 times brighter than a full moon at its peak, according to NASA.

Such occurrences are quite unusual. Mississippi locals won't see another meteor like this for "decades," according to Bill Cooke, the director of NASA's Meteoroid Environments branch. Cooke spoke to a local news station, which also broadcast video of the asteroid hitting the ground. Because the video was captured on a dash cam, it is low-resolution and blurry. Cooke also expressed astonishment that more individuals did not spot the meteor in a statement. "What struck me as remarkable was the scarcity of eyewitness accounts we had given the clear sky," Cooke remarked. "It was heard more than seen." "One of the prettier incidents I've seen in the GLM data," Cooke said of the meteor. Other than mentioning the fact that no one on the ground was wounded, it's unclear what he means by "lovely" in this situation. It most likely looked nice as well.