Fireball in the sky as suspected meteor rattles Georgia and the Carolinas

Possible meteor rattled windows in three states, with a fragment crashing through the roof of a house near Atlanta

A “fireball” that may have been a meteor burned through the sky on Tuesday just after noon in north Georgia, with a meteorite fragment crashing through the roof of a house in metro Atlanta.

“It pierced through the roof all the way through and cracked through the laminate flooring to the concrete,” said Ryan Morrison, director of emergency management for Henry county, a suburban area south-east of Atlanta. “That’s why we think it’s part of this meteor storm.” The homeowner requested the homeland security office refrain from identifying them, because they have a small child, Morrison said.