A meteor? Georgians report sightings of mysterious fireball in the sky

Videos and photos of what appears to be a meteor streaking across the sky appeared in social media feeds across Georgia this afternoon.

Some local officials confirmed the "fireball" sighting around noon today.

A forecaster at the National Weather Service in Peachtree City said the office received a heavy volume of calls about the possible meteor.

Some of those calls also reported a loud boom or shaking of windows in areas south of Atlanta.

"Did you feel that today? Many in north Georgia not only felt it, but saw it," the NWS wrote on its Facebook page. "It appears that either a meteor or space junk crossed the skies of north Georgia just before 12:30 PM. Numerous reports of an earthquake came in shortly after, followed by sightings and video of a flash across the sky seen as far away as Macon and Upstate South Carolina. That earthquake you felt was the result of the sonic boom from the meteor or space junk.

The NWS said the object was too fast to track on radar or satellite  but its GLM or "Global Lightning Mapper" detected the light from the possible meteor.

The Henry County Emergency Management agency said a "rock" fell through a resident's ceiling around the time of the reports. Henry County EMA reports that the object broke through the roof, then the ceiling, before cracking the laminate flooring and stopping.

This is a developing story.