A massive fireball that streaked across the southeastern U.S. sky in broad daylight Thursday has been confirmed by NASA as a meteor, with evidence suggesting it broke apart high above Georgia and may have sent debris crashing to the ground. Its entry was so intense that it triggered the Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLM) aboard NOAA’s GOES satellites—devices normally used to detect lightning. Doppler radar also picked up falling debris, and the agency has received reports of meteorite fragmen