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Meteor visible in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia

First reports of the meteor came in around 6:30 am.

SOUTH CAROLINA, USA — Several calls to the station Thursday morning reported something glowing into the sky.

Betty Graham says she and her daughter Debby Napper saw it near Camden between 6:30 and 7 am.

"She thought 'what in the world is that?' Betty told News19.

"I thought it was a fallen star," Betty continued. "It was kind of amazing.. we hadn't seen anything like that before."

The National Weather service says they have also received several calls, calling the object, a meteor.

The American Meteor Society also received reports. They tweeted out a video showing shots from Fayetteville, NC, Cameron, NC, and Greer, SC.

The American Meteor Society also received a video from Denver, NC.

E. Gibson and M Coyle reached out to our sister station in Atlanta, GA. The station began receiving reports before 7 am.

Jacob Holder sent a video from Lexington, NC.

Meteorologist Brad Panovich from our sister station in Charlotte captured the meteor on his Nest camera.

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