A rarely seen daytime fireball that may have been dropped by a meteor was spotted across the Southeast on Thursday — creating a sonic boom that blared through the region.

A possible meteorite was spotted shooting through the sky in the southeast U.S. on Thursday. The National Weather Service office in Charleston said there were "many reports of a fireball" across the region just before noon.

A possible bright fireball shot across the Southeast sky on Thursday afternoon startling anyone who heard or felt it, according to hundreds of social media reports and fireball reports to astronomy organizations.