{"id":4663,"date":"2026-08-15T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T19:06:02","slug":"right-into-the-ocean-34-carolinians-see-fireball-streak-across-carolinas-sky-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4663","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Right into the ocean.\u2019 34 Carolinians see fireball streak across Carolinas sky."},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Thirty-four late-night Carolinians reported a fireball streaking across the sky this week, mainly along the coast but as far inland as Matthews and Monroe.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4662\">Three dead following fatal collision amid police pursuit, SC troopers say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever seen anything like it,\u201d a Monroe man wrote on the American Meteorological Society fireball reporting site. \u201cIt was bright blue and green, and it went through the air in a straight line downwards, but not straight down &#8230; Very bright through the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Stargazers reported seeing the fireball at 1:46 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, according to the society<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Andrew D. of Matthews said he saw the green to light green object while driving on busy East Independence Boulevard (U.S. 74), which travels into Matthews from Charlotte. The society doesn\u2019t release the last names of people reporting strange objects in the sky.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Cara R. of Kiawah Island, S.C., sent video and a photo of the fireball to the society, saying it moved from up right to down left and had no sound.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Multiple colors reported on fireball<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Brittany A. of Dunn also said the object was light green but that it moved from up left to down right.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Taquasha W. of Wilmington described its colors as blue, green, orange, yellow and red.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCame down brightest light ever seen \u2013 right into ocean,\u201d said Cliff M. of Georgetown, S.C.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTook me by surprise and was traveling so fast,\u201d Carson N. of Conway, S.C., reported about what he described as the light blue, silent fireball.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4661\">Armed men claiming to be ICE agents tried to enter Sacramento immigration law firm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>David B. of Charleston, S.C., said he was in a parking lot when \u201cthe green light came from the southeast-ish, and I lost it behind a building &#8230; I didn\u2019t see it burn up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Brecken C. of Hilton Head Island saw the fireball to his left as he drove east. He described it as \u201ca bright, lime green fireball with a yellow tail, traveling north until it disappeared behind the tree line, when I saw a flash of yellow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Scott B. was on a covered patio in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., when \u201cthe sky first lit up with increasing intensity for 1-2 seconds before we saw the meteor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was beautiful to look at,\u201d said Niobe M. of Wilimington.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the longest, brightest and colorful fireball I ever seen!!!,\u201d said Allah H., who didn\u2019t list where she lives in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The fireball was \u201cglowing green\u201d with an \u201corange tail (and) white center and sparkles around like a New Year\u2019s celebration,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Help report fireballs<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The society encourages people to report anything they see that\u2019s \u201cbright and fast\u201d in the sky and may look like a shooting star. \u201cReport it: it may be a fireball,\u201d society officials say.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Filing a report is important because it alerts the society \u201cto potentially scientifically significant events that occur, and contributes to the general database of knowledge about meteors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4660\">SC man training to become a Richland deputy, arrested after sex with 5-year-old<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-four Carolinians reported a fireball streaking across the sky this week, mainly along the coast but as far inland as Matthews and Monroe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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