A screengrab from viewer Brandon Warren's video of a fireball meteor taken on Friday, Sept. 24, at 7:40 p.m. in Willow Spring, N.C.

'Fireball' Meteor Caught On Camera Soaring Over North Carolina At 32,000 MPH

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2021-09-28 11:30:07

A screengrab from viewer Brandon Warren's video of a fireball meteor taken on Friday, Sept. 24, at 7:40 p.m. in Willow Spring, N.C. Brandon Warren hide caption

A screengrab from viewer Brandon Warren's video of a fireball meteor taken on Friday, Sept. 24, at 7:40 p.m. in Willow Spring, N.C.

A newly released video by the American Meteor Society shows a fireball moving across the sky above North Carolina last Friday.

According to NASA Meteor Watch, the phenomenon was seen over North Carolina after 7:30 p.m., one of several fireball sightings in the U.S. that night.

An analysis from NASA said the meteor "skimmed the coast of North Carolina," noticeable to sightseers some 48 miles above the ocean in Jacksonville, N.C., blazing across the sky at 32,000 mph.

Meteoroids typically enter Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 to 160,000 mph, however, they "rapidly decelerate" as they travel through the atmosphere, according to the nonprofit American Meteor Society.