Bright meteor spotted over south Louisiana, video captured by stargazers goes viral

A Bright meteor streaked across the skies of South Louisiana on Sunday, June 28, sparking a buzz online.

The fireball was spotted shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

Stargazers are sharing their home security camera footage online across multiple southern states, calling it “bolide.”

For the unversed, if a fireball ends with a sudden explosion in the sky, scientists call it a bolide, though the two terms are often used to describe the same thing.

What’s a fireball?

A dazzling fireball is also known as a piece of space rock entering Earth’s atmosphere.

According to the American Meteor Society, which defines this celestial phenomenon as a brilliant celestial flash that reaches a visual magnitude of -3 or brighter—about as bright as planet Venus.

These meteors are produced when larger pieces of space debris—ranging from roughly the size of a small stone to about a meter across—enter Earth’s atmosphere.

These fireballs can make their way into planet Earth from any direction and at very high speed, typically around 67,000 miles per hour.

They can be spotted over hundreds of miles and, in some cases, even during sunlight.

As per NASA, who describes them as a so-called “fireball season," it usually runs from February through April, when sightings