MEMA confirms meteor caused boom Wednesday morning

Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says they confirmed with NASA that the loud sound heard this morning was a meteor.

The sound was heard at around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday from Brookhaven, to Port Gibson, to southern Warren County.

Others say they saw the meteor streaking through the sky.

“I also SAW a large meteor fall this morning in the southern sky. It was, by far, the largest and brightest I’ve ever seen. That’s the timing, so I’m sure it was the cause of the sound! It actually left a train through the sky for a minute or so,” Regina Jeffers posted on social media. “Definitely impressive but I didn’t hear anything associated with it. Guess it was only heard closer to where it fell!”

No injuries or property damage have been reported as of the time of this writing.