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© ajc.comUnexplained: A mysterious fireball streaked across the sky over Atlanta leaving onlookers bewildered
A mysterious fireball that lit up the sky over Atlanta has left onlookers bewildered as to what it could have been.

Charsign Raymond, 39, of Clarkston, was visiting a friend's home in Stone Mountain when his friend's wife saw the unidentified object streak across the sky.

'She ran in and said, "Look, you've all got to see this"', Mr Raymond recalled.

Mr Raymond managed to capture the double-barrelled ball of fire falling towards the ground on his camera.

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© ajc.comWhat could it be? The double-barrelled ball of fire has not been explained by authorities
DeKalb County Police Department said they had no reports of fireballs hitting the county recently and have offered no explanations as to what it could be.

A neighbour who also witnessed the unexplained sighting said she thought it was a meteor about 10 times larger than any she'd ever seen before.

A second streak zoomed across the sky just seconds later.

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© ajc.comFiery: A second streak shot past the fireball minutes later
The strange incident happened around 5.30pm on November 28. Just two days earlier an unexplained explosion rocked Villa Rica west of Atlanta.

People in three counties - Carroll, Douglas and Haralson - complained about hearing a loud boom late on November 26.

Police officers and firefighters responded to the Mirror Lake neighbourhood but found nothing.

There was no smoke or anything that would indicate something had exploded despite the numerous calls they received about the loud bang.

Authorities suggested the noise had been a sonic boom, but the Federal Aviation Administration said there was no commercial aircraft fast enough to produce such a sound.