WSB-TV's chief meteorologist Glenn Burns said some people saw the fireball and heard booms over north Georgia around 9:30 p.m.

NASA believes it was space junk or a meteor that shot across the sky.

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Ja’Quon Stembridge, shown here in July at the Henry County Republican Party monthly meeting, recently stepped from his position with the Georgia GOP. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC)

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