4.56 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Streaks Through Georgia Sky, on Video

Look up in the sky … It’s a bird, it’s a plane … No, it’s a 4.56-billion-year-old meteorite that’s older than planet Earth!

Yup, you read it right … The fiery comet — nicknamed the “McDonough Meteorite” — was captured on film streaking through the skies above Georgia and South Carolina on June 26 … but the video was recently released.

The University of Georgia also issued a press release Friday with their findings, primarily from UGA planetary geologist Scott Harris, who says the meteor slammed into the roof of a house just outside Atlanta. Luckily, nobody was injured!

Harris says 23 grams of meteor fragments were taken from the roof and analyzed under a microscope. Based on his examination, Harris determined the comet was a whopping 20 million years older than the Earth. Now that’s old!