Fireball in sky

Was it a shooting star, space debris or maybe even a satellite? Here's what researchers think about the massive fireball that shot across the U.K. sky.

"There is a great deal of speculation about last night's fireball," UK Meteor Network tweeted on Thursday. Owens had told BBC that meteors or shooting stars tend to be "tiny little streaks of light lasting a fraction of a second." One thing that does seem certain, however, is that the bolt of light likely wasn't a meteor. He also said that it was slower than normal meteors, though not completely out of regular range, "but A giant fireball was seen shooting across the U.K. Some witnesses described it as looking green while videos showed it surrounded by a wide-ranging flashing aura as it bolted across the clouds.

The UK Meteor Network gathered more than 200 reports from eye witnesses seeing a meteorite in the sky over Wednesday night.

"It looked to me like it was heading… Mr Owens told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland: "It was incredible. He said: "I was walking my dog and it was strangely enough 10pm on the dot, and I just saw the flash in the sky and pulled out my phone and recorded it.

The mysterious object was first spotted in Scotland before travelling towards Ireland. People in Dublin, Donegal, Wexford, Armagh and Antrim are among those ...

Thought it was a firework at first then realised what it was and was able to record it." Taking to Twitter, one person wrote: "I just saw something streaking across the sky northwest direction from my living room - very very fast, above the clouds - it was green and leaving a trail. The one last night might have been the size of a golf ball or maybe a cricket ball, maybe bigger than that, so it’s certainly not impossible that bits could have landed. Another person replied with a video they captured, saying: "Spotted in Bunclody, Wexford! "At first I thought it was a firework, no noise and it didn't explode quickly so got my phone out. [told Belfast Live](https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/camera-meteor-streaking-green-tail-25021615): “I was locking my car when I noticed a flash of light.

The UK Meteor Network said it received more than 200 reports, most of them from Northern Ireland and Scotland.

“It looked to me like it was heading… He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “It was incredible. “I was walking my dog and it was strangely enough 10pm on the dot, and I just saw the flash in the sky and pulled out my phone and recorded it,” the Glasgow resident told the PA news agency.

Astronomy Ireland's David Moore told The Journal that they were “flooded with reports” of sightings of the fireball last night.

The thing is, we can see these things for up to 1,000 miles away, and of course, Ireland, especially north west and south, has got ocean in that direction and a reasonable sea to the east,” he said. The last one to actually be found on Irish soil was 1999.” So we’re not certain yet, but the most likely explanation is a piece of a man-made spacecraft burning up.” Still just as spectacular as a natural piece of rock out in space. One of the best videos of the fireball seen tonight. It’s just they can last a lot longer.” It’s very rarely they get found. 793 reports have been made to the International Meteor Organization from people who saw the object. Moore said that given the trajectory of the fireball seemed to be off the north coast of Ireland towards the west coast of Scotland, it is likely that it ended up in the sea. It was about 30 seconds before 10pm.” We are investigating to ascertain what the object was. “So that’s redefining these islands completely.

There have been more than 200 reports of a mysterious "fireball" crossing the night sky over Northern Ireland and Scotland last night.

He told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It was incredible. There have been more than 200 reports of a mysterious "fireball" crossing the night sky over Northern Ireland and Scotland There have been more than 200 reports of a mysterious "fireball" crossing the night sky over Northern Ireland and Scotland last night.

Hundreds of people across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of England spotted an unusual fireball lighting up the night sky Wednesday.

“Judging from the videos recorded by the public, it seems to be moving far slower than a meteor would,” he said. Many of those lucky enough to spot the fireball shared cellphone and door camera videos on social media. It was unclear whether it was a meteor or a piece of space debris, said Aine O’Brien, a doctoral student at the University of Glasgow and a member of the UK Fireball Alliance, which tracks meteor sightings. The relatively early hour, plus clear night skies, meant that many people saw the fireball even in built-up areas such as Glasgow, O’Brien said. The fireball was spotted at about 10 p.m. “It’s got properties of both.

Reports of the object in the sky starting coming in at about 9pm on Wednesday, mainly from Scotland and Northern Ireland.

This one was streaking across the sky for at least 10 seconds – probably longer than that – and it travelled from due south all the way across to the west, so it was a pretty incredible sight.” He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “It was incredible. I was sitting in my living room at exactly 10 o’clock last night and saw out of the window, due south, this brilliant fireball, this meteor streaking across the sky, and I could tell that it was something special because I could see through broken cloud. The network added: “Having studied many videos of last night’s fireball over Ireland, Northern England and Scotland, we are of the opinion this was space debris.” It said the preliminary trajectory has been calculated by the International Meteor Organisation, and this “indicates that the object, which we now believe to be space debris, would have landed in the Atlantic south of the Hebrides”. The organisation said that having studied many videos of the incident, it is now of the opinion “this was space debris”.

The UK Meteor Network said it received over 200 reports of a fireball that was spotted in the sky above Northern Ireland and Scotland after 9pm on Wednesday ...

"I thought it may be a firework at first because there was a lot of Scottish football on but quickly realised it wasn't and just grabbed my phone to see if I could catch it." "I was walking my dog and it was strangely enough 10pm on the dot and I just saw the flash in the sky and pulled out my phone and recorded it," the Glasgow resident told the PA news agency. There have been more than 200 reports of a mysterious "fireball" crossing the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland.