‘Incredible’ fireball crosses sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland

UK Meteor Network investigating whether object was ‘meteor or space debris’ after hundreds of sightings

A fireball was witnessed crossing the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Wednesday, in what one astronomer described as an “incredible” sight.

UK Meteor Network said it received the first reports of a fireball late in the evening and they have now had 800 reports, mostly from Scotland and Northern Ireland, and believe it was heading north above the coast between Scotland and Northern Ireland

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