Police forces across the UK have been inundated with calls after what is believed to be a meteor was spotted in the sky.
Reports of a bright light and an orange glow were received by police across Scotland and the north of England around 9.40pm.
The Met Office tweeted: Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite.
A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said the force had been inundated with calls about a bright object in the sky across the west of Scotland.
A Durham Police spokeswoman said a number of calls came in around 9.45pm from concerned members of public who had seen a bright light or a fire in the sky and believed it may have been incidents involving an aircraft.
It has been confirmed with air traffic control that there are no incidents of aircraft in difficult and nothing registered on radar, she said.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/nightsky/9121664/Large-meteor-spotted-over-UK.html
Question: Did any member from the UK or Scotland see this?
Reports of a bright light and an orange glow were received by police across Scotland and the north of England around 9.40pm.
The Met Office tweeted: Hi All, for anyone seeing something in the night sky, we believe it was a meteorite.
A spokesman for Strathclyde Police said the force had been inundated with calls about a bright object in the sky across the west of Scotland.
A Durham Police spokeswoman said a number of calls came in around 9.45pm from concerned members of public who had seen a bright light or a fire in the sky and believed it may have been incidents involving an aircraft.
It has been confirmed with air traffic control that there are no incidents of aircraft in difficult and nothing registered on radar, she said.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/nightsky/9121664/Large-meteor-spotted-over-UK.html
Question: Did any member from the UK or Scotland see this?
