A blazing ' meteor ' spotted over Scotland last night (September 14) stunned stargazers awed by the brightness and span of the supposed shooting star.
The fireball blazed over the skies around 9pm on Wednesday. Its movement caught the attention of people in Scotland and Northern England, who rushed online to share pictures and videos, with many users saying they'd never seen anything like it.
By Thursday morning, the International Meteor Organization (IMO) had received nearly 900 reports about the fireball. UK Meteor Network said it believed the celestial event to be space debris - an object classified as a meteor when it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
What was the meteor seen over Scotland and where did it land?
Footage in different locations captured of the celestial event showed a glowing object with a lengthy tail as it hurtled over the sky in a downward trajectory.
The fireball was spotted in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayrshire, the Borders, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, as well as Ireland.
The object's trajectory based on reports filed to the IMO appears to have been off the west coast of Scotland to the Hebrides. It is understood to have landed south of Hebrides in the Atlantic, tweeted UK Meteor Network.
The astronomical event was so remarkable that one person asked: "Did I legit just see a shooting star in Motherwell or is that something crashing out the sky?"
"Seen it 30 mins ago right across Kilmacolm / Inverclyde!!! Sitting studying at my desk! It was so, so fast, beautiful glow hopefully lands in the sea, apparently heading north!" said another.
One user added: "Yep, spotted in central Glasgow about 30 mins ago - much bigger than anything I have ever seen before."
The meteor was so striking one person said it scared their child: "Me and my 2 daughters saw the meteor, it was unbelievable but one of my younger daughters was terrified."
Another person uploaded a video asking: "Have I just seen a meteor fly over Johnstone??"
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