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‘Meteor’ spotted over UK the previous evening as hundreds report seeing fireball overhead

Sightings were accounted for in London, Birmingham, Cambridgeshire and Cornwall. The UK Fireball Alliance and UK Meteor Observation Network affirmed the occasion, which occurred on Monday night.

UK Meteor Observation Network (UKMON) affirmed to Sky News that there was a meteor fireball occasion at around 9.44pm on 16 May.

The organization of beginner stargazers affirmed they got more than 700 public reports of the occasion.

UK Fireball Alliance additionally affirmed the reports on Twitter, adding they got very nearly 100 reports however said its cameras didn’t catch the sightings.

Dr Ashley King from the UK Fireball Alliance said: “A splendid fireball was broadly seen and recorded over the UK the previous evening at 21.44 (BST).

“It was heading out from south to north over Dorset/Somerset region and endured around 6 seconds.

“It was doubtlessly brought about by a stone from the really space rock belt among Mars and Jupiter entering the Earth’s environment however ‘went dull’ at a height of roughly 40 km, so we anticipate no shooting stars on the ground.”

There were likewise reports of the sightings in London, Birmingham, Cambridgeshire, West Berkshire and Bedfordshire.

One Twitter client posted film that was gotten by their doorbell camera.

Another client said: “Saw it here in Manchester, green/white, looking southwest towards the skyline.”

One individual portrayed it as “dazzling blue-green, gradually falling and separating”, adding that it was “astounding”.

William Gater, who is a cosmologist and creator, said that it was “another bolide meteor”, which is a particularly splendid meteor.

This was the most recent in a few meteor sightings in England and Wales this year.

On 12 May, hundreds said via online entertainment that they saw a “radiant green” fireball.

It was seen in Southampton, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Devon and Somerset.

Tania de Sales Marques, who is a stargazer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich told Sky News that there is a functioning meteor shower right now, which is related with Comet Halley and will go on until 28 May.

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