Footage of possible meteor in Scotland

[Bad Dog]

Source: BBC

Footage has been recorded of what appears to be a meteor in the sky over Scotland.


Police received a large number of calls after a big, bright flash was seen.

People took to social media to report seeing a blue, white or green light, with some saying they also heard a rumbling sound.

Driving instructor Bill Addison, from Buckie in Moray, recorded what appeared to be a meteor shooting across the sky on his dashboard camera.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-35694170

[JonathanRackham]

1. Duck!

[CincyDem]

2. DUCK !

[Tab]

3. Goose!

(sorry, couldn't help myself).

It does look like a meteor or something, at least it's moved like the ones I've seen.

[tavernier]

4. Sam Heughan?

Couldn't help myself.

[iandhr]

5. I think it looks pretty cool.

[MidwestTech]

6. very cool

I wonder what it is

[Bad Dog]

8. More from the link. (Added after I originally posted)

Professor Horne, who is from the university's (St Andrews University) School of Physics and Astronomy, said the flash would have been caused by a meteor travelling at about 30km per second.

"What you've seen is a piece of rock from outer space that has crashed into the earth," he said.

"When it hits the atmosphere it starts to burn up... It releases all this energy into the atmosphere which will cause a bright flash and sometimes bits of this explode."

The professor told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme that most meteors were just a speck of dust - causing commonly seen "shooting stars" - but this one would have been about 10cm (4in) across.

He said it probably burnt up at an altitude of 20 miles (32km) without any pieces reaching Earth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35689551

He seems pretty certain.

[csziggy]

7. Scotland is ready!