People in the United Kingdom said they saw a “green” fireball in the night sky yesterday, including Cornwall. Two people in Helston and Constantine reported observations of the International Meteorological Organization’s fireball last night.
Nicholas X, of Helston, described witnessing “a bright yellow trail of a shooting star that explodes into a ball of white light in maybe 2 seconds or less.” He said there was “a faint roar as it blazed from a path into a ball of bright light.”
Lisa S, from the Constantine area, said: “The sky suddenly turned pale green and I looked to see what it was, at first I thought it might be a fireworks display, but then I saw something that looked like a huge shooting star.
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Both Nicholas and Lisa reported that the orb of fire was moving “from top right to bottom left” in the sky, and Nicholas estimated that the time was around 11.35 pm, while Lisa reported at 11.39 pm UKFA asked for images and any videos to be reported.
The British Network Alliance Fireball (UKFA) said the big fireball was observed over the UK at 23:39 BST on Wednesday and some people heard a soundtrack. The UK’s meteor network has received more than 200 public reports, which are being used to find out where the site came from and whether any meteorites have reached Earth.
In addition to Cornwall, people in Stockport, Southampton, London, Wigan, Manchester, Birmingham, Devon, Plymouth, Wales and Somerset go on social media to share what they saw. Chris Chadfield, from Crowley in West Sussex, was lucky enough to catch the fireball on CCTV, reports the starand astronomer Will Gather wrote, “Chris Chadfield caught the fireball on camera! It looks exactly as I saw it.”
Richard Kacherek, founder of the UK Meteor Network (UKMON), told the BBC: “Last night at 00:39 UT 15 UKMON cameras captured a very large meteorite event, which we call a fireball, [a] a very bright meteor entering the Earth’s atmosphere above Somerset. “
“Visually, it was quite impressive, with a green color [with the] different colors usually indicate the composition of the meteoroid. “
He added: “Preliminary analysis from UKMON data shows an extreme altitude of about 30 km above the ground and a speed of 6.9 km / s, which is exciting.”
In January, people in the United Kingdom said they saw a blazing meteor illuminating the sky – as shocked spectators stood in awe of the show. Viewers saw a blue-green blazing rock over large parts of Scotland, as well as parts of England and Wales, but reports of something strange in the sky came only from the Netherlands.
After launching into the sky, the meteor eventually burned in the Earth’s atmosphere before its debris crashed to the ground. A viewer told the Daily Record: “He appeared out of nowhere and was moving at a speed, losing altitude as he passed.”
As observers of North Wales stars told North Wales Live at the time: “It was going so fast that we inquired. I’m so glad you posted this. I don’t feel like seeing things anymore!
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