SHOOTING STAR
Huge fireball meteor spotted above Scotland – leaving locals stunned
SCOTS residents were last night left stunned when they spotted a meteor shooting through the sky.
Astonished punters took to social media after spotting the "very large" fireball.
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Rhiannon Hayes was playing with her dog, Hugo, in Motherwell when she pulled out her phone to record the phenomenon.
She told the Scottish Sun: "I was in my garden with my dog when I saw the meteroid.
"I was shocked. I just stood there staring at it. I messaged loads of my family and friends.
"I knew nobody would believe me so I immediately got my phone out to record it. I thought it was a shooting star but I couldn't be sure."
The 25-year-old posted the footage on Twitter, where it started to gain traction.
Rhiannon, who works at horse stables, added: "The clip ended up getting 3.4m views which I never expected. I ended up having to turn my notifications off.
"I'm still in shock. I've never seen anything like it before."
One resident in Perthshire tweeted: "Just witnessed the long flash of light and sound of an explosion over Dunblane a few minutes ago.
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"I’ve seen meteors before and this was a much bigger and longer trail with a bang.
"It was in view long enough for me to unlock the door and then watch it head towards Calendar."
Another wrote online: "I’ve just spotted a meteor over Edinburgh, very large with green trail, anyone caught that?"
A third said: "I saw it in Limekilns just over the bridge! Near had a heart attack I thought it was an aircraft crashing."
As of 10.30pm, UK Meteor Network confirmed they had received more than 200 reports of a 'fireball' meteor.
This morning, that number had risen to nearly 800 reports.
The network said it was "investigating to ascertain what the object was, meteor or space debris", adding that most reports had come from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Danny Nell, 21, was walking his dog in Johnstone, just west of Paisley and Glasgow, when he saw the fireball.
"I was walking my dog and it was strangely enough 10pm on the dot and I just saw the flash in the sky and pulled out my phone and recorded it," the Glasgow resident told the PA news agency.
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"I thought it may be a firework at first because there was a lot of Scottish football on but quickly realised it wasn't and just grabbed my phone to see if I could catch it."
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