Hundreds report seeing a strange 'fireball' flying across the sky over Northern Ireland and Scotland
The UK Meteor Network said it was investigating after receiving more than 200 reports of the phenomenon from about 9pm on Wednesday.
The network said it is "investigating to ascertain what the object was - meteor or space debris", adding that most reports had come from Scotland and Northern Ireland. Footage posted online showed a bright white object flying through the sky over Motherwell, outside Glasgow. Other video, filmed in Glasgow as well as Northern Ireland, showed the suspected meteor plummeting straight to Earth.
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