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Police receive a large number of calls after the fireball lit up the night sky across Scotland in a “very surreal moment”
A meteor shower has been caught on camera streaking through the sky over Scotland.
Police received a large number of calls on Monday evening – with many people reporting that the sky had been lit up by a “fireball”.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland added: “Another caller said there was a very loud bang and others said the house shook.
“We have checked and been told it was likely to be a meteor shower.”
Several people were able to see it burn up in the atmosphere above Perthshire.
Jenni Morrison was driving home from work on the A944 from Westhill to Alford, Aberdeenshire, at 6.45pm when she spotted the fireball light up the sky.
Speaking to Sky News she said: “I thought what the hell was that! My son said it was a meteorite …. http://news.sky.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2016/03/police-receive-large-number-of-calls.html
