Loud booms and stack of a “ ball of fire ” were reported in Scotland last dark , but scratch not . This was likely just a meteor bite up in the ambiance , and not the destruction of the world .
The bright streak was seen on Monday evening across Scotland , with most account and footage coming from Aberdeenshire in the northeast . A spokesperson from Police Scotland toldThe Guardianthat they began receiving call option at around 6.55 p.m. local time , adding that police departments in the Confederate States of America and as far northward as Inverness also received phone call .
“ One tell us the sky had been lit up with an object like a fireball . Another caller said there was a very garish bang and others state the house shake , ” she say .
“ We have checked and been say it was probable to be a meteor shower . ”
you’re able to see the human dynamo in the video below .
Fortunately , fear of a ardent Scottish apocalypse look like they might be baseless . expert have concurred that the foreign occurrent was most likely to be a meteoroid .
Professor Sara Russell , Head of the Division of Mineral and Planetary Sciences at the Natural History Museum , explained in an emailed statement : “ It ’s entirely plausible that this may be a powerhouse because of a fragment of an asteroid hitting the Earth ’s standard atmosphere , alike to the event observed overChelyabinsk , Russia in 2013 . ”
She added : “ The grumble noise hear signal that the fireball was evenhandedly local ; if it was far away then no sound would have been heard . The target may have burned up in the air , or may have resulted in the meteorite landing on the surface of the Earth , perhaps into the sea . By collating all the oculus attestator reports it will be possible to determine the focal point of the human dynamo and constrain potential decline areas . ”
Then again , other theories are out there . Jackie Hendry , local political leader for the SNP , tweeted : “ Did anyone else see that braggy white news bulletin in the sky about 20 minute ago ? ( come in into Inverness on A96 ) …. I reckon it wasTim Peake . ”
