‘Fireball’ which lit up the night sky may have been meteor

UK Meteor Network started receiving reports of something unusual flying over Scotland around 10 o'clock.

Now, as the autumn nights draw in, the sky has been getting darker, but last night it was lit up by what hundreds described as a “fireball”. After spending hours today trying to work out what it might be, they think they may have the answer.

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