The huge fireball spotted in the sky over Scotland was 'a small part of an asteroid', experts have confirmed.
We told how residents from across the country were left stunned as the shooting object appeared shortly after 9pm on Wednesday, September 14. Sightings throughout the country took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, as well as Ireland.
The UK Meteor Network have now confirmed that they are '100% confident' it was a small part of an asteroid, which becomes classified as a meteor when it burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere. The scientists say the end of the meteor's journey was not observed on their cameras, but it definitely ended over the North Atlantic Ocean around 50-100km west of the Isle of Islay.
