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Beth Cruse

Loud bang heard across Bristol as 'meteor' spotted flying over West Country

Bristol West Country United Kingdom

A loud bang was heard across Bristol in the early hours of this morning (March 19) amid reports of a meteor shower over the West Country. A trail of shooting stars was captured on meteor cameras in Bath, London and other parts of the UK.

One person reported hearing a loud bang in Bishopston at around 1am, at the time the meteor was pictured. Thomas Page tweeted: "Did anyone just hear a really loud bang over Bishopston @ 00:52? I have just had a look, and at the time I reported it looks like a shooting star or potential meteor what's caught on several cameras across the UK."

The UK Meteor Network, which has 135 detection cameras recording meteors and fireballs across the country, picked up the meteor shower from midnight until around 5am. It was also detected by MeteorCam on Twitter.

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