A bright meteor fireball described by witnesses as a 'green ball of fire' was seen crossing the night sky over parts of the UK on Sunday, 12 April 2026. The event, recorded at around 21:14 BST, was captured on doorbell cameras and shared widely online, with sightings reported across England and Wales.
Footage and eyewitness accounts reported by UK media show a vivid green flash moving rapidly across the sky before disappearing. According to astronomers and space agencies, the object was a meteor, most likely a bright fireball known as a bolide, caused by space debris burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
