A large, bright meteor was seen streaking through the night sky over Britain on Monday.
The Met Office confirmed that a meteor had been seen after dozen of people took to social media to report what they had seen.
Reports came from around the country. One twitter user said: “I’ve just seen a stunning meteor burning across the sky 20.03 tonight 9th January South [Hertfordshire].
“It was so low down and clear and beautiful! Golden coloured.”
Another said they had seen the “most astonishing” meteor from Southampton, while another asked: “Did anyone else see a crazy meteor thing over Bath at about 8pm?”
“It had multiple discernible colours – blueish white core, bright red outline and streak – unlike anything I have ever seen,” they said.
Tom Tugendhat MP also reported a sighting “over Westminster”.
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