BREAKING METEOR NEWS...UK Fireball 12/08/10... Reports Coming in to ELP ALLSKY...

Spectacular meteor 'fireball' explosion over Britain leaves stargazers buzzing ahead of Geminid space shower.

9:30PM GMT 08 Dec 2010...A dramatic meteor “fireball” exploded over Britain on Wednesday night, creating a spectacular light show the length of the country ahead of the Geminid space shower. 

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Meteor fireball spotted in skies over Britain

Stargazers throughout the UK report seeing a meteor-like streak of light in the darkened skies thought to be a rare meteor fireball... 

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POSTS TO ELP ALLSKY:
Dec 8 2010, 11:07 AM

And (guest): just saw a bright white/blue/purple meteor with a long orange/yellow trail over newcastle upon tyne, uk

 

Dec 8 2010, 11:58 AM

Guest919 (guest): jus seem i fireball go across melton mowbray united kingdom... it as quite low and went really fast... trail of like fire behind it!! any way of knowing what it was at all?

Dec 8 2010, 12:37 PM

Guest521 (guest): Saw fireball just before it had a tail which broke up as it sped NNE to SSW over Glasgow at 1735hrs. It was the comparative size of the Moon which was low in the west at the time

Dec 8 2010, 1:26 PM

Guest366 (guest): I saw it over Sheffield at 17:35 GMT. Very impressive.

Dec 8 2010, 2:04 PM

Guest995 (guest): Saw it 17.35 GMT Dudley England travelling SW. Could it be 1st stage of Falcon 9 rocket re-entering atmosphere?