Meteor pieces may have landed in Scotland

Telegraph

5 days ago

The remnants of a meteor that lit up British skies on Thursday may have landed in Scotland.
The orange glowing rock streaked across the sky north of the border shortly after midnight.
Experts said pieces of the small meteor, which originated from between Mars and Jupiter, could have landed between two Highland lochs.
UK Meteor Network (UKMON) said it may have scattered debris between the lochs Treig and Etricht, to the east of Fort William.
The group added that it was descending when it was sighted at a speed of approximately 12,427mph.
It may also have landed near Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the country.
The last meteorite found on British soil was in Winchcombe, Devon, in February 2021, which was the first in 30 years.
The first piece of that meteor was discovered on a driveway and later found to contain extra-terrestrial water that closely resembled Earth's oceans.
Shocked onlookers were so surprised by the meteor sighting over Scotland that they called the emergency services.
The Coastguard said one caller had alerted them to 'unidentified lights' over the Tay Road Bridge in Dundee shortly after 1am.
'Broughty Ferry lifeboat was called to investigate alongside Dundee Coastguard Rescue Team and with nothing untoward found, the search was stood down,' a spokesman said.
'The sighting was believed to have been related to a meteorite shower reported across parts of the UK.'
Mistaken for a missile
Andy McNeill, who saw the meteor overhead in Appin, Argyll and Bute, told BBC News: 'There was a bright flash over the house which also caused the Wi-Fi to reset, and then maybe 20 to 30 seconds later an explosive bang.
'There was also contrail in the sky, striking broadly east to west.'
Ringold Abolins, a lorry driver from Merseyside, said he thought the meteor was a 'missile' when he saw it while driving on the M74 to Glasgow.
'It burned out in two to four seconds. It was so quick and [there] was [a] small green line behind,' he said. 'I thought in [the] first moment it was a kind of rocket or missile.'