SOME said it looked like a scene from the film Independence Day, others feared an aeroplane was crashing – but most simply stared at the sky in awed bewilderment at one of the most amazing astronomical displays ever seen over Scotland.
SOME said it looked like a scene from the film Independence Day, others feared an aeroplane was crashing – but most simply stared at the sky in awed bewilderment at one of the most amazing astronomical displays ever seen over Scotland.
The sight of unexplained fireballs in the night sky had some Scots wondering if this would become The Day The Earth Stood Still due to an alien encounter Photograph: Thomas Heaton/SWNS.com
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By Helen McArdle
The emergency services were flooded by calls as a suspected meteorite shower lit up the skies. However, astronomers are still not sure exactly what happened late on Friday night, with some saying it might not have been meteorites but burning space junk – the disintegrating remains of satellites – falling to earth.
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