Meteor reported blazing across sky in parts of UK

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An apparent meteor has stunned stargazers after lighting up the sky above parts of the UK on Monday night.

Video footage was shared online of the fireball, with reported sightings in London, Hertfordshire and Wolverhampton, among other locations.

The Met Office tweeted: “Reports of a meteor in the sky over the UK just now. If you managed to take any footage we’d love to see it.”

Laura, from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, captured the flying object on camera at about 8pm from her living room.

“I had just turned my computer off and looked up out of the window, it was perfect timing,” she told PA Media. “It wasn’t like a shooting star I have seen in the past. It seemed overwhelmingly close.

“It was large in the sky, orange with an orange blaze behind it, not what I would describe as a long shooting star tail but a shorter orange one.

“Then it just disappeared … popped out of the sky. It seemed like it hadn’t really happened. I tried to tell my husband but they didn’t quite believe my account.”

A Met Office spokesperson said that the time of day and clear skies had contributed to the quality of the sightings.