friday night 11pm wierd lights

[ownjoouk]

My wife was just outside in the garden with my dog (we live in blackpool) and I heard her shouting me. When I got there she said I had missed something weird (gutted!!) She said there were about 6ish white lines moving in a line across the sky with orange ones following them.

You can imagine my disappointment in missing this! But to add to this my mother in law rang my wife to tell us what she too had seen and as she was describing the same thing to my wife it felt like the whole garden shook!!

The whole thing was very odd!!

I did suggest geese as I know they can look strange but the response from both my wife and her mum was if they were geese then they were on fire.

So annoyed I missed it. Has anyone else witnessed anything odd in Lancashire? It was heading towards the sea.

[markbmcfc]

I saw it! I'm not too sure what it was to be honest. It was moving very slowly, very low on the horizon and seemed to have one leading object and a number of smaller ones in its trail.

A truly surreal sight.

[ownjoouk]

Exactly what the wife described. The earth truly did move just after though! So gutted I missed it!!

[carolann3]

I saw it! I'm not too sure what it was to be honest. It was moving very slowly, very low on the horizon and seemed to have one leading object and a number of smaller ones in its trail.

A truly surreal sight.

The same as you described passed my place travelling east to west at 11.10. I am in West Yorkshire

[carolann3]

The same as you described passed my place travelling east to west at 11.10. I am in West Yorkshire

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Carolann3

[ownjoouk]

My wife is relieved she wasn't the only one to see it. That's 4 people to have seen it. West Yorkshire, Blackpool and poulton-le-fylde not sure where the other chap lives who saw it.

[covert-stargazer]

From Wirral, looking towards the North we saw the same object , looking like something breaking up as it entered the atmosphere. It was very clearly visible crossing the sky here at 10.55 or so. very bright, and travelling about the same speed as a firework, but horizontally, East to West.

There's another set of posts on here about it too. What was it please, experts?

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

It was a meteor/satellite. Slow moving ones like that are dubbed fireballs, and they often break up as they come down. So gutted i missed it, only ever seen one in my life, and it was a short 3 second one. This is the second 30 second+ one we've had this year and i missed both

[Claire]

Friend of mine saw this in Preston too

[ownjoouk]

Could that explain the earth shaking after? Would it be capable of that or just coincidence?

[Lorne]

A group of us saw this from West Lothian just before 11pm, south east to west, horizon to horizon breaking up as it passed. Best fireball every one of us has ever seen.

[jimmyjamjoejoe]

Could that explain the earth shaking after? Would it be capable of that or just coincidence?

Lots of people reporting this, best guess is a sonic boom.

[spacetrace]

There has been a fireball spotted right across the UK at the same time, looks like a lot of people saw it! you were lucky if you did!!

[markbmcfc]

My wife is relieved she wasn't the only one to see it. That's 4 people to have seen it. West Yorkshire, Blackpool and poulton-le-fylde not sure where the other chap lives who saw it.

I'm in Rochdale, lancs. I was driving over the moors at the time and it was right in front of me. Sorry to those who missed it!

[ownjoouk]

A video of it can be found here.

http://www.wave965.com/news/national/meteor-fireball-lights-up-sky-across-uk/

So gutted I missed it!! At least I got the sonic boom after though, better than nothing!

[SteveWolves]

Out observing in Shropshire with Northern Soul Man seen at 22:56BST green bright slow moving NE to W max 25 deg elevation then breaking up into 7+ bits with trails. Most spectacular I have ever seen.

[Digz]

Check this thread:

Lots of discussion there.

[LukeSkywatcher]

Could that explain the earth shaking after? Would it be capable of that or just coincidence?

There was a sonic boom after it (apparently). This would cause a localised "shake" at ground level.