Bright fireball

[andrew63]

Just caught the end of the BBC news, a piece on a very bright meteor spotted in Lincolnshire yesterday In daylight.  Hope someone here managed a view - wonder if it made land? 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lincolnshire-68345843

[John Nodding]

I saw this on the news yesterday, then at my sons football match last night (20th) another parent caught this on their phone. It would be around 5:45 heading north west ish.  I’ve tried online to see if there were other reports but nothing. Thoughts?

Edited February 21 by John Nodding

[JOC]

It's well reported, I wonder if they can triangulate the sightings to roughly guess a landfall location?

[Paul M]

1 hour ago, John Nodding said:

I saw this on the news yesterday, then at my sons football match last night (20th) another parent caught this on their phone. It would be around 5:45 heading north west ish.  I’ve tried online to see if there were other reports but nothing. Thoughts?

That looks like airliner contrail to me.

So I looked at Flight radar 24 to see if any big planes were heading NWish over that part of the world.

Not a perfect match, but I don't know the actual location:

[Carbon Brush]

The limited TV broadcast (dash & security cameras) footage gave me the impression of space junk on the way down, rather than meteor material.
That is an uneducated assessment based on colour, speed and brightness changes.
More knowledgeable/informed opinions welcome!

[Leo S]

7 hours ago, John Nodding said:

I saw this on the news yesterday, then at my sons football match last night (20th) another parent caught this on their phone. It would be around 5:45 heading north west ish.  I’ve tried online to see if there were other reports but nothing. Thoughts?

I often see these posted. Slow moving, around sunset/sunrise, and with a double tail is usually a sure sign of an aircraft/contrail.

[Leo S]

7 hours ago, JOC said:

It's well reported, I wonder if they can triangulate the sightings to roughly guess a landfall location?

Yes, but unfortunately in this case it was over the sea.

[Leo S]

5 hours ago, Carbon Brush said:

The limited TV broadcast (dash & security cameras) footage gave me the impression of space junk on the way down, rather than meteor material.
That is an uneducated assessment based on colour, speed and brightness changes.
More knowledgeable/informed opinions welcome!

Space junk will usually last many 10's of seconds, but to me the footage I've seen here (see below) looks more like a natural fireball - rate of travel and the terminal flash look like multiple events my own cameras have caught.

 

[Carbon Brush]

Thanks @Leo S I had not seen that one.
It does look more natural than others I saw.