Watch: Fireballing meteor seen shooting across UK sky

A fireballing meteor has been captured on CCTV shooting across the UK sky. Residents in East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and even as far south as parts of Kent were treated to a fiery display in the night sky, after a meteor shot into the Earth's atmosphere at almost 20,000mph on Monday (13 April). CCTV footage from Herne Bay shows the fireball become engulfed in green flames, which John Maclean, Press Officer at the UK Meteor Network, says is down to its “chemical make-up, in this case, magnesium”. He told The Independent that it was a “smallish, sporadic meteor and not linked to any meteor shower”, adding it “burned up over the North Sea.”