Overview
- Residents across East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire reported a bright green fireball early Monday, with doorbell cameras recording it around 12:24–12:30 am BST.
- The UK Fireball Alliance confirmed it was a meteor and said its path was over the North Sea with no recoverable fragments expected.
- The UK Meteor Network estimated the meteoroid weighed about 12 grams and entered the atmosphere at roughly 20,000 mph before disintegrating.
- Scientists said magnesium in the rock produced the vivid green color as the object heated and broke apart high in the air.
- The sighting follows recent fireball reports across several US states, according to the New York Post.