LONDON — There were several reports from across Britain of a green flash lighting up the sky Thursday, leading some to dub the fireball the “St. Patrick’s Day Meteor.”
DJ Paul Gilbert captured the moment, which happened shortly after 3 a.m. local time on a dashcam as he was driving through Battersea in London.
The UK Meteor Observation Network also posted a video captured at Church Crookham station in northeast Hampshire, showing the huge flash of light. The network said it was one of the biggest sightings recorded.
It was a slightly larger meteor than is typical, Dr. Karen Masters from Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation told BBC Radio 4’s Today. Read more…
