Anyone see the strange white flash in the sky tonight? (A meteor?)

[tangerinesarenottheonlyfruit]

Looks incredible!

news.stv.tv/north/1344710-loud-bang-and-white-lights-reported-in-skies-over-scotland/

A meteor? Or falling space junk maybe?

Could there be any other explanation?

[DonkeyOaty]

Oo er

[readyforno2]

I didn't, wish I had though. Looks incredible

[TheFridgePickersKnickers]

Aliens?

[slicedfinger]

I just watched a video of it on the P&J. Is it not just lightening?

[FruStefanOla]

I'm not in Scotland, but saw it on the BBC News website this morning www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-35689551. It looks a bit like lightning from that dash cam footage, but according to the written reports it appears it was something quite different.

[AgentCooper]

Yes! We were driving from Glasgow to East Kilbride and DH said 'did you see that lightning?'

[Noofly]

Oh me! We're in West Lothian and I was walking the dog. I thought it was the strangest thing- thought I was imagining things!

[Noofly]

I just read the first article. I didn't hear a bang. I just saw the sky light up and it was very fast, but nothing like lightening. It was more like an all encompassing roll of light throughout the sky.

[slicedfinger]

Wow, I just saw a different video, and take back what I said earlier! That looks way more exciting than lighting!
Updated BBC News page

[haggisaggis]

That explains a lot! I got in from work last night and dh said he'd heard a bang and the house shook - he'd had a look round but couldn't find anything. We're near Arbroath so guess that is what it was.
I wasn't aware of anything driving home.

[TheFridgePickersKnickers]

I have a lot of friends in NE Scotland. Lots of chat about this today. No one seems to know what it was but everyone is saying it's not lightening.
I have seen the 2 lots of footage from people's dash cams - it looked awesome but it's a bit scary not knowing what it was.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

Gutted I missed it! Pretty certain it was a meteor...

[Superjaggy]

I'm in the north east and I'm gutted I missed it