Meteor lights up sky in UK

A meteor has lit up the sky across Scotland and northern England.

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Published 5 March 2012 1:20pm

Updated 26 August 2013 9:20am

Source: SBS

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Some observers called the police, worried it was a plane about to crash, but scientists say it was most likely a meteor burning up as it entered the atmosphere.

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