Fireball spotted in the skies over Northern Ireland
By: IrishCentral Columnists | Published Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:30 AM | Updated Friday, September 9, 2011, 9:56 PM
According to the County Armagh Observatory a fireball was allegedly spotted in the skies above Northern Ireland. The facility was inundated with calls from witnesses.
One caller from
Coleraine said it burned a yellow orange color in the sky and had a long tail. Another caller from
Derry said it was a fireball.
A spokesperson from the Observatory said that it was most likely “space junk”, a small asteroid or a comet.
It’s thought that the debris landed in the North Atlantic off County Donegal.
The spokesperson said “If enough video footage from different parts of Northern Ireland is found, then it may be possible to determine the nature and origin of the impacting object."
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.sirpeter | Dec 01, 2010, 10:02 AM EST
Speaking of hot air creakinggate,you could be a one man energy saving solution to Ireland's energy bill during this cold snap.
Towngate | Dec 01, 2010, 06:40 AM EST
No Mystery here! .....all that 'hot air' in NI has finally ignited. I hope that's the end of it now, so I do.