INCREDIBLE footage shows a meteor streaking over the UK leaving stargazers in awe.
Lucky Brits in Northfields and Ealing, west London, have reported seeing a bright blob race through the city’s sky on Tuesday night.
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Others claimed to have seen the unusual sighting from Wimbledon and Hampstead Heath.
And some even reported catching a glimpse as far afield as Brighton and Grantham.
One onlooker described seeing the “streak” of light dash through the clouds at around 8.10pm to 8.30pm, and initially believed it was fireworks.
A stargazer wrote on Reddit: “I’m used to seeing planes coming and going to Heathrow, and also helicopters coming and going; this was not that.
“My next thought was fireworks but I’m 90% sure it wasn’t that, and there was no explosion.
“For reference it was about the same size as the full-ish moon tonight, visible through the clouds, but as a much brighter blue-green color and, again, moving quite fast.
“It was a very odd combination of speed, size and brightness and didn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen in the sky here before.”
It is still unconfirmed what the bright light was.
The Sun have contacted the Royal Observatory Greenwich and The Met Office for comment.
However, the annual Draconid meteor shower has been reported to be visible this year until October 10.
The meteors, which are sometimes referred to as shooting stars, will appear as streaks of light in the evening sky.
Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris of a comet or an asteroid.
The debris, usually bits of rock or ice, hits the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up because of the friction, sending light streaks across the night sky.
And tonight, the spectacular harvest moon is set to reach its fullest in UK skies.
Before the invention of electric lights, farmers relied on the glow of the full moon to finish gathering crops after sunset which explains the origin of the name.
The lunar event is particularly significant as it is the first of three consecutive supermoons – which occur when a full moon is at its closest point to the Earth. The last was in November 2024.
The moon tonight is also known as a hunter’s moon.
It is usually the name given to the full moon that comes after the harvest moon – but on this occasion it occurs at the same time.
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