Thursday, January 25, 2007
Mystery light seen across Wales
Witnesses said the light lasted for several seconds
A flashing light reported "streaking" through the skies across much of Wales at breakfast time could have been a meteor, an expert believes.
The light was first seen at 0730 GMT, with one eyewitness describing it as a "long line, thicker at one end, bluey-green and flashing".
Reports of the light came in from the Lleyn Peninsula through to Swansea.
"It was frightening," said Morfudd Parry Roberts from Aberdaron, Gwynedd.
"I was sitting having a cup of coffee by the window when I saw it (the light) move from the north towards the south.
"It was a long line, thicker at the front end. It was quite frightening because it seemed so big."
"It was a bluey-green and flashing. It was at least 50 times bigger than a shooting star and seemed to be gliding through the sky quite low down, not falling."
Witnesses said the light lasted for a few seconds.
"I'm just glad other people saw it as well," she added.
Andrew Curley, 32, from Penrhyncoch, near Aberystwyth, was out walking his dog when he spotted a "huge fireball" racing out to sea.
"My initial thoughts were that it was a plane on fire, but it was far too big and going far too quickly for it to be an aircraft," said Mr Curley.
"Without having seen it myself I can't be certain, but from the description it sounds like a fireball, which is a big shooting star," said Jay Tate from The Spaceguard UK centre at Knighton, Powys.
Roger Reed of Milford Haven Coastguard said they received two 999 calls from people who thought a ship might have sent out a distress flare.
Swansea coastguards also logged a call by someone who had seen a similar light, he added.
"The colour of the light seen varied, we had two say it was white, and one say it was green."
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