Hundreds of people managed to get a photo and some video of Sunday night's incredible meteor, but locally it was Martin Gibbs, better know as Kilmersdon Weather, who was inundated with requests for his footage

More used to filming cloud formations, his camera caught the moment when the meteor flashed across the sky.

It was visible for around seven seconds.

There is now a hunt on to find bits from the record-breaking fireball which happened just before ten o'clock on Sunday night (February 28).

Debris is believed to be scattered over Gloucestershire.

The meteor sent a sonic boom across southern England and is set to break the world's record as the most-reported-ever meteor on the International Meteor Organisation's website with 758 reports so far.

It was observed from as far away as Ireland and the Netherlands and recorded on at least six specialised UKFAll fireball cameras.

Dr Luke Daly of the University of Glasgow and UKFAll said "This meteor fragmented a lot, as you can see in the videos. Most of the meteoroid vapourised during the six seconds of visible flight. However, with

this one we think quite a few fragments probably reached the ground.

" If pieces landed they are likely to have been on or just north of Cheltenham, out towards Stow-on-the-Wold. So most pieces are likely to be on farm land."

Dr Katherine Joy of the University of Manchester advised : " If you do find a meteorite on the ground, ideally photograph it in place, note the location using your phone GPS, don't touch it with a magnet, and, if you can, avoid touching it with your hands. Pick it up in a clean bag or clean aluminium foil if possible !"

Thanks to the hundreds of video recordings scientists have worked out that the meteor was travelling about 30,000 miles per hour which is too fast for it to be human-made 'space junk', so it's not an old rocket or satellite.

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