'Bright flash' seen in skies over Scotland
Footage has been recorded of what appears to be a meteor in the sky over Scotland.
Police received a large number of calls after a big, bright flash was seen, with people reporting seeing a blue, white or green light, with some saying they also heard a rumbling sound.
There is speculation it could have been a meteor or may have been a sonic boom.
The light appears to have been seen as far south as Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders and Newcastle.
The Met Office said the event was "not weather-related" as there were no thunder storms recorded on Monday night.
The reports of a "fireball" appear to sound like a meteor, which has burned up as it entered the Earth's upper atmosphere and caused the enormous flash that lit up the night sky. This has not yet been confirmed.
Driving instructor Bill Addison, from Buckie in Moray, recorded what appeared to be a meteor shooting across the sky on his dashboard camera.
Mike Fleming captured similar footage on the road between Dunecht and Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire.
'Scary and amazing'
The "flash" was also caught on a security camera at Woodend, Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, which was sent in by Craig Lindsay.
Jenni Morrison captured dash-cam footage of the flash as she drove on the A944 between Westhill in Aberdeenshire at about 18:45.
She said: "it was the most surreal thing I have ever experienced".
She told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "It was pitch black and then all of a sudden it was like a light switch went on. It became daylight - the whole sky lit up.
"I looked at my son, he looked at me and then it just went black again. It really didn't last long at all - literally seconds.
"We didn't realise what it was at the time until we looked back on my dashcam. We saw the ball of light over the trees on the left side coming down at some speed and then a massive flash.
"It was scary and amazing at the same time."
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Garry J Hunter contacted BBC Scotland to say he had seen the flash over Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire. He described it as "a huge fireball-like trail across the sky, which seemed to then explode and light up the whole sky".
Val Hamilton from Nethy Bridge said she saw the sky light up south west of Aviemore at about 18:45.
"I saw a white ball with a tail passing through the sky at great speed. It was very dramatic," she said.
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