Was it a UFO? Was it secret military aircraft? No and no. It turns out it was quite the meteor turning night into day. When larger pieces of space debris such as the Scottish one slam into the Earth's atmosphere, they explode into more spectacular meteors as they burn up. These are known as fireballs or "bolides." More after the jump.
According to phys.org:
The meteor over Scotland was a brief and beautiful sight, fortunately not dangerous, but much larger space rocks can be devastating. On February 15 2013 a meteor with a diameter of 20 metres was recorded crossing the sky in Chelyabinsk, central Russia. The explosion and shockwave was serious enough to blast windows out of buildings. Many people were seriously injured, cut by flying glass (if ever you see an unexpected bright flash outside your window, move away from the glass just in case).Read more here: http://phys.org/news/2016-03-truth-scotland-mysterious-fireball.html
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