© The York Press, UKFireball meteor captured on camera over York.
Bishopthorpe mum Chantelle Byford captured this photograph of what is presumed to be a meteor, at 7.43am.
She posted it on Facebook, in the York Past and Present Group, prompting an excited response.
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"It was falling fast and you could see the flames. I grabbed my phone and we went outside to take a picture. We watched it for a while then went to the upstairs window to get a better look. I told my 18-year-old who came and had a look and my 6-year-old son.
"It was very weird; we didn't have a clue what it was. I looked on Facebook to see if anyone else had seen it, and put the local news on to see if there had been anything related to it."
Reader Comments
It is so disappointing to see this regular nonsense. OK I am largely going on the timings - it is slow because of the time taken to get the camera and go outside etc. - and the typical contrail appearance. Also it says 7:43am so we have the sun on the horizon. Standard SoTT contrail - again.