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A loud boom that was heard across four counties was likely caused by a meteor, it has emerged.Another meteor fireball was widely observed blazing across UK earlier this month, with a sonic boom reported.
Residents in parts of Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset heard the sonic boom at around 3pm on Saturday afternoon.
Experts have confirmed that the loud bang was likely to have been related to the fireball meteor seen in Jersey.
The British Geological Survey tweeted on Saturday afternoon of a "probable sonic event" over Somerset, Devon and Dorset.
Richard Kacerek, co-founder of the UK Meteor Observation Network, told Yahoo News: "This is a meteor we see on the pictures and videos.
"The reports we got seem to support this was a fireball meteor. The loud bang heard after this event seems likely to be related."
Seeing a fireball in the daytime is "extremely rare", he said, and would have to be "a very large bolide class to be visible during the day".
Comment: For another video of this event, see: Bright meteor fireball captured over Pittsburgh