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Ben Nevis may have been site for meteor landing

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July 4, 2025
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Ben Nevis may have been site for meteor landing

Pieces of a small meteor that were seen lighting up the night sky in parts of the UK are believed to have landed on and around Ben Nevis, experts say. Dozens of people in the west Highlands reported an orange glow and “bang” with the meteor being captured moving across the sky on doorbell security cameras.

UK Meteor Network (UKMON), which was involved in finding Gloucestershire’s Winchcombe meteorite back in 2021, said that the small object had travelled from between Mars and Jupiter before arriving here. The organisation said it was observed descending to about 12 miles above the ground, adding that pieces of it could be scattered over a vast area between lochs Treig and Etricht.

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The UKMON began in 2012 and involves over 200 amateur astronomers. It uses observations, captured forage, and computer programs to calculate orbits and trajectories to discover where objects such as meteorites land.

The small meteor was sighted after midnight. UKMON said that potential locations for it include around Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain. It had been travelling at around 12,427mph when it entered the atmosphere, the organisation said, being seen burning as brightly as a full moon before “going dark.”

Weather data, including wind, and any information gathered by the UK Fireball Alliance, is also used to help calculate where it could have landed. UKMON as appealed to any hillwalkers to keep an eye out for pieces of it, offering advice on its website on how to identify it. But finding such objects, it added would not be easy in an area full of mountains and glens.

The Winchcombe meteorite was the first found on British soil for over three decades. Experts believe it had been travelling for millions of years before it reached the Earth.

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