Fireball over western Scotland early on Thursday morning

[Rick]

Early on the morning of Thursday 3rd July there was a very bright fireball over western Scotland. A few Global Meteor Network cameras caught parts of the event, but for some of them the flash it made pretty much saturated every pixel on the camera sensor. Here's what's been collected so far:

https://archive.ukmeteors.co.uk/reports/2025/orbits/202507/20250702/20250702_235005.149_UK/index.html

There's a BBC report here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj0mygn38r4o

[Carole]

Yes I read that thy think the meteor may have landed on Ben Nevis or close by, and have asked walkers to look out for meteors. 

[Rick]

It likely flew over Ben Nevis still at some altitude. The likely strewn field is in the middle of nowhere, access-wise. It spreads from Stob Coire Easain across Loch Treig, past Chno Dearg and Ben Alder and ending near Loch Ericht. The bigger bits are more likely to have landed further east. The nearest road is the A86 to the north. The nearest places of any significance are Dalwhinnie at the top end of Loch Ericht, Rannoch to the south-south-east, and the Ardverikie Estate on Loch Laggen where the TV series "Monarch of the Glen" was filmed to the north....