Huge ‘multi-coloured’ meteor spotted soaring across homes in the UK

The meteor was spotted in the sky (Picture:Twitter/@loggers2001)

A huge ‘multi-coloured’ meteor has been spotted soaring across homes in the UK.

Amazing video footage and photos show the fireball shooting across the sky, said to have contained multiple different colours.

The Met Office took to Twitter and asked for anyone to send in footage of the meteor.

Andras Sobester spotted it and said: ‘Just saw the most astonishing meteor/fireball of some sort shoot across the sky (Southampton, bearing of about 40deg, 20:01-ish).

Incredible footage caught the meteor in the sky (Picture: Twitter

The white flashes were seen across the UK (Picture: ukmeteornetwork.co.uk)

It was captured on doorbell cameras (Picture: ukmeteornetwork.co.uk)

A similar meteor was seen last year (Picture: ukmeteornetwork.co.uk)

‘It had multiple discernible colours – blueish white core, bright red outline and streak – unlike anything I have ever seen.’

It was captured in footage in London just after 8pm tonight.

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The huge fireball was seen across the UK and was described as containing multiple different colours.