Reports of spectacular "balls of fire" falling near Stirling Castle, Scotland have sparked a hunt for the crash sites of two meteors . If discovered, they would be the first meteorites confirmed to have landed in Scotland in almost 100 years. The incidents, reported by several witnesses, were on the evenings of Friday, February 17 and the following Monday.
"Although meteorite falls are rare everywhere, Scotland seems to have escaped remarkably lightly. There have only been four meteorites recovered from Scotland, compared with more than 18 from England and Wales. Statistically, we are overdue another one. There must undoubtedly be more people who saw these meteorites - people who just happened to be out walking the dog or looking out their window - and we need them to come forward. It can be difficult to judge exactly where a meteorite may have landed but it is exciting." - John Faithfull, curator of mineralogy and petrology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum.
