A METEOR has crashed into the countryside of Brittany creating a mysterious blue light followed by a loud “boom” sound, according to an expert.
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Several webcams installed on beaches in Brittany recorded a flash of blue light in the sky for a few seconds around 11.47 pm. News outlet France Bleu reported that the flash made “the day come back” for a few seconds at the recorded time. A luminous object was also observed in the sky off the port of Southampton, in the south of England.
There was a visible flash of light “on the side of Brest and the North Coast” of Finistère in Northern France.
The flash lasted for a number of seconds and was accompanied by a “big explosion”, according to the testimony of Gurvan Musset, director of France Bleu Breizh Izel.
French meteorologist Stéven Tual “was driving between Rennes and Saint-Brieuc” when he witnessed the phenomenon.
Speaking to FranceInfo, he said: “The night was clear and suddenly I saw an object, which really lit the sky with a green-white colour.
A meteor may have caused the bright flash in the sky (Image: GETTY)
“It was really spectacular.
“I witnessed the passage of a meteorite.”
The video of the meteorite shows several boats becoming visible as though they were in broad daylight.
The phenomenon was also visible in Morbihan, where the webcam at the port of Arzal showed a light crossing the sky.
Harry Byrne
