Meteor over London: fast-moving green streak of light, Oct 27, 2026

Sky Snapshot frozen for 9:15 PM ±15 min

Sky replay9:15 PM

Sky

fully dark

Moon

waning gibbous, 37° up

Planets up

Saturn (38°)

Bright stars

Vega (west 38°), Capella (northeast 37°), Betelgeuse (east 4°), Altair (west 27°)

Weather

clear, wind 11 km/h

Space weather

quiet (Kp 1)

Sunset

4:42 PM

What the witness saw

When

Oct 27, 2026, 9:15 PM GMT

Where

London, England, GB

Looking

east, high in the sky

Lasted

5 seconds

Looked like

one, green, streak, fast, with a trail

Sound

none

Example case (staff): a green streak flashed across the sky from east to west in under two seconds, broke into two pieces at the end. No sound.

Ranked explanations

Meteor or fireball Likely100%

+35Over in seconds: that is a meteor.
+20Very fast streaking motion fits.
+15A streak or trail is the meteor signature.
+15Breaking into pieces is classic fireball behavior.
+5Green, blue or orange flashes come from the glowing metals in a meteoroid.
+4The Orionids and Taurids were active that night.

Bird, bat or insect lit by a light Doesn't fit33%

+30Fast, silent, erratic and brief at night is a bird or bat lit from below by streetlights.

Space debris re-entry Doesn't fit20%

+20Multiple fragments traveling together is the re-entry look.
+10Glowing trails behind each piece.
-15Too brief; a re-entry is slower than a meteor.
·Re-entry predictions (Space-Track TIP messages) are checked when available.

What we checked

✓Satellites: 2 visible passes: ISIS 1, SL-16 R/B

✓Starlink trains: none predicted

✓Launches: none within 90 minutes and 2,500 km

–Aircraft: flight history check pending

✓Planets & Moon: Saturn; Moon up

✓Space weather: quiet (Kp 1)

✓Weather: clear, visibility 21 km

✓Meteor showers: Orionids, Taurids

How this answer was computed

We froze the sky for a ±15-minute window around Oct 27, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC at 51.52, -0.14 and scored 19 candidate explanations. Each candidate starts from a base rate and gains or loses points for every detail the witness gave and every record we found; the reasons are listed above with their point values. "Likely" means 80% or more, "Possible" 50–79%, anything below is "Doesn't fit". Nothing above 50% means the case stays unexplained.

Sources: orbital elements from Space-Track/CelesTrak propagated with SGP4 (satellite.js); launch schedule from Launch Library 2; planetary Kp from NOAA SWPC; weather from Open-Meteo; Sun, Moon and planet positions computed locally with astronomy-engine. Engine 0.3.0, snapshot v2, computed Oct 28, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.

Discussion 0 replies

Sky Investigator AI first look 45 min ago · edited

Here is what the sky data says for London, England, GB at Oct 27, 2026, 9:15 PM GMT: the best fit is Meteor at 100%. Why: Over in seconds: that is a meteor; Very fast streaking motion fits. A couple of things would sharpen this:

• Did it blink or change color at any point?
• Did you get a photo or video, even a blurry one?

Grounded in the sky checks above; it cannot claim more than the data shows. Was this first look helpful?