Scientists think some meteor pieces will have survived the intense heat of atmospheric entry and hit the ground. A computer model that analysed the camera data suggests the probable site of impact is just north of Cheltenham.

"We can track the fireball really well, but the 'black magic' starts when it goes dark - when the light goes out and it still has another 10-20km to reach the ground," explained Dr Ashley King from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll) and London's Natural History Museum (NHM). "Strong winds can blow the object off course of where you think it's going to land, and that's what we're working on now. But, yes, somewhere north of Cheltenham, out towards Stow-on-the-Wold," he told BBC News.

Any fragments that made it to the ground will be small, smaller than an orange, say, and are likely to be dark and shiny. Anyone who finds what they think might be a meteorite is asked to photograph it in situ, noting the GPS co-ordinates from a phone, if that's possible. The object should then be bagged without direct handling. And the absolute no-no: do not put a magnet near the object. This could destroy important information needed to study the rock.

"We've learned over the years that most meteorites carry a kind of intrinsic magnetic record within them from when they were in space," said Dr King. "We can actually study that and learn about where these things came from and how they formed. But if you put a magnet on the object, it's a little bit like wiping your credit card with a magnet. We lose all of that information."

Some of the trajectory work from the camera data has already suggested the object originated in the outer asteroid belt, which is between Mars and Jupiter.

Meteorites may be just north of Cheltenham

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56241511

Time for Sly old grey fox to bring out his metal detector for a test run

I was thinking the same thing Minx.....
Better get started, there's a lot of ground to cover..... "I may be gone quite some time".....

Did you buy it from. Comet. Foxy...?

Sorry, I’ll get me coat...

I would have loved to have seen that.

How about a Chinese Lantern Longdogs....

I was thinking the same thing Minx.....
Better get started, there's a lot of ground to cover..... "I may be gone quite some time".....

We'll keep the light on for you.