Many people in the Netherlands witnessed a fireball in the heavens at around seven o'clock on Tuesday evening. Astronomer Theo Jurriens from Groningen University has confirmed that it was an extremely bright meteor which broke into three pieces after hitting the atmosphere. 

He says he received about 100 reports of sightings of the meteor from people throughout the country. The KNMI national weather centre also received a large number of calls reporting the event.

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