Flares,Space ships or shooting stars.?

Question

Im in the middle of the north sea between the shetland islands and stavanger{norway}
And last night and to night there are lots of shooting stars.
At first i thought that it was a distress flare, I contacted the control room who in turn contacted the supply boat and the standby boat.
and they both agreed it was not a distress signal.
So the only answer is The war of the worlds, or shooting stars.
I noticed that there where other questions to this phenomenon.
But they where in london.????

Unfortunatly we are not allowed to have cameras???.
So i will just have to imprint it to memory.

Answer 1

Leonid meteor shower tonight and tomorrow

Answer 2

Thanks for reminding me about the Leonids. It is a meteor shower and these ones can be spectacular as they are fireball like rather than say the pencil streaks of August's Persieds. I remember the '98 shower coming a day earlier than everyone expected and watched 20 fireball like meteors in an hour, the last one went plasma (big white flash). You can probably confirm it was a Leonid from its direction. If you trace all their tails back in the sky you'll come to Leo ( look for a big backward question mark with a triangle to the left)

Answer 3

I think that flares are solar, Space ships are human and Shooting Stars are lit metorites burning in space. Every month in a different constellation there is a fiesta of "falling" lit meteorites which bear the name of the constellation (if in Leo it is called the Leonids).

Answer 4

You are in the prime place to witness what is set to be a spectacular event---and are now witnessing the beginning of what offers to be one of the best meteor showers in recent times--enjoy !!!!-----and , if someone with you out there has a good video camera--- now would be an excellant time to be getting it out and putting it to use !!!

Answer 5

It is the yearly Leonid meteor shower.
Take a look:
http://www.arm.ac.uk/leonid/2006/info2006.html

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Oh sh!t,,the Martians are coming