Alright, so I was watching the meteor shower all night and I saw a good amount of normal meteors, the ones that just look like shooting stars. Although, there were 3 different times when I saw something that I have never seen before. I KNOW that my mind wasn't playing tricks on me. It looked like a flock of geese flying -almost floating- in the shape of a V like geese usually fly. I followed these floating "geese" a lot farther than the normal meteors, and also, they seemed closer. Does anybody have an explanation for what I saw, besides 1) They were geese, or 2) I'm nuts...?
2007-08-12 21:38:48 · 3 answers · asked by greggretzky7 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
1 really cool one lasted a while and had a broken choppy trail.
(sounds a bit like your geese, BUT FASTER than geese)
It was one that skipped on the atmosphere like a flat pebble on a lake. They are my favs
maybe they break up on impact and the remais trail behind causing a V
(I never really saw a distinct V though)
2007-08-12 23:27:55 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing they were probably brighter too? Probably just an extra-big meteor that broke up into pieces as it entered the atmosphere--they go farther because there's a lot more to burn up and it takes longer. Lucky you--I didn't see anything near that big. I've seen meteors like that before, and they do seem to "float" or go a lot more slowly than a normal meteor--but I didn't see any tonight!
2007-08-13 04:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no your not nuts,what about moving stars?did you see any of those?LOOK!!! & don't be scared it's ok : )
2007-08-13 05:03:36 · answer #3 · answered by To-Dream-of-Wolves ^. .^ © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋