Light

I just witnessed outside of my window a falling greenish light. It was not falling in the sense that it was floating though, it simply fell as if it were a firework dud. Could this have been a meteor, or simply what it looked like, a Firework Dud? How could I distinguish the two? It went down, and in no other direction, behind some trees up the street, though I am not exactly sure where. I live in a fairly populated area, and it is now 1:46 AM, it occured at 1:20 AM. It made no noise, any ideas?

Where do you live cause your time is my time and also go and check it out!

Haha, I live near D.C., in Northern, VA. How about you?

Thats classified Im Joking! i live in New York heh you should go check it out report it to your newspaper or something.

Are you sure you didnt imagine it? Your mind can play tricks on u sometimes....

Well, there are such things as green meteorites. I've seen a few myself up north when I was younger. I'm not saying that's what it is, it's just an idea.

Don't worry, Im not the type of person who believes every green flash has to be aliens. I just wanted to know if anyone had seen a green meteor before.

Green meteor trails are common

i've seen green meteor trails before... i can't remember what mineral it is that causes them, i want to say iron or copper but that's probably wrong.

I just received a reply from a NASA Astronomer who told me the Green is quite common, and stems from the fact that the Meteoroid must have had a high Nickel content. My friend just admitted to me that he had seen a Blue one behind his townhouse around a year ago too. It's even more amazing that I live in an area so populated, and still managed to see this. Within 5-7 Miles of myself, there are at least 100,000 people. I feel lucky to have witnessed this. Thanks for the replies and help too.

[Edited on 2-17-2004 by TheAgentNineteen]

A couple of years back I saw a green 'light' fall from the sky. I assumed it to be a meteorite. It's not something you get to see every day.

No problem im sorry i couldnt help you more but it was getting late and i decided to get off.

It's amazing, my father just told me he's seen a few before, but yeah, it's definitely not something you see everyday. I've seen them before and filmed them during the Leonid Showers, but I have never seen one so vividly, so GREEN, and so close as I did last night.

[Edited on 2-17-2004 by TheAgentNineteen]