"Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message
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Yesterday, 7th Oct 08. Wolverhampton/Dudley border 21:05 approx, facing
east. A very bright, and far larger light than I thought anything had a
right to be, went streaking from the south east (Birmingham direction) and
away to the north (over Wolverhampton) in a position I can only say was
closer to chimneypots than zenith.
The whole thing took about two seconds.

And can anyone hazard a guess at what it was?

http://www.imo.net/calendar/2008#gia - A Draconid? But Draco was
more to the North (I don't know quote where the radiant is). It
sounds much too fast for a re-entry. A sporadic meteor?
..
8) I dread to think what one of those is. I Googled about a bit and found
this site which cheers me up. Now I am wondering what happened after it
passed over Wolverhampton.
http://www.popastro.com/sections/met..._sightings.htm
..
Thank you for your suggestion, anyway. At least now I know things larger
than a streak can be seen without people telling you to get your eyes
tested.
..
VL.