Shooting Stars?

[cerphr]

So I was vectoring into KTPA at 170 / 2,000 at night and WOOSH!... My windshield was filled with light for an instant and then it was gone.  I searched the sky for AI and there was none and ATC had not alerted me to anyone.  

Ever seen anything like that?  Are there falling/shooting stars in this darn thing?  

[BFMF]

If you look in the FS2002 effects folder, there are a couple effects for shooting stars. There's a few people who have claimed to see them, but i've never seen one

[N4733D]

Yep the effects exist. In all my flying, I have seen one. A little unrealistic, I have counted several hundred in one night where I live.

[cerphr]

Then I should feel "honored" to have witnessed one in my first 100 hours!  8)

[chomp_rock]

I've seen only one in all of my FS experience.

[cerphr]

Andrew... thanks for the info... How do I check the effects folder?  Plus... I have something else to look up

A Possible UFO?  :o  

Could have been AI near Nellis AFB, but didn't "act" like it and I couldn't catch it in a Learjet.

[Travis]

Never heard of a UFO in this game, but as for the effects folder, what do you mean, "How do I check it?"

Open the "Effects" folder in the FS main folder.  Look around inside.

[cerphr]

Thanks again

[bm_727]

Wow , another one of those FS urban legends along with the the age old mystery of the magical north pole...

You should feel privileged to have seen one in your lifetime
I haven't seen one yet :-/

-bm