Posted 06 October 2003 - 09:23 PM
For that to be possible, the meteor shower would have to be dense, dense enough for people to not be able to spot anything else. Also the meteors would have to be of a certain size so as not to burn up completely.
Or, if it was one meteor the aliens could use the meteor for protection from the ionosphere as they enetered the atmosphere, but again the meteor would have to be over a certain size, and they would have to catch or build it and then hollow it out, or be of a fairly progressive technology to be able to withstande the heat.
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