Trivia: The "Sea Star," the boat that the alien takes to the island, is also the name of Donald Sutherland's tugboat in the sci fi movie "Virus," a movie about electronic alien invaders.
Trivia: Originally, John Krasinski didn't want to write or direct the film. He came up with the basic story, but intended to hand off the project to another writer/director to develop and helm. However, the studio was eventually able to convince him to return.
Trivia: Despite his prominent billing, John Krasinski has less than 10 minutes of screen time in the entire film (all in flashbacks), due to his character's death in the first film.
Answer: It didn't look or act like a normal meteor streaking through the sky and burning up in the atmosphere. It was large, the fiery mass seemed suspended in air, and it was close enough to the ground that spectators, erring on the side of caution, sought shelter.
raywest ★
What does a "normal" flaming meteor look like? How many meteors do you think the people of a small town in upstate NY have seen? Don't know what you mean by "seemed suspended in air." It was passing over and would land miles away, posing zero threat to the people of the town.
Jizzmopper
1. Smaller and less fiery. 2. Probably lots on TV. 3. Means it was moving slower than a meteor would be expected to move. 4. They had no way of assessing the potential threat. As it turned out, it posed a very real threat to them.