Last night I was outside and...?

Question

I saw something in the sky at around 11 pm, I'm not sure what it was. But it was lime green and it shot by in about 2 seconds. It wasn't a UFO for all those who will say that... I think it might have been a meteor or a shooting star. The shape was cylindrical.

Answer 1

It was probably a meteor and just so you know meteors and shooting stars are exactly the same thing.

Answer 2

There were unexpected auroras over both poles last night, the Bootid meteor shower peaks tomorrow, so you could've seen a stray meteor, as always in the summer you could've seen a nocticulent cloud (although they're more often reported as being blue), you could've seen a fast moving-low earth orbit man made satellite.  

Give us more info so we can help you figure this out.  :-)

Answer 3

Probably a meteor.  Possibly from the June Bootids meteor shower, which normally occurs from 26 June to 2 July (but this is a leap year pushing everything a day ahead).

Normally, this is a pretty weak shower with only 1 or 2 visible per hour, so it isn't very popular.  Once in a while it puts on a decent show.