Mysterious green lights at sea spur calls

Washington State (Dec. 2) - The U.S. Coast Guard got many calls early this morning, reporting sightings of very bright green flares over the ocean. 

Callers from Port Angeles, Wash., down to North Bend, saw the mysterious lights at about 3:30 a.m., which the Coast Guard later determined had been a meteor shower.

A "Beaver" moon, the first of two full moons this month, lit the night sky Tuesday evening. The clear night made the shower visible from far away, said Mark Dobney, civilian search and rescue controller for Coast Guard Group Astoria.