Eles provavelmente eram fogos de artifício mágicos.
O meteorologista trouxa certamente parecia acreditar que eles poderiam ser fogos de artifício.
As estrelas de fato têm uma fonte mágica, e são listadas por McGonagall como tendo lugar entre a exuberância bruxa."Well, Ted," said the weatherman, "I don't know about that, but it's not only the owls that have been acting oddly today. Viewers as far apart as Kent, Yorkshire and Dundee have been phoning in to tell me that instead of the rain I promised yesterday, they've had a downpour of shooting stars! Perhaps people have been celebrating Bonfire Night early - it's not until next week, folks!"
(Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 1, The Boy Who Lived).
"Oh yes, everyone's celebrating, all right," she said impatiently. "You'd think they'd be a bit more careful, but no - even the Muggles have noticed something's going on. It was on their news." She jerked her head back at the Dursleys' dark living-room window. "I heard it. Flocks of owls...shooting stars...Well, they're not completely stupid. They were bound to notice something. Shooting stars down in Kent - I'll bet that was Dedalus Diggle. He never had much sense."
(Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 1, The Boy Who Lived).
Então sabemos que as estrelas são de origem mágica e foram comemoradas.
As estrelas são compatíveis com Dr. Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fogos de artifício da Filibuster . Estes são conhecidos por produzir estrelas quando são desativados.
Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour.
(Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5, The Whomping Willow)....in the case of Fred and George Weasley, trying to find out what would happen if you fed a Filibuster Firework to a Salamander...The sight of Percy bellowing himself hoarse at Fred and George, the spectacular display of tangerine stars showering from the Salamander's mouth, and its escape into the fire, with accompanying explosions, drove Filch and his Kwikspell envelope from Harry's mind.
(Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8, The Deathday Party).
A comunidade bruxa dando início a fogos de artifício em massa em Filibuster pode ter produzido o efeito de estrelas cadentes nos vários lugares ao redor do país onde bruxos e bruxas estavam escondidos, ou algo similar a ele.