Shooting stars?

As far as the original post - No. Meteors do not last 30 seconds. The train of objects described in the post perfectly characterize the appearance of the Starlink satellites. Predictions for future visibility can be seen at: ======================================================================= https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=70003&lat=34.44067&lng=-119.71572&loc=SBMNH&alt=92&tz=PST ======================================================================= Sporadic meteors occur all the time, and the Leonid meteor shower will be active until Nov 30 with the peak at around 22:00 PST on November 17. The Northern Taurids are also active now, but don't have a sharp peak and are fairly sparse. The meteors seen across the country are likely from these showers, as you say, or sporadics. But reports of slow moving trains of bright dots are going to be the new satellites.

cool, but they still arent falling from orbit. they are increasing orbit.

The Perseid shower is active in August, not November. As stated below, this was a series of 60 small satellites launched by SpaceX.