Me (60), stepson (25), his buddy (30ish) were smoking on our deck looking at all the stars. we live in rural nz, about 2kms from main road. i brought out my 30mw green laser and pointed to some stars i recognised. i then gave the laser to the lads, and they shown it at some random stars. then the stepson held it one one star near taurus. he held it steady for amount 3 minutes. suddenly there was a brief shower of yellow sparks like a skyrocket and the star shot off real fast disappearing west after about a hand's span. it could just be coincide that a shooting star was what we were observing, but the actual star was gone too. we came up with the possibility that we knocked out a satellite. but we were only guessing. i was cold stone sobber. the other two had been drinking. we talk about how we killed a star. but have no idea what it was.