Hi Joe, as mentioned, 5 minutes is too long for a meteor - 10 - 30 secs duration is the extremely rarest longest possible amount of time. being low in the west it was most definitely an aircraft contrail lit up by the setting sun, as i strongly suspect the first one is too, the time being 6 o'clock and sunset mentioned, it is a very common report to hear, they do look speccy some of them for sure.
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