What looked like a typical satellite flashed and disappeared.

EVENT DATE

Sep 8, 2014, 9:40 PM

LOCATION

Muskogee, OK, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE

Unknown

DURATION (NUFORC)

5 seconds(00:00:05)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

1.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

Changed Colo

NARRATIVE

Looking west, I saw a non-flashing white light that I thought to be a satellite heading from north to south at a steady, typical pace for objects in orbit.  
I watched this light for about 5 seconds before it became extremely bright and then disappeared.  
I am confident that this was not a meteor/meteorite as I have seen them before on many occasions. 
This honestly looked like a regular satellite until it flashed - maybe twice the size and brightness of Venus on a winter morning - then was gone.  I have no idea what it was.
Probable "flare" from "Iridium" satellite?  PD

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