super bright flash

EVENT DATE

Apr 9, 2016, 10:05 PM

LOCATION

Moab, UT, USA

NUFORC FIELDS

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SHAPE

Unknown

DURATION (NUFORC)

5 seconds(00:00:05)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

1.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

NaN

NARRATIVE

While out filming the night sky with my camera, I had my camera trained on a distant bright star (SSW) and a bright light flashed very brightly then extinguished and the whole event took place within the span of 5 seconds.  
A friend of mine did not see this since he was on his phone and by the time he looked up it was over.
The star is bright and I can see it every night but this flash was as bright as Venus and was pretty intense.
Possible flare from Iridium satellite??  PD

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