Driving on 54 West fwy saw a large golden orange light flash twice southbound before disappearing. 10x larger than other aircraft in the sky that night. It happened so fast but I saw it directly ahead of me lighting up the surrounding clouds. It looked like it was in a lower altitude than commercial aircraft but it was moving from north to south across the highway. Two bursts of light and then it disappeared. It was different from a flare or floating lantern as those would be visible for longer time.