Fire red pulsating ball

I did not see an object per se. I saw, for lack of a better term, a firey red and orange ball that hung in the sky for about 30 to 45 seconds from when I noticed it, then blinked out. It was literally sparkling. From the distance I saw it, it appeared quite large. I have seen a smaller white light, always just one, in the same area a number of times that does the same thing; just blinks off. This is a very rural area in north central Vermont where we rarely even see a plane. We do have a military practice area nearby but that is in Underhill which is several miles south of us. We've seen the night vision things they send up on a few occasions but this was nothing like that. It was very bright red, sparkling, and just one object.