Fast moving object that would just stop and then dart off and then just stop again.

At the time of the sighting I lived right outside Fort Bragg, NC. 
I thought at first that it was a shooting star or perhapps a military plane, because they flew over my home on a regular basis, but this object was different, so it made me stop and look twice. 
The object was pretty far up in the sky, it was a bright round looking light.  What made me look twice was the fact that the light was sitting still and then it would suddenly dart to a new location and remain still in that spot for a few moments and then dart to a new spot that was a good distance from the last. I just could'nt take my eyes off of it. 
This went on for about 8-10 minutes and then it just took off in secounds out of sight, what looked to me to be upward.  I had never seen anything that could move so quickly and then just stop and levatate. 
I have seen lots of military aircraft being so close to Ft. Bragg and Pope AFB, but I had never seen anything move like this before. 
I never told anyone what I had seen that night.  I just wonder if I was the only one that saw it or did it show up on the military radar.
Witness indicates that date of sighting is approximate.  PD