In a very clear night sky at 22:15 a light grew very bright overhead and then dissapeared

EVENT DATE

May 31, 2011, 10:15 PM

LOCATION

St. Petersburg, FL, USA

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SHAPE

Flash

DURATION (NUFORC)

2 seconds(00:00:02)

WITNESSES (NUFORC)

1.0

CHARACTERISTICS (NUFORC)

NaN

NARRATIVE

Looking westerly nearly overhead I saw what appeared to be a star grow very bright then dissapear.   Did not appear to be a meteor.  Almost looked like a star exploding? 
I have been watching the sky my entire life as I live on the west coast of florida and never have seen anything like it.
Iridium satellite??  PD

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