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I had just stepped outside to walk my dog, was in the middle of the street just looking up at the sky, and noticed that a bright point of light (very white, unlike any meteor or bolide? I have previously witnessed) that appeared to be moving with me as I walked. Puzzled, I stopped and noticed that it was moving in an easterly direction. At first I thought it might be an airplane landing light, however, it was moving away from me at high altitude, and there were no other lights associated with it. The light did not waver, change, or blink. The light remained constant until about 25 to 30 seconds later in the eastern sky it abruptly dimmed to a very small spot, almost orange or reddish in color, and then disappeared.
I also considered that it might be a satellite, however, as I was viewing with my eyes only, it was many times brighter than any satellite that I have witnessed, it also moved faster. It did, however, move much slower than any meteor that I have ever seen and significantly slower than either of the three or four bolides that I have had the opportunity to witness.
I also did not see any smoke trail... it was just a very very bright intense white point of light moving across the sky in approximately 20 to 30 seconds.
I did watch a passenger plane moving from the north to the south, perpendicular to the direction of the bolide?, no doubt heading for one of the local airports. I noticed that the bolide? was much higher than the plane and more intensely white than anything the plane was operating at the time. The diameter of the bolide? point of light was also significantly larger in diameter than any light on the plane.
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