I was in the house and came running out but was on the phone with a neighbor that was outside and saw the whole thing. I do have a huge picture wwindow about 10ft by 10 ft at the top of my 20ft high wall that is not covered so i saw the extreamly bright light. It looked like a flash of lightning but was brighter and looked like it was right outside my window like it was that close because it was so bright and it lasted a good 5-10 seconds and faded away.