[Chaos-l] UFO

[Michael Hrivnak]

Help me identify this flying object!

At about 12:10am, just a few minutes ago, my girlfriend and I saw
something very bright traveling fast across the sky from our NW
Raleigh home.  It started in the north, and I first saw it just west
of Cassiopeia, about 40 degrees above the horizon.  It went pretty
much to the zenith, and traveled straight south.  I lost track of it
around 30 degrees above the southern horizon.  It was a constant
brightness, and there was no visible blinking.  It reminded me of a
bright satellite, but MUCH faster.  I think it would have traveled
horizon-horizon in about 7 seconds at the most.  I'm not sure exactly
how bright it was, but it was brighter than any of the stars in
Cassiopeia.

We did not hear anything.  Its light was just straight white, and
there was no visible trail (although the light pollution here is
horrendous).  It obviously couldn't have been lit up by the sun.

Any ideas on what it might have been?  My best guess at this point is
some sort of military craft travelling quite high and VERY fast.  But,
why would it have been so bright?  Perhaps it was a test of some large
missile?

Michael