I think around 20/11/06 around 8pm, I was looking towards S, SE
direction at about 20-30 degrees altitude. From a single point of
light, it suddenly flared up for about 2 secs before it finally
extinguished.
may need to check heavensabove.com but likely its an iridium flare. .
You're lucky..I have not seen one before except on a video courtesy of our resident iridium expert, Chia YK....
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Recently they are burning off some released gases at the petroleum refinery offshore. Perhaps you should observe and see if it happens again.
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