[Q] phenomona?

[benjamin1]

last night at 10:22 i was looking up at the sky, i saw what looked like a star, appear and disappear, it didnt move and last about 2 seconds at the most, it just started to get brighter until it reached a climax, it then immediately started to dim until i could not see it, i thought maybe it was some type of phenomena, any ideas?

[Tormod]

Perhaps a falling star which happened to move almost straight towards you?

[Vox]

Could it relate to this?

 

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