I woke at 7:40 am. I was lying on my back in a bed under a large window through which I could see the northern sky upside down. The object looked like a small ball of fire with a bright yellow, glowing center and a duller perimeter, which also glowed. The "center" was 3/4 of the object; the perimeter was the outer 1/4 of the object. My first thought was that it was being lit by the sun and what I was witnessing was reflected light. But my next thought was that the object had it own light. I do not think I saw reflected light. The object moved from the northwwest to the northeast in four seconds and then went out of range of my sight. I don't know why but I started counting as soon as I saw it. It felt like a natural thing to do at the time, but now that I say it it sounds odd. The object moved very quickly, far faster than an airplane. Ten minutes later, I went outside to gather my morning paper from the lawn, and I looked into the northern sky where I had seen the object. I saw three "jets," those ubiquitous "pointy" objects with what is known as chem trails or exhausts, all very far away and appearing to travel slowly. They were traveling in three different directions, one from west to southwest, one from north to northeast, and one on what seemed to be a path due north.