Flashing white l:ight travels 100 degrees across the sky in under a second and then slows down to the speed of a satelliteLight with the look and brightness of a bright star and flashing about 10 times a second traveled from the southern horizon to about 80 degrees above the northern horizon in under a second, where it slowed down the the speed of a low satellite became a steady light and took another minute to reach the northern horizon. The light flashed like a stone skipping on water as it traveled quickly. It looked like a star ship "warping" into earth orbit.