My husband called me out on to the deck at around 9:00 pm on August 25, 2012 to see "something strange in the sky". I came out to observe a bright red/orange ball of light which was completely stationary in the sky and to the left of us. There was no sound emanating from this object. My husband went inside to fetch the binoculars while I stood and watched the object. While he was looking for the binoculars, I observed the object blinking on and off for a couple of seconds and then vanishing altogether. By the time my husband had come back out the object had vanished. Shortly afterwards, what seemed to us to be a very fast jet came from the north and headed off in the direction we had seen the bright object. Of note, the sky was not yet completely dark and there were some prominent 'chem trails' in the sky prior to viewing the object.