Pre dawn on the 8th of July 2009, I checked the sky at 6.45am - Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.There were no clouds but there was a very light haze and a light breeze.The Sun was below my horizon and dawn was close.I could easily see 1st magnitude stars and Jupiter and Venus were equally bright in the Northern sky.Equidistant between them, almost as bright and the same colour, was what I initially assumed to be Saturn on the ecliptic.As I watched, ���Saturn��� disappeared - like a light being switched off.I checked afterwards with binoculars and there was no sign of anything in the vicinity.What I saw wasn���t moving and there was no noise. There was no sign of aircraft navigation lights.What I saw looked exactly like a planet i.e. not twinkling like a star.The only satellite bright enough would have been the ISS, but I checked and it was over Russia at the time.I checked my SkyMap software and there was nothing astronomical and bright enough in that position. Saturn wasn���t currently visible in the Australian sky. I can���t see it being a weather balloon or a satellite because apart from it being stationary, it was high (about 60 degrees) in the sky and the sun was rising, not setting so it wouldn���t have blinked out. I���m well aware of the behavior satellites (normal and Iridium), Chinese lanterns, weather balloons and aircraft lights; I���m positive it wasn���t any of these. This is not a spectacular sighting, but I���ve been an amateur astronomer for over 50 years and it���s got me stumped.