2003-10-19 - Fort Myers, FL - Oval

10/19/2003 Very high very fast silver diamond/oval shape, observed with naked eye and through binoculars 6-8 sec before it disapeared

I was on a lounge chair in the back yard getting a little sun before an upcoming week of travel including a long weekend in Montreal. I had Bushnell 7X50 quick focus binocular beside my chair which I always have there for the various birds we have in SW Florida and the not infrequent high flying plane. I had just been watching a very high flying jet traveling from NW to SE and was looking at its con trail and I noticed a very shinny object at about 10-20 degrees north of vertical. It appeared to be very high and traveling very fast. By the time I picked up my binoculars and focused, it was directly over head. It was very reflective and appeared to be hazy or opaque around the edges. I would say it was a combination diamond, oval shape of a bright silver color. Within 4-6 seconds from vertical it had reached approximatly 45 degrees due south and abruptly disapeared. There was no con trail, there was no sound, the 7X50 binoculars did little to increase the size and the speed the object was traveling was very fast. I have observed many planes and satelites and this did not fit either catagory, nor was it swamp gas or a weather balloon.