Does anyone know what could have happened this night?

It was around 10:00 PM at night in El Paso, TX and dark with minimum moon light. we saw a bright light in the sky that lasted for about 10 seconds and lit up the entire horizon as bright as day. It was as if you were out in the night and the next second, it was high noon with the brightest sunny day you could experience. When this happened you could see the blue sky and clouds..it was so weird. o_O    This happened in 2002. Has anyone experienced this or know what it is? We asked everyone we knew if they had seen it, but no one did. I know it happened so I'm just curious whether anyone else did as well!!! Thank you!!!!

yesturday there was a meteor shower, it maybe part of that still?

The world ended that day...you are dead.