Spotlight in a dark quiet night

This happened to me and my sister 20 years ago or more. We were outside my parents’ house. It was a clear summer night in the countryside and we were chatting and looking at the stars. We often looked at the stars together. It is a bit of a family tradition.

It happened really fast. Too fast for me to think. There was an intense flash of light like a bright spotlight in the sky shining suddenly on me and my sister for a split second.

I panicked and ran inside followed by my sister. I asked her what happened and she told me there was something in the sky lighting us like a spotlight.

We joked and laughed about how silly and impossible that was. We never spoke of this ever again.