Not sure your location in Missouri but I saw this last night as well.
I do not agree on the time frame though. I saw this at around 9:00 last night.
My story of what I saw.
We were at church for a get together of food and fireworks. They were scheduled to start them at 8:00 though it was still too bright so it was closer
to 9:00 before it got started. It was just before they started the fireworks when I looked up and saw this, here is what I saw.
I saw what at first I thought was a rocket (firework) going up from a close by house. It was big, reddish orange (the color of fire), and moving what
looked to be upward. This firework never blew up though it just kept going and was moving away to the northeast I believe. As it moved in the
direction it did it still stayed very bright (again it was like fire in the sky).
If there was sound it would have had to be very low so that normal conversation would cover it up. I however, heard nothing coming from the direction
of the light. It made no erratic movements, but did seem to speed up. It was above the clouds at times (we had cloud cover as much later it stormed).
After a time I lost track of it as it moved away because the light went out.
My wife said she continued to see it for some time as a dark spot, darker than night time sky (blacker than black) with an occasional repeated
flashing. I however, did not see this.
What I can say is I do not know what it was. I do not believe in UFOs in the normal sense, I do know I saw something that I cannot identify so
technically it was a UFO.
Thinks I do not think it was an airplane (seemed to low at the start), helicopter (no noise), weather balloon, satellite, or meteor, I am also not
going to say it was aliens. What I want to say it seemed like was a rocket (it was fire colored).
The area I was in was Bollinger county Missouri at the time of the sighting. There is a small craft airport in the town I was visiting. Said airport
is not near the direction of the light that was seen and is pretty much a "daytime" airport without even a control tower.
Again the time it was spotted was 9:00. I tried to get video on my Android phone but I could not find it on my screen even though I could plainly see
it with my eyes. It just was not there on my phone. There were many witnesses, but I think I was the only one trying to capture the incident.
This was my story, and know I am not claiming aliens, I just know I seen a very bright "fire" in the sky.
Raist
edit on 7/4/11 by Raist because: adding information