MIKE MOSS SAYS: Tonya Ann, I haven't heard anything about a satellite or other space debris re-entry that evening, but that is one possibility. Another is that you caught a very nice "fireball" meteor. There is a web site that tracks sightings of fireballs. As of today (22 Dec 07) no report for that evening has been posted, but you may want to take a look at the log over the next few days to see if anyone adds some info that might relate to your observation. The address is:
http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log2007.html