Lovista, I just went outside and looked. The big dipper was to the northwest here in central Mississippi at about 9:30 pm cst.. I also noticed a heavenly object next to the moon at it's 2 o'clock position. At the same time I was noticing all of this a plane, , ( I guess) which had a bundle of red horizontal lights on it, was moving slowly and broke sharply to the right with a loud noise and continued on quietly. I was trying to notice all of this but also had a couple of 4 month old puppies and a 17 year old cat making every step with me. In other words, they were about tripping me so I had a hard time focusing my eyes. judy