UFO Does a Zig Zag Over Arizona

Late last night I went out to smoke a cigarette.  I guess it was about 1 AM.

On my patio facing south, I was looking around the night sky with binoculars.  Earlier that night I had a strange sighting so my eyes were peeled for another one.

I gazed across the night sky taking notice of all the stars I couldn't see with my naked eye. Venus was at about 11 O'clock in my sights.

Just as I put the binoculars down a flash of light caught my eye.

I had just put the binoculars down when a flash of light caught my eye.  I quickly looked up and saw a golden and yellow ball of light as it shot through the night sky.

It seemed to maintain direction for a good half second (leaving a trail of light behind it) before quickly slowing down, making a quick 45 degree BACKWARDS, and then shooting back forward and disappearing. This whole sequence lasted only a few seconds, but the trailing illuminated light left by this object formed a slightly angled Z shape.

Best I can describe it is that this thing, whatever it was, shot through the sky appearing out of nowhere and seemed to abruptly slow down before kicking back and shooting away as quickly as it appeared.  

Initially, I thought this was a meteor until it made a zig zag and shot off into nothingness.

I've seen a few things very recently that have deeply intruiged me, but this was unbelievable.

I also saw something similar (a huge streak of light) that was enormous in comparison... but I can't form the description to make it even remotely believable. It also occured during a strange night.

Over the last 3 weeks or so, there have been a handful of things I planned to report but never felt urged to. Tonight I got on here and IMMEDIATELY reported it (my first one ever!).  Thats how incredible this was.