Saw the same with my own eyes plus my buddy and two others at sembawang beach during reservist. Two of us were digging sand and facing inland with the sea behind us, two others holding respective sandbags for us to pour the sand into.
Then, something just in the sky just zoom pass in the night sky, with a slight whistling sound. Saw smoke at the tail end but it zoom past very fast from inland out to the sea. We turned our head to follow the trail of trajectory, but he smoke trail disappeared very fast. It just disappeared in the horizon. I look at my buddy, he look at me and smiled.
We thought it could be a misfired illum rocket, those with a small parachute. But then, not at that speed. We tried to explain it away that it could be a meteroite.
Years later, some kopi talk cock with other friends about reservist experiences, one old man said it could be a "puay kong" (flying curse) done by indonesians.
Now you mentioned it.:o
Another weird stuff I heard from my reservist friend is if u go east coast park after midnight, u will happen to see eggs flying pass in the air, he said Malay bomboh performing kong tau wor. Walan eh:*: the eggs will fly to the said family which is be to cursed.