Bright star or flare near orion? This morning at 6:12 am looking south from Georgetown, Texas, there was a brief very bright stationary object what appeared to be a star that once I saw it within the next few seconds quickly vanished.  Did not appear to be other than a stationary object.  What was it?
Iridium satellites are known for predictable flare events but are gradually being de-orbited and replaced.
In particular, Iridium 66 would have flared at 6:04 several degrees east of Orion,
but its orbit has almost certainly changed since its de-orbiting process started on August 2.
Other Iridium satellites have taken 3 to 5 weeks to finish this process.

Other satellites can flare too if a shiny surface catches the Sun just right.
Heavens-Above shows two satellites passing south of Orion at 6:12 on the morning of August 19:
USA 215, an American spy satellite;
and Cosmos 2084, a failed Russian early warning satellite.

Another possibility is a head-on sporadic meteor.

Update: Iridium 66 finished de-orbiting on August 23.