Bright star like object in Small Magellanic CLoud

We report visual observation of bright star like object (about 3 mag) in Small Magellanic Cloud. The object then gradually faded during 2 or 3 minutes below 6 mag.
This observation was made at 23:49 UTC on 20th September 2012, at South African Astronomical Observatory, Sutherland, South Africa.
Position was on the east from center of SMC, but with uncertainity of 1 degree. We could not identify the object on the pictures from CCD camera and photolens (visual limit 9 mag) at 23:52 UTC.