while looking at the stars, on my patio, suddenly i saw a long, brightly lit, white lighted, elongated, cigar shaped object,(solid), appear from nowhere, flashing across the sky, lasting about a second, ... completely silent, passing into a cloud, and not emerging from behind it, where i lost sight of it. it appeared from a point of north-east, heading south-west.. when the thing first emerged out of nowhere, i was stunned, as it was too low and too fast and too silent for an airplane,... yet i could clearly see its shape.Earlier this evening, while also looking at the stars, i was looking at a triangular star constellation that appears every night in the sky, and i call it "the little kite" (i am not an astronomer, so i call it what it looks like); then, i looked away for a moment; then, when i looked back at the little kite, i suddenly saw a fourth star within its triangle- line, wondering how that could be, whereof the fourth star suddenly began moving and at the approximate speed of an airplane, yet completely silently; it too came from north-east, heading south-west; ..i was following the little "star" intently with my eyes, realizing stars don't travel across the sky, leaving their constellation... the sighting lasted about 15 seconds, at which point i lost sight of it due to distance.something strange is going on in the skies...also, there is a very bright star showing up lately every night here, flashing lights of a very light bright blue, followed by bursts of orange and white... sometimes the orange is a red; ..it is very energetic and no other star does that (which is why i am compelled to watch it every night); i don't know what it is, maybe a satelite? it is not a star, as it flashes vivid colors like no other star; it also moves its position, but very slowly; -what is it? it's position from the front of my house is north-east.