I was at Avogadros Number Restaurant at 4:30 PM sitting on back patio with friends, looked up, and saw a shiny, stationary, object.I was excited because I knew what I was seeing. I pointed it out to everybody (there were 7 of us) but only 3 others saw it. It sat there and flickered, then moved to the left about 1/4 of inch, then back again. It kept flickering and was very bright. Nobody else seemed to care but I grew excited having several other viewings in the past. I ran inside to find someone with a digital camera but found no one. Came back outside but failed to see the object again. As I looked in the vicinity, a white tube came screaming past where I was looking, moving in a westward direction. It looked as though it moved end over end a few times before getting out of view. I quickly drove home to get my camera but had no luck in spotting anyting else. The whole sighting lasted 5 minutes. It was as if I was given a showing for all of my skywatching diligence. The tube flying by made me gasp as I've never seen a tube before, only on UFO shows, it's speed was crazy and seemed to be very high in the sky.