2012 fashion

We saw more than one of these within ten minutes all going diferent directions. Never seen those type of lights around here before...and we've been watching the sky for months now. There was no sound and they were low enough. We've also been seeing something else we're having a hard time to capture on film, but we're using a tripod so fingers crossed we get something soon. :) It starts out as a flash of light then what looks like a star appears....the size grows and it gets really bright almost like a shooting star, then it dims, and goes off in a different direction than it came in....the best one we've seen took around 30 seconds from start to finish, they are all an intense bright white, bluish light, but some last longer than others, and some look like they are closer. Still happens so fast it's hard to get on cam. I have a short clip of one getting bigger and dimming out if anyone is interested in seeing it, and helping me solve the mystery of what they might be. :)