Flickering white and red craft.

Standing at my kitchen sink window this evening I noticed what appeared to be a shooting star approaching from the northeast sky. I went outside to get a better view. It traveled at a high jet speed but was dead quiet and not a sound. Suddenly two smaller flickering stars were emitted from the main one but disappeared 30 seconds later. The main Star flickered like a star but was larger and brighter than the two emitted from it. As it got closer it flickered between white and red lights. Dead quiet. I observed it till it disappeared over the southwest horizon.