Colored Orbs in Night Sky

Let me first put a disclaimer here..I do not nor have I ever worn a tin foil hat. Hubby reads this forum and I have started to also..
Last night, my hubby showed me two objects in the sky, one about 30 degrees Northeast of the Big Dipper, and the other about 40 degrees Northwest. We used the digital camera and were able to take a few pictures, couldn't get a clear view with binoculars, but brought the .22 out with the scope and that worked well to see through. What I could see was a kind of glowing orb, flashing colors red, blue, green. We watched these for 2 hours. He said one he had watched for a week. There was no movement except as time progressed, with one moving progressively towards the west, and the other rising higher in east. Could these be satelites?
This was from approximately 8:30 to 10:30pm. If anyone has seen these or knows what they are..please comment?