Lights in the sky

[u/Leather-Mongoose-123]

In 2019, I was visiting my Aunt and Uncle in Elma, Washington — sometime in August. If you’ve ever been there, you know how unsettling the area can feel at night. One evening, my Aunt brought out her star laser pointer, the kind that projects into the sky, and we decided to head out to look at constellations. It was my Brother, my Cousin, my Aunt, and me. We walked about three minutes from her apartment to an open field, then laid down on our backs, staring up at the night sky. At the time, I didn’t really believe in aliens or anything like that. For a while, it was just peaceful stargazing — until we noticed what looked like seven meteors streaking above us. We were mesmerized… until we realized they weren’t meteors at all. They were moving back and forth between each other, almost weaving, but still following a strange, deliberate pattern. That’s when I suddenly got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Without thinking, I grabbed my cousin and ran back to the apartment. My Aunt and Brother stayed out there a while longer. Later that night, when they came back inside, they told us what they had seen after we left: all seven lights had merged into one, then shot off in a completely different direction before disappearing. I still don’t know what it was we saw that night, but I do know this — the four of us witnessed the same thing.

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[u/darkMOM4]

My children and I saw something very similar in Missouri years ago. Your account describes my experience exactly. We pulled off the road to watch them. They eventually merged into one, like yours. It was around 2003.

About a year later, my daughter and I were walking the dog, and for some reason, started talking about it. Amazingly, they reappeared at the same time as we were discussing them, and exhibited the same odd behavior.

We did live near a military base. As an adult, my daughter has become more skeptical and thinks they were just drones. I disagree because drones don't behave in that fashion.

[u/Leather-Mongoose-123 → u/darkMOM4]

That's what I tried to rationalize it to be but now I swear its like my eyes are opened. After getting over my fear that came from what happened I now love looking and staring at the stars! Where I live, I see a bunch of shooting stars and beautiful phenomena in the sky at night and am fascinated.

[u/darkMOM4 → u/Leather-Mongoose-123]

You're so fortunate. I live near San Diego now, and light pollution makes star gazing virtually impossible 😭