Circle over Mounds View, MN

The report, as filed

I looked out bay window and saw 4 bright red lights out just above the trees. The strange thing was they were in the shape of a box and not blinking as they should on a plane or tower and they were standing still. As I went for my camera, my wife went out on the deck and she said, "They are not making any noise." As I got back and snapped a photo, the object in the lower left hand side had started moving to the north, then each followed, perfectly spaced, until they disappeared behind the trees. I went out my front door and went two houses down to the corner where I was them come out from behind the trees, stop for 5 second each than take off to the north climbing steeply and were not visible in 8-10 seconds. My wife came down and said two more came in behind the first four. We watched all 6 do the same exact stop in the sky for 5 seconds than off they went. I took 3 photos but only one turned out because of the street light and flash.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #111881). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.