Light over Scottsdale/Northwest Mesa, AZ

The report, as filed

I was driving south on 101 Scottsdale toward Chandler. Just before the Raintree exit, 5 light all in a row, travel from west of Scottsdale towards the east over the freeway (toward Fountain Hills). They are evenly spaced without blinking lights, just white/pale yellow in color. The lights move in a unified direction headed south very slowly, over Talking Stick resort area. At moments they are still as if they are "hovering" in the sky. I could see a helicopter around the lights and could tell the difference. The helicopter had blinking red and blue lights were as the other lights did not. The lights move south toward North Mesa, where I called a friend and he was at Gilbert Road and University. He stated he could see lights hovering above him, but since he was looking up, he only saw 3 not 5. He also stated that there wasn't any blinking lights like a helicopter. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #126165). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.