Formation over Arcola, TX

The report, as filed

I was driving west on Highway 6 towards Missouri City when I noticed a cluster of lights 15-20 degrees from the horizon. The lights were white and as bright as an incoming commercial aircraft, with individual lights varying somewhat in brightness, however they did not flicker. The lights appeared to be in a V or horse shoe formation, but almost parallel to the ground so some lights were behind and above the others making it hard to tell the number of lights or the distance between them. They were arranged in a way that reminded me watching a faraway flock of geese in formation. They did not appear to move. After 10-15 seconds of observation they began to dim in unison and faded away 1-2 seconds later. There was no way to tell how far away the objects were but if I were to guess I’d say they were over the town Richmond a bit over 10 miles from my point of observation. The formation was roughly in line with a busy airway that appeared to have typical traffic after the sighting. My family releases dozens of Chinese lanterns every 4th of July and that’s what I thought they were at first, but color and brightness were wrong. I did go through skylink pictures online and watched the video y’all posted. The individual skylink satellites are very similar in size and color however the lights I observed were grouped together in a way unlike anything I saw online.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #171907). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.