NUFORC Sighting 180395

Occurred: 2024-02-12 01:30 Local
Reported: 2024-02-13 14:22 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Portland, OR, USA

Shape: Light
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: Northwest
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 5-10 miles?
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aircraft nearby

3 Stationary lights in a horizontal line above the tree line

Observed 3 stationary lights in a linear horizontal pattern above tree line from a distance, definitely miles away (probably 5 miles or more).

They remained stationary to my eye for roughly 10 minutes, then slowly started to move further away until they were out of view.Total observed time was 20 minutes, but unsure how long the lights were visible before I noticed them.

Filmed the lights, they appeared to be blinking in the video, but there was no notable blinking to the naked eye. I think it’s because my camera had a hard time focusing. I use an older iPhone (iPhone 6s)…

Not flare behavior, and the aircraft would have to be quite large to be observed from my distance. I’m in a residential area (Portland suburb) so a military exercise would be unlikely. I’m open to a prosaic explanation, but I figured I’d report this sighting in case somebody has more details that was closer to the craft(s).

Posted 2024-02-15