NUFORC Sighting 154360

Occurred: 2020-03-21 20:30 Local
Reported: 2020-03-21 21:29 Pacific
Duration: 10+ minutes
No of observers: 5

Location: North Idaho Falls, ID, USA

Shape: Formation

Straight line of 20+ average brightness lights appearing on one side of the sky and disappearing on the other.

Went to go on a drive and my friend first looked at the sky (we like looking at the stars on clear nights) and noticed a line of lights following eachother from northwest to southeast. This is a rural area north of Idaho Falls and south of Lewisville. It took around 2-4 minutes (guesstimate) for one to get from one side of the sky to the other. Me, my friend, and my boyfriend watched the first four pass the sky slowly from far enough away to only see a light. The first one we saw actually changed directions towards the end of its trip and headed northeast. This was about a 90* angle, but it didn't make a 90* turn, it was a little more gradual. None of the others did this; they continued and still went straight where the first one turned. Once we noticed a fifth, I pulled my dad and grandma outside, and they both saw them as well. My dad said that they were satelites, but around 16 more came around in the same manner. I looked to see where they were coming fr! om and they were appearing in the exact same spot in the sky, pretty far above the horizon, and disappeared in the clouds on the other side of the sky. But we aren't sure how many passed before we noticed and we left before they finished, so we watched them for around ten minutes and they likely continued after we left. We had our phones but the crafts were about the brightness of stars, so they weren't able to be captured.

I haven't seen anything on the Internet about specific satelites in the sky at this time and we do not have any military bases nearby. The only close airport is in town to the southwest, a direction the lights didn't come from or go to. What satelites move in a straight line following eachother? And at that, 20 or more in a row?

Posted 2020-05-21