2008-01-08 - Springfield, MA - Formation

1 large light center, 3 lights on either side 1 additional light off to right side, width of 5 c-5 aircrafts side by side.

At 5:00am on January 8, 2008 I stepped outside to get a.m. newspaper and looked up when I heard a low droning noise above. Sound was much lower than typical aircraft that pass over, and not as loud as jets or c-5 aircraft that I am familiar with hearing.

The morning sky was crystal clear as was evident when a shooting star passed directly under the object I saw and was very bright, and there were many stars out.

An object was approaching from the west and moving toward south east.

The object above looked to be approximately the width of five C-5 aircraft and was moving very slowly. I saw one large central light, that appeared to have more than one color and on either side of the center light there were 4 smaller lights, spaced out at regular intervals of perhaps 200 ft between and 1 light off the right side set back and apart from the rest. All moved at the same uniform speed while approaching me and moving over me. The lights were dim, as if behind a cloud, although there appeared to be no clouds in the area. I assumed it was very high in the sky. I cannot estimate height, but from where I stood it appeared to be the width above mentioned. I was unable to see a distinct form of airplane(s), only the light formations. I initially though that perhaps this was a large aircraft with jets flying on the sides in formation, however, the object remained in the same configuration while it passed over me, and after passing directly over the 8 lights on either side of the main central light started to change configuration in that they circled around each other, but remained at the same speed as the object. I then thought that there were no way these were jets flying in formation because the lights could not have circled around each other. They continued to do this until they were too far off in the horizon for me to see.