2012-02-12 - White Bear Lake, MN - Light

I saw 2 lights low on the horizon that disappeared 30 minutes later.

Let new puppy out into back yard and noticed 2 lights off to the west at approximately 30 degrees above the horizon line. They were very bright lights that could have been mistaken for planets. I had a hard time focusing on them. They seemed to have a trail coming off the bottom at the 7 o'clock position. I was not able to distinguish enough of it so I went and woke my 10 yr. old son. He looked and said they were planets. I said" do you see tails?" He said they were just planets again. I disregarded til the puppy had to go again at 11:05. I looked for the lights and they were not there. Seemed really strange to me. They had not looked like they were moving in any way.

I'm a trained Artist ,so I know how to visualize things well. One light was twice as bright as the other and they looked to be about half a foot apart from my vantage to the horizon. They matched the stars color fairly well. Had some flickering and and aura about them. The aura made them hard to focus on.