Line of about 15 lights, evenly but closely spaced, and at a constant altitude, moving north to south over Quartzsite, AZ
In the evening of 11/11/19, we were sitting next to our RV at an RV park in Quartzsite. We were facing west. We had been sitting there for about 45 minutes when we noticed a well organized, straight line of lights proceeding from right to left, that is, north to south, against the black night sky. There was little separation among them, but they were discriminable.
They were traveling roughly at the speed of airplanes, but what was so striking was how many of the lights there were, and how they were quite well organized into a line. We weren’t sure we could see well all of the ones that were there, partly because the luminosity of some of the lights changed significantly, especially the first and perhaps 3rd and 4th lights, that grew in intensity, and then subsided to that of most of the others. As they proceeded further south, they all grew dimmer, but some of the ones in the rear dimmed faster than some of the ones in the front.
This definitely was not a meteor of some kind leaving a trail, it was not a descending arc, and the separation among the lights appeared regular. They were flying at what appeared to be the same, level altitude the whole time they were visible.
We pointed them out to the folks sitting next to the RV behind us and they easily confirmed that they could see the same thing we were seeing, a line of what could have been around 15 easily visible lights, led by some that flared up brightly. Not all of the lead lights grew in intensity, just the first and possible the 3rd and 4th, maybe the 5th.
My husband and I disagree on exactly how long they were visible to us, but we watched them until they dimmed so much, apparently because they were more distant, that we could no longer see them. I suspect we could see them for about 1-2 minutes, maybe not even that long.
I attempted to take a video or photo, but the lights were too dim by the time I tried. They may always have been too dim to capture on an iPhone.
In the evening of 11/11/19, we were sitting next to our RV at an RV park in Quartzsite. We were facing west. We had been sitting there for about 45 minutes when we noticed a well organized, straight line of lights proceeding from right to left, that is, north to south, against the black night sky. There was little separation among them, but they were discriminable.
They were traveling roughly at the speed of airplanes, but what was so striking was how many of the lights there were, and how they were quite well organized into a line. We weren’t sure we could see well all of the ones that were there, partly because the luminosity of some of the lights changed significantly, especially the first and perhaps 3rd and 4th lights, that grew in intensity, and then subsided to that of most of the others. As they proceeded further south, they all grew dimmer, but some of the ones in the rear dimmed faster than some of the ones in the front.
This definitely was not a meteor of some kind leaving a trail, it was not a descending arc, and the separation among the lights appeared regular. They were flying at what appeared to be the same, level altitude the whole time they were visible.
We pointed them out to the folks sitting next to the RV behind us and they easily confirmed that they could see the same thing we were seeing, a line of what could have been around 15 easily visible lights, led by some that flared up brightly. Not all of the lead lights grew in intensity, just the first and possible the 3rd and 4th, maybe the 5th.
My husband and I disagree on exactly how long they were visible to us, but we watched them until they dimmed so much, apparently because they were more distant, that we could no longer see them. I suspect we could see them for about 1-2 minutes, maybe not even that long.
I attempted to take a video or photo, but the lights were too dim by the time I tried. They may always have been too dim to capture on an iPhone.
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Quartzsite
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33.72
-114.20
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AZ
Occurred : 11/11/2019 19:00 (Entered as : 11/11/19 19:00) Reported: 11/11/2019 7:15:35 PM 19:15 Posted: 12/1/2019 Location: Quartzsite, AZ Shape: Light Duration: 2 minutes Characteristics: There were lights on the object
Line of about 15 lights, evenly but closely spaced. ((NUFORC Note: Cluster of "Starlink" satellites. PD))