2020-04-13 - Rio Rico - Formation

Series of lights identified in Santa Cruz County Arizona

Initially saw two evenly spaced rows of (3) rectangular shaped white lights with two additional lights at random locations above and below the rows of lights through my living room windows. The lights appeared to be about 1/2 mile away. I grabbed phone camera and walked outside for better view which took about 5 seconds. By time I got to front porch the lights had disappeared. There was no noise which would be expected from a motorized aircraft.

I then noticed six evenly spaced lights about 20-30 miles north of our house. They then broke off formation and two of the lights turned south again. They travelled back in front of our house at a distance of 3-5 miles away. After traveling about 5 miles south of our house they again turned north and continued on a similar path until they were no longer visible. I witnessed much of this using binoculars and with magnification could see both white and red lights as they made turns. The other four lights appeared to be making East to west sweeps about 30 miles north of Rio Rico. As the distant lights made 180 degree turns I could hear the faint sound of engines when they turned away from my position. Closest thing I have ever experienced to this is witnessing stealth aircraft during my 30 year tenure as a military contractor.