2022-11-05 - Las Cruces - Formation

A blinking/changing constellation shaped object moved across the sky blinking abnormally, seemed to mimic stars

We were camping in Aguirre Recreation area, spot #19 and enjoying a bonfire looking at the stars. My boyfriend looked up and said “wtf is that do you see that?” I looked in his direction and instantly recognized what he was talking about. We watched a large cluster of stars (8-12 lights at different times appearing to mimic a constellation) move locations in the sky as a unit. The constellation/object moved from a lower point and seemed to be moving higher (to be directly over our heads) I got freaked out that it seemed to be getting closer, grabbed my dog and got in the car freaked out. We saw what looked like a plane fly in the vicinity and at this point my bf started recording to try and have some sort of evidence. The video is so hard to make out but we began recording and once the airplane was around the object appeared to stall, only moving slightly in comparison to before. The object remained in a relatively stationary position until we went to bed. The “constellation” would not show up on constellation finding maps as an existing star and seemed to have some “stars” or lights idk what they were that blinked on and off. They were not moving in a straight line - this was not an Elon satellite