As an airline pilot, I’m used to seeing strange things in the sky that I can later explain… this has stumped me. Myself and the other pilot I was flying with observed these lights illuminate, move in a south easterly direction, and then fade out. One after another, maybe 15-20 seconds in between. I was thinking maybe StarLink, but they would change direction and color. I watched one change complete direction, turning towards the west almost immediately. I watched a few change color from a bright white/blue to a glowing red. Some appeared to circle around as if they were in a racetrack. We were over Savannah, Georgia at 38,000ft. At that altitude, our horizon distance is about 250 miles, meaning these lights were over the Atlanta/Ashville, NC area.
I have pieces together 3 videos. First video shows the light fading in and out. Second video (muted for security reasons) shows two stationary lights, top light fades out and the bottom one changes color. The third video shows a light moving eastward at first and then changes direction to the west.
Also: if anyone can teach me how to focus my iPhone camera while taking a video, I’d appreciate it. I tried taking a bunch of videos of these things but I couldn’t get the camera to focus properly while shooting the videos.
by chabz1297
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Thank you for posting.
Have you posted this before over the past few days? I’m having deja vu I’ve already seen parts of this video.
Your description of lights instantly changing directions and racetrack patterns matches other pilots’ sightings.
Were the lights too far away from you to notify ATC?