In like 2003 my sister and I were driving home through a big stretch of country and we saw a fucking huge ass disc with lights around the edge jet up from the tree line and disappear into the clouds at an extreme speed. I don't think it was aliens but damn I sure will always wonder wtf that thing was.
Were they orange?
no, white
Neat! Apparently a ton of "in formation" UFO sightings are Chinese lanterns that people have released for whatever random reason, so that's what came to mind, but they're normally orangey. At least according to a UFO skeptic investigator fella I talked to once.