I noticed a satellite and started watching it. when it was almost directly overhead it faded out and was gone. that is when i noticed another traveling along the same route and watched as it too faded out. then i noticed another, again following the same route. then another, then another, then another. by this time i realized there was a string of them. you could see them spaced out with 4 being visible at any one time. at this time i ran in the house and grabbed the binoculars. there were no flashing marker lights. these were not planes. this went on for 15 to 20 minutes. there must have been 30 or 40 of them perfectly spaced out and all in a straight line along the same path. i am isolated out in the country. there was never a sound coming from the sky with the exception of the passing of 1 small plane. i've been a star gazer all my life and have seen everything including space junk falling and burning up in the atmosphere. never anything like this. it was amazing!!