Just after dark, about 7:50 i went outside in my yard specifically to watch for these lights. there were many sightings the last few days. after 5 minutes they appeared low in the northern sky, below the constellation orion. one at a time they appeared behind each other about 20 seconds apart. occasionally, there would be two, three or four traveling parallel to each other. the sky was clear, venus was bright. they all traveled the same speed across the sky traveling west to east. towards the big dipper. from my position, i could not see where they ended. we saw a few jets that flew over and appeared to be lower then the lights. we went inside when no more appeared, about 20 minutes.