At about 630pm on Thursday November 17 I was on my porch in Kalispell and heard a noise that I thought was my neighbor blowing out his sprinkler system with air but it was about 15 degrees and dark so I figured that was not likely so as I’m looking for an explanation a red light catches my eye in the sky and the I notice three sets of 4 or 5 lights surrounding three white lights in the center. Then I notice two planes big enough to notice they were big by the aviation lights a mile or so ahead of these lights and then two more following as well. I went inside got my wife and we watched them fly over the horizon to the east above the Bob Marshall wilderness area. So what Ethel were they were getting escorted 100%