Started as a fireball that separated into three hovering objects

It looked as if a comet or fireball was falling from high above the sky looking over the Great Miami river but toward Middletown.  As it was falling four about 1 minute, the fireball went out, like a comet that fizzled, then it reappeared and separated into 3-4 separate lights that hovered and then were in a line formation that slowly all together descended until you could not see them below the treeline horizon.