Amber looking lights almost triangular or oval. There was at first what I thought was 2 but it after zooming more like 5

Fiance observed strange lights that appeared and disappeared and asked me what it was and to grab phone. I have video. These lights would show up randomly and different spots at times almost touching then separated then moved northeast. I'm a police officer here in Wilmington and I've been working here for 16yrs and never seen this. My father was in the air force and I'm very familiar with jets and military aircraft. These did not appear to be normal. Also I've seen meteor showers this does not appear to be that either. These hovered stationary and then almost touching then separated. What's strange is that about 15min later while we waited for them to appear we observed 3 flashing lights evenly spaced out heading north that may have been jets. We have the video recorded of these lights. I've added screens hots of the video and also shortened video clip but I have original video unedited on phone as well. At times they were in total darkness then show up. At one point you will see 2 or 3 then one disappears and a split second later it's next to the other one.