2 solid bright unblinking lights colliding, top light disappears, then both disappear

Saw 2 solid red non blinking lights over Newport/Irvine tonight 9/23/22 at 10:59pm the lights drew together at a rapid pace the top red light turned off then on and attached itself to 2nd Red light. Both drifted down then both disappeared.
These were unlike airplanes that have 1 steady white light with a second different blinking light. These are very bright Solid Red unblinking lights.
My neighbors were out looking at the stars and said they saw it too. I said the 2 solid red lights were as bright as that star and I pointed and they said,”That’s Venus”.