One bright red and white pulsing light dividing into 3 separate lights and then blinking out.

I was traveling south on NM 542 just north of Mountainair, NM around 7pm MST. As I was driving I noticed a bright light that seemed to pulse red and white. I thought it may be a star at first and then maybe a cell tower on a mesa south of town but I could see sky below the light. It was too big and bright to be either. As I watched it, the light divided into 2 lights. The 2nd light was just to the left of the 1st at the same elevation and very near. The 2nd light then moved slowly back into the 1st and then back to the left. Then a 3rd light appeared just to the right of the 1st. The 2nd light moved back into the 1st and then they all blinked out. The second sighting was about 8 miles SW of Mountainair but it seemed to be in the same general area as the 1st sighting. It was just one light and it lasted for a few seconds. I have video of the 2nd sighting.