Object viewed under magnification observed lights/crafts entering and leaving illuminated object;

My then wife and myself had repeatedly noticed the appearance of a bright oscillating light after 2:00 a.m. in the western sky at approximately 40 degrees in elvation (with 90 degrees obviously being directly overhead).  The lighted object appeared to travel in a square and a triangular and a figure eight type pattern appearing to maintain its general position.  After several nights of watching this object appear I retrieved a Bushnell 20 power spotting scope that I used during my years of marksmanship competition in NRA sponsored .22 caliber shoots, i.e. the scope would allow a shooter to see at 100 yards with incredible detail the 'hits' of a .22 bullet on a target.  I figured the spotting scope would allow me to 'check out a satellite'; however, to my amazement and my then wife's amazement what I saw through the spotting scope did not appear to be a satellite.  I used a telephone pole to 'brace' or steady the spotting scope.  The 'illuminated object' indeed did move in a figure eight pattern; a triangular pattern and a square/circular pattern AND under magnification of the spotting scope red lights flew into the illuminated object and green lights flew away from the object...it was like watching a bee's nest with incoming and outgoing activity.  My then wife and I watched this light's appearance for approximately 12 days.  I knew of several people who had seen the object in the night sky but my former wife and I couldn't believe what we had seen.