I'm going to ask the same questions I asked the OP.
If you held something in your hand at arms length, what object would be just big enough to completely cover the thing you saw in the sky?
-BB
-aspirin tablet
-penny
-golf ball
-apple
Imagine pointing to the object. When you first saw it would you be pointing
-straight up
-straight ahead
-halfway between straight up and straight ahead
-Somewhere in between the three
Same thing for when you lost sight of it. Where would you be pointing?
How many seconds went by from when you first saw it and then lost sight of it?
... it had 3 really BRIGHT and i mean ridiculously bright flashing in a pattern 1,2,3 pattern if that makes sence.
What color were these these three lights? Did they flash in the pattern 1,2,3 and repeat 1,2,3... or the pattern 1,2,3,2,1 and repeat 1,2,3,2,1?
An array of very bright lights on the belly of aerial refueling tankers is nothing new. An old prop job, the KC-97, had five very bright red lights on the belly that flashed in the sequence 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1. A KC-97 may have been involved in the famous 1965 Exeter UFO Case.
External Quote:
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2011/...ved_a_classic_ufo_case_forty_five_years_cold/
The KC-97 is long gone but I'm intrigued by the similarity of your description.