NUFORC Sighting 129378

Occurred: 2009-07-14 23:00 Local
Reported: 2016-08-19 21:13 Pacific
Duration: 20 seconds
No of observers: 2

Location: St. Francisville, LA, USA

Shape: Circle
Characteristics: Lights on object, Aura or haze around object, Changed Color, Animals reacted

Black circular object illuminates orange light and then flies away without sound

It was dark out and there was little light pollution. I was at a stable with horses and their trainer, when they started acting agitated and panicked. I looked around to see if anyone was driving up, as vehicles are a common thing that spooks these horses. I looked up and a perfect circle appear about the size of the moon in the sky just about a thumb's length away from the moon if the hand were to be held to the sky. It was a bright orange color a faded into a more red color during the event. The way it appear was almost like a rapid moon phase, with one side appearing as a crescent and relatively quickly opening up into a full circle. It was stationary for about 10 seconds before moving around in the same general area in a quick, almost erratic way. As the red color darkened, it disappeared in the same manner it had appeared, but in the opposite direction. A faint black circle was left in the place of where the lights had been, but it was no longer illumina! ted or emitting a halo effect. The black object accelerated rapidly towards the tree line. The entire event was silent, and upon the disappearance of the object the horse were calm again. I have returned to the site a few times over the years and have not seen the object ever again.

Posted 2016-08-25