NUFORC UFO Sighting 180401

Occurred: 2005-04-09 18:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2024-02-13 18:47 Pacific
Duration: 30 minutes
No of observers: 4 - Aviation Expert

Location: Derry, LA, USA
Location details: Kisatchi National Forest Longleaf Vista Nature Trail

Shape: Formation
Color: Yellow
Estimated Size: Five hundred feet from top to bottom
Viewed From: Land
Direction from Viewer: East
Angle of Elevation: 45
Closest Distance: 2 miles
Estimated Speed: None
Characteristics: Lights on object

Two vertical columns of lights appeared at dusk

My college friends and I spent the afternoon hiking in the Kisatchie National Forest. We hiked the Longleaf Nature Trail and looped back to the first butte on the trail. While standing atop the butte one has a commanding view of the forest, treetops, and distant horizon. Above the eastern horizon I noticed several round yellowish bright lights began to appear at a relatively high altitude—maybe 5,000 to 10,000 feet—in a tight vertical formation. The lights were very bright, round in shape, and motionless—as if suspended from a strand and they stayed completely still for the duration of the sighting. The lights appeared in order from top to bottom one at a time. The space between each of them was significant enough to distinguish each light had an individual source. A few minutes later a second column of lights appeared parallel to the first about half the distance away as the first column was in length. These lights appeared in the same order from top to bottom. Each column was comprised of seven or eight lights and remained motionless for the duration of the sighting. They were several miles away from our location and we were looking east, at what would be the Red River floodplain. Our two female hiking companions who witnessed the lights got scared after about 10 minutes of observation and insisted that we leave the forest. We watched the two formations for a few more minutes before hiking back to our vehicle. We could still see the top of the formation from the hiking trail parking lot.

Posted 2024-02-15