Formation over Garyville, LA

The report, as filed

At approx. 20:30hrs CDT, I witnessed swarm of bright orange flickering lights, rising from the ground, ascending into the sky, moving at a slow speed toward the northeast. The location I observed these objects was one half mile west of the Marathon Oil Refinery located in Garyville, Louisiana. I was parked at a local salvage yard on highway 61 facing south. These objects began rising from the distant tree line due south of me at a distance of approx. 12 to 15 miles. The objects were flickering in and out of various magnitudes, the brightest being close to the planet Jupiter at present time. I ruled out the possibility of aircraft or balloons due to the lack of navigation or beacon lights on the objects and the speed at which they were moving. Also the objects seemed to be interacting with each other, flying a pattern that indicated some type of control and deliberate change in direction as they ascended. They were orange in color however, some of them did transition into more of a reddish hue. As they rose they were following each other, all moving in the same general direction and then flying towards and then away from each other in an eccentric pattern. at times they seemed to cross each other. Much to close for civil or even military aircraft to be allowed to do. This is what really caught my attention being a pilot myself. I watched them for about 30 minutes and counted at least 30 orbs in total. They rose to a height of 25 degrees above the horizon and then flickered out. I observed no sound of any kind and no other aircraft in the area.....

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #120312). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.