Formation over Yamba, NEW SOUT · Australia

The report, as filed

South west from our location at a camping spot at a private property on Micolo Island our 2 blue heeler cattle dogs were reacting to something in the direction of the water which we immediately investigated as there were numerous occasions that kangaroos would hang around the waters edge and the dogs would chase them after them into the water. When we looked over in the direction they were growling at we spotted 1 light that turned into 2 and then into 4 extremely unnatural lights hovering between 20-30 meters above the water on the Oyster Chanel approx 400 meters away. My partner and I had been camping at the spot for multiple days and noted how isolated the location was as we were unable to see a single man made light from our location during the night time and only on this one night 4 very obvious circular lights appeared on the channel that we had been sitting around looking at for multiple hours leading up to the event. The lights were swapping between each other 2 red and 2 white, sometimes all white or all red and sometimes blinking out in a very organise manner. The best way I can describe them is if they were large drones programmed to dance around each other and had an independents to each one but would sometimes combine and duplicate from each other from 1-4max lights at a time. They would always stay in a formation and were creating geometric patterns while staying stationary at times then moving around each other. It was a quiet night and we did not hear or see anything during, before or after the sighting as we sat on camp chairs looking at the channel and sky for several hours. Unfortunately we were so mesmerised and in shock at the time we never even thought to film or take a photo as it was so unnatural and out of the ordinary from what we had experienced for the entire 7 days of being at that location and felt extremely frightened over the span of approx 10 mins before they eventually left and were controlling our dogs. I do not have an accurate idea of how the lights eventually left as they just disappeared all at the same time and did not come back. The background was a nature reserve across from a oyster channel were nothing at all was seen before or after the event over the 7 days at the location. From what we both saw although the best way we can describe them is like drones we are very sure they were not as the lights behaved and looked very unnatural. Possibly by coincidence as I have seen them do fly bys over the coast line before there were fighter jets that had flown up and down the coast line possibly 4-6 times in total back and forth in the subsequent days.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175868). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.