Description

My gf was unloading groceries from the car and I was headed outside to help her. As I was walking down steps of my porch, something in my periphery caught my attention. It was about 50ft away and hovering over a maple tree in my backyard and I got the impression that it was quietly observing her. It was scaled with a texture like rust and was maroon in color. The bottom was like a corkscrew spiraling and resembled snakes moving around a pole. It was confusing and made no sense to observe.

My focus was on the bottom-half first which appeared to have a corkscrewing motion and resembled snakes moving around a pole/shaft. The color and texture were most apparent. My vision was not affected until I began observing the top half; like FPS drop. As best as I can describe, it was full of swirling lines and chaotic. It made no sense and was confusing.

I looked at it for maybe 5 seconds tops before turning around to go inside and grab my cell phone to record it. When I got back outside, it was flying away and also changing it's shape. It shifted from rigid to amorphous as it flew away up into the sky, almost as if it knew it had been spotted and could not decide which shape to take in order to disguise itself.

At first, the top morphed into rigid horizontal panels, three tiers, like an antenna or power lines crossing a pole. Afterwards, it quickly started to morph into something more like balloons. The speed at which it 'decided' to switch between the shapes gave the impression that it was panicked and could not decide which shape it should go with.