Occurred:Â 2025-10-05 19:30 Local
Reported:Â 2025-10-05 19:19 Pacific
Duration:Â No more than 1 1/2 min.
No of observers: 1 – Military
Location:Â Houma, LA, USA
Location details:Â Picture taken on 05 OCT 2025 at approx 1930hrs CDT from an oil rig approx 140 miles south of Houma, LA
Shape:Â Disk
Color:Â Amber
Estimated Size:Â At least as large or larger than the helo pad
Viewed From:Â Land
Direction from Viewer:Â West
Angle of Elevation:Â 6
Closest Distance:Â 500 yards.
Estimated Speed:Â Faster than anything ever seen before.
Strange object photographed from oil rig in the gulf, was stationary then moved at unusually high rate of speed to the north.
Picture taken on 05 OCT 2025 at approx 1930hrs CDT from an oil rig approx 140 miles south of Houma, Louisiana in the Gulf of America. Photo was taken facing west , object was traveling south to north.
Photographer first noticed object with his peripherial view, looked at the object and observed it in a stationary hover, when pulling out cell phone to take a pic, object was starting to slowly move and when the cell phone raised to take a pic, the object zoomed off at an unusually high rate of speed .
Photographer estimated that the object was at least as large or larger than the helicopter landing pad on the oil rig and that it was approx 500 yards from him on the rig.
NUFORC Note:
INVESTIGATION REPORT
Witness: K
Phone interview date/time: 10-11-2025 at 8:30am PST
On 10-11-2025 at 8:30am, I contacted K by phone and interviewed him regarding his son’s UAP sighting. K’s son works on an oil rig, and wasn’t able to make a report or be interviewed, so K made the report to NUFORC and spoke to me briefly about his son’s sighting. K stated that his son did not want his name or the name of the oil rig mentioned in this report for security reasons.
K stated that his son is ex-military, and now works on an oil rig. K also stated that his son is unable to take a phone call to be interviewed about his sighting. K allowed me to email him questions about his son’s sighting, and then he would forward those questions to his son. He added that when he received the answers, he would forward them to me for the report. The following answers are from K’s son.
The craft was hovering above the water approximately 500 yards from me, and was totally silent. It was approximately the size of the helicopter pad on the oil rig which is 57 feet by 57 feet. It was amber in color, and all of the craft appeared to be smooth. I could not see anything that looked like a cockpit or engines, and there were no lights inside or outside of the craft.
I reached for my phone to take a picture of the craft, and as soon as I did that, the craft started moving slowly north. I was able to take the picture that is on the initial report right before the craft took off faster than anything I have ever seen. I did not hear anything when the craft took off, and I didn’t see or feel any air disruption either.
Conclusion
I found nothing on FlightRadar24. So far, there are no other reports from anyone on the oil rig. I told K to contact me anytime if there were more sightings, or if he had more information about this sighting. K and I did note that there were some interesting features on the craft when we zoomed in on it. I am classifying this as an anomalous sighting,
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