fiery disc object seen moving across sky.moving away then returning, then moving away at high speed

i was at home working and looked out through the window (which over looks fields and woods) to see a glowing orange disc,  that looked in some ways like a distress flare, which is what i thought it was at first.. 
It disappeared into the distance and then suddenly shot back in my direction, near  to where i had first seen it. It moved slowly around the sky for a while and i was able to get a clearer look at it. it was saucer shaped which was glowing orange, with blured edges, almost as if it was on fire. it also had 3 pink or red small circles on it, two near the egde of the dise and one in the middle slightly higher than the two at the edge. After  moving around for a few seconds (a kind of zig zag or slow random motion) it shot off into the distance.
Date is approximate.  Source does not identify city or town where alleged incident occurred.  PD