The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the “Lights over Phoenix”) were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the U.S. states of Arizona, Nevada and the Mexican state of Sonora on March 13, 1997.
Lights of varying descriptions were seen by thousands of people between 19:30 and 22:30 MST, in a space of about 300 miles (480 km), from the Nevada line, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson. There were two distinct events involved in the incident: a triangular formation of lights seen to pass over the state, and a series of stationary lights seen in the Phoenix area. The United States Air Force identified the second group of lights as flares dropped by A-10 Warthog aircraft that were on training exercises at the Barry Goldwater Range in southwest Arizona. Witnesses claim to have observed a huge carpenter’s square-shaped UFO, containing five spherical lights or possibly light-emitting engines. Fife Symington, the governor at the time, was one witness to this incident; he later called the object “otherworldly.”
UFO Phoenix Lights – Original Footage Cleaned Up
Barbara W
TR3B?
Maynard w
I’ve thought of that b4. Any aircraft going from NV or UT to Barry Goldwater has to be suspect. Any idea what the designation means? Experimental is usually U-something.
Charles R
Seems to me the wrong people interviewed Kurt Russell.
Wookie Booger
It was me…I took the millennium falcon out to do the Kessel Run!?
Wes
Were you able to break the old record of twelve parsecs
Asheim
A lot of questions in my head…
Afton S
wow that’s cool
Debbie C
Whatever those lights were, it was pure magic!
I wish they would return for another show.
I watch the interview with Kurt Russel
before, he was lucky to have witness the lights!
But, I don’t think he was suppose to remember them.
MONTE M
I saw a home video on Utube about ten years ago , shot from a persons front yard in Phoenix . It showed many neighbors out in their yard looking up at this massive craft slowly cruising over , everyone was in awe – like what the hell is that . I was just goofing around on Utube looking at UFO stuff . I was amazed , the footage seemed Legite to me ? I thought how could this footage exist and that many people witness it and the Govt not have some real explanation about what that was . It got me real interested in that sighting . I thought well it’s on Utube for everyone to see so I do not understand how it was being ignored . It’s not on Utube any longer . It’s gone . The sun was set but it had just set and it was still very light out . The footage of the craft pretty well blew me away , I really thought what I was viewing was real footage of a massive UFO . ????????????
The Governor viewed the same object and later when he was not Governor admitted that yes it was this massive UFO and it came right over him and that it was amazing .
MONTE M
It wasn’t dark out like all the videos you now see with the bright white lights against a black sky , it was still light out the sky was orange yellow and it wasn’t dark at all in that video . With the amount of people witnessing it there has to be other good footage of it . I believe this to be a cover up of mass proportion and all the people who witnessed it that evening know that including the Governor himself . It was a craft , a massive craft . Iam glad I got to see it on Utube if it was real and I think it was ? Why would the Governor admit to seeing it if he did not feel it was real ? He wouldn’t . He has nothing to gain by doing that . If it wasn’t real and he did not see anything he wouldn’t say anything .
Charles R
Fife Symington, the governor did make a mockery of it initially as he held a press conference and brought out that stupid alien dummy and everyone got a big laugh. Later he did state he drove out to where calls were coming from and witnessed a craft slowly going over that was so large it seemed to take up the whole valley. This craft was reported for several hundred miles, first to the north. Fife did state later he regretted that press conference. Mufon and others have done some good investigations of witnesses with pics over the years. I do wish I had seen that youtube Monte M.
Wes
I forgot about that Monte I do remember the Governor saying that
Daniel S
Well you know what old Jack Burton always say at time like this!
Maynard w
When I moved to PHX 12 years ago (well after phx lights) I had Mogollon monster, phx lights and fire in the sky in the back of my mind
Maynard w
Alright. Whats the bird in the actual footage af the Phx lights?. Its sounds like some sort off Thrush. I am not a native of AZ but Thrushes. are diurnal not nocturnal. It just stood out. Not saying anything just piecing things together
Bal G
Man I love Kurt Russell. Anyone want to watch a really good horror flick, watch the 1982 film The Thing. Not the one that came out 5 or 6 years ago, that was trash. I believe John Carpenter directed the one I’m talking about. It is a classic. Just my 2 cents.
Wes
Tombstone
Daniel S
What about Big trouble in little china, Wang
Wes
Great movie Daniel!
MONTE M
When asked why he made a mockery of the incident with the BS alien costume news conference Fife responded that he was trying to keep people from widespread panic . He was a political puppet on a string probably doing what he was told to ? Too bad he didn’t come right out then and there and speak the truth but at least he eventually did . Probably would not have mattered anyhow because the brunt of society is unwilling to accept or even entertain the thought of UFO’s , Bigfoot , Little People etc .
Christian L
It always kills me to watch these “Good morning America” (or in this case Britain) types interview witnesses of very serious events as they cackle like morons. The people that actually take this seriously rarely get aired.