Fact check
Is it true: Phoenix Lights (13 Mar 1997)?
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
The Phoenix Lights comprised two distinct events on 13 March 1997. Event Two (stationary amber lights) is well-explained by USAF-confirmed LUU-2B/B flares from Operation Snowbird at Barry Goldwater Range. Event One (V-formation) is consistent with A-10 aircraft in formation. Neither event has evidence supporting extraterrestrial origin, though the events themselves are real.
The claim
On the evening of 13 March 1997, two distinct aerial events over Arizona generated thousands of eyewitness reports and became one of the most widely documented mass-UFO-sighting events in American his
Key evidence
Thousands of witnesses across Arizona reported the V-formation
USAF confirmed LUU-2B/B flares for Event Two
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