The Phoenix Lights

[Lanny_MacDonald]

I'm not sure how many people have heard of the lights that were seen over Phoenix in March of 1997, but it created a stir around the world, as thousands of people witness this strange event. These same types of lights were recently seen over Chicago and also returned to Phoenix earlier this month. Any reports of this type of phenomina north of the border?

[Frank the Tank]

I remember when that happened. Very cool phenomenon because of all of the eyewitnesses. I wish I'd see something like that some day.

[fanforever1986]

Any evidence of them being seen 10 years later?

[RedHot25]

I have a general idea, but are there any stories etc about them (now or in the past)? Just kind of as a primer. It sounds interesting, anyways.

[burn_baby_burn]

The lights in Pheonix wern't just the lights on that mountain south of the airport with all the towers on it?

[Flash Walken]

I'll betcha it was Tupac.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

I'll betcha it was Tupac.

LOL, AWESOME.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

I read it was flares from an A-10 doing excercises....

[worth]

When you see the video of the event, it's pretty strange.

I've seen flares, and they don't look like any flares i've ever seen, and I spent time in the army.

i usually watch those shows on discovery and such, but thats the extent of my research.
just found this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OGoHuipecYE

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HTW3VXlH3BM

you would think these guys if they skywaych for years on end would have their camera techniques down.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

The lights in Pheonix wern't just the lights on that mountain south of the airport with all the towers on it?

Nope, not the telecommunications towers on South Mountain. The lights in question slowly traveled from north of the city, down to almost the border, and then back again during the night. They hung over Phoenix for the better part of an hour.

Originally Posted by fanforever1986

Any evidence of them being seen 10 years later?

They reappeared and caused quite the stir earlier this month. The state government has attempted to explain them as military flairs dropped during an un-scheduled exercise. That hasn't sold very well as the lights were over the city, and the military doesn't drop flairs during an exercise over a city.

I had never heard of these things until earlier this year when I was doing research on something that had happened to my wife and I. We were walking our dog one night and I noticed something in the clouds in the distance. There were five brilliant orange balls of light in a perfect line hovering in the cloud. Suddenly the light on the far left disappeared, and a few seconds later it materialized on the far right. Just as I went to point these out to my wife, they faded away. I was quite upset about the whole thing and expressed that I wish she had seen them as well. We continued on our walk and rounded a bend where we had a spectacular view of the clouds and mountains. As we stood there, the lights returned and did their show for about three minutes before disappearing again. This time my wife saw them. We were both at a loss to find an explanation.

I was away on business one weekend and my wife had to let the dog out in the middle of the night (2-3 am). She said that while she was letting the dog out that the lights reappeared and were almost over our house. She was very freaked out by this. She saw them again that following evening while she was walking the dog again.

When I returned she gave me the full details and I started to do some investigation on strage occurances in our neck of the woods. That is when I discovered stories about the lights. I didn't know if it was the same thing or not, but then we found a series of video clips shot by amateurs and by local TV stations from the 1997 incident. They were the exact same thing behaving in the same manner. Freaked out? A bit.

We haven't told anyone of these sightings, and now that the lights have come back to Phoenix itself, we're debating whether we want to disclose this. It's very strange and very unsettling.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear

I read it was flares from an A-10 doing excercises....

Definitely not that. Completely silent. Wharthogs have pretty distinct engine noise. We get a ton of military, commercial and private air traffic in our area, and I am very familiar with the A10. No A10 was in the area for what I saw.

[worth]

Have you not watched any of the programs on the Phoenix Lights lanny? There's probably 5 different ones that i've seen over the year discussing this very topic.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

We haven't told anyone of these sightings, and now that the lights have come back to Phoenix itself, we're debating whether we want to disclose this. It's very strange and very unsettling.

You do realize this is a public message board, right?

[ken0042]

Well, obviously it was a starship with it's transporters down, and they had to move into a very low orbit to beam up the crew.

Here's the link to it: STV: Future's End



Seriously though, I believe the aliens are getting bolder and bolder, and we could very easily see first contact within our lifetimes.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Sounds like Lanny's ole hound dog is the key to all of this.

[Burninator]

I have a tough time believe it is aliens. I don't see the jump from unexplained=aliens.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Sounds like Lanny's ole hound dog is the key to all of this.

Well if there are aliens watching us, they must think dogs are in charge. We chauffer them around everywhere, they poop wherever they want, and we clean it up!!

[troutman]

I thought this was going to be a thread about a WNBA team.

[Cowperson]

If I had UFO's circling the house you can bet the shotgun would come out a'blazin'!!!

Seriously, I'd phone that in for sure . . . . then I'd tell the world too.



Cowperson

[photon]

I remember this, wasn't there a video of the lights superimposed with a daytime video of the same place where the mountains are visible, and the lights wink out exactly as they pass behind? And there's an Air Force base near the mountain range?

I don't think I saw any video or pictures that put the lights above Phoenix either. That's what I remember anyway.