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Originally Posted by photon

Yeah, don't listen to the pilot of a the plane who dropped the flares or anything, he's obviously part of the cover-up.

http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/08-05-21#feature

EDIT: Wow, way too late.

The Phoenix lights case is not without its controversy, much of which originated from the Air Force. In May of 1997, Luke AFB Public Affairs Office stated that Air Force personnel had investigated the so-called "UFOs," and had solved the case. They claimed that flares dropped from an A-10 "Warthog" had caused the numerous reports of night lights. This explanation is totally unfounded for several reasons. First of all, flares do not move in unison, fall toward the ground, and then fly back up into the air, and move across many miles without changing their relative positions. Secondly, many witnesses had made reports of the giant lights hours before the reported time of the launch of the flares.

http://www.ufocasebook.com/phoenixlights.html