The Phoenix Lights (sometimes referred to as
the “lights over Phoenix”) were a series of widely sighted optical
phenomena (generally unidentified flying objects) that occurred in the
skies over the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, and the Mexican state
of Sonora on March 13, 1997. A repeat of the lights occurred February 6,
2007, and was filmed by the local Fox News TV station.
A similar incident occurred April 21, 2008. This
incident was later revealed to be prank–flares attached to helium
balloons.
Lights of varying descriptions were seen by thousands
of people between 19:30 and 22:30 MST, in a space of about 300 miles,
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 (USAF) identified the
second group of lights as flares dropped by A-10 Warthog aircraft which
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 lights or possibly light-emitting engines.
Fife Symington, the governor at the time, was one witness to this
incident. (Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org)