NUFORC Sighting 56023

Occurred: 2007-02-06 21:00 Local
Reported: 2007-03-30 22:10 Pacific
Duration: 20 minutes
No of observers: 2

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Shape: Formation


Phoenix lights - Again!

My wife and I were driving south on I-17, about 6 miles north of AZ Loop 101. I noticed a formation of 4 or 5 bright lights in the sky to the south-west. The lights were in what I would describe as a random pattern. We decided to take an exit off the interstate so we could get a better look. I ended up on a service road heading north.

As I looked for a place to turn around I looked in my outside review mirror and noticed that suddenly all of the lights were in a perfect line! We went about a mile down the service road, turned around and pulled over to the side and watched for a while. One thing that we noticed when the lights were in a random group as well as when they were in a straight line, is that one or two would fade out, then slowly "fade" back into view. It was a clear night (CAVU). After about 10-15 minutes, they all "went out" in no particular order.

Later, on the evening news, they were reported as flares, as high as 10,000 ft. Which raises some questions: Why would they be dropping flares that high (flares are used to light the ground. At 10,000 ft. they wouldn't do any good) and if they were dropped from a plane, how did they manage to drop the first group of flares in such a random manner? Also, why would some of them fade out then reappear?

Posted 2007-04-27

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