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Arizona Sightings of 1997
"Flap" of UFO sightings in Phoenix area in 1997.
People & Organizations Involved:
Frances Barwood·(requested·investigation),
Richard Hoagland,
Robert Morning Sky
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- *Yahoo on Arizona UFO - 4+ links to current news stories.
<gc 6/25/97 #1>
- USA Today on UFOs in Arizona - Full-page article and links.
- Article - By Richard Price - Published: 6/18/97 - Source: USA Today (Newspaper) <gc 6/18/97 #2>
- Arizona MUFON - Local chapter in Phoenix.
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- Altavista Search for "Arizona UFO"
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- AZ UFOs on CNN+
- Message - Published: 6/19/97 - Source: Area 51 (Mailing List) [Posted by James R Graham] <auto-ml 6/19/97 #6>
- What were those lights in the Phoenix Sky - "Researchers still sorting out hundreds of witness accounts."
- Article - Source: CNN <gc 6/20/97 #7>
- Richard Boylan's Theory on Phoenix Triangle Sightings+ - Suggests they are "Trojan Triangles"
- Message - Published: 6/20/97 <auto-ml 6/20/97 #8>
- Arizona Sightings Report, Pictures and Video - A report of the different events on March 13, 1997
- By Bill Hamilton and Tom King <rsk 6/22/97 #9>
- Arizona Gov. Says UFO Probe a Joke - Gov. orders probe, then says it was a joke.
- Article - Published: 6/19/97 - Source: AP (News Service) <gc 6/23/97 #10>
- Governor Promises Alien Probe - Now says road department's UFO investigation will continue.
- Article - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: AP (News Service) <gc 6/23/97 #10.1>
- Governor defends joke as good, cheap fun - "Gov. Fife Symington said Friday that he did a public service with his news conference at which he trotted out his chief of staff in a shiny alien suit..."
- Article - By Richard Ruelas - Published: 6/21/97 - Source: Arizona Republic (Newspaper) <gc 6/25/97 #10.2>
- Phoenix UFO sighting in spotlight
- Article - Published: 6/20/97 - Source: Arizona Republic (Newspaper) <gc 6/25/97 #11>
- Phoenix New Times - "The Great UFO Coverup" - Phoenix amateur astronomer claims boomerang shaped "UFO" was actually plane formation.
- Article - Dissenting - By Tony Ortega - Published: 6/26/97 - Source: Phoenix New Times (Newspaper) <whh 7/1/97 7/7/97 #12>
- Robert Morningsky on Phoenix Lights - "Not the result of UFO activity but a carefully orchestrated effort to distract the public from the truth of the activities in the Four Corners area."
- Essay - By Robert Morning Sky <gc 7/17/97 #13>
- UFO Landing Zones in Central Arizona+ (60 lines)
- By Tom King <auto-ml 7/23/97 #14>
- CNN report on explanation for AZ lights - CNN reports AZ lights may have been Maryland Air National Guard planes
- News article <Eric 7/25/97 #15>
- Fox's Alien Week featured AZ UFOs, A51 worker+ (26 lines)
- Message - Published: 7/30/97 - Source: Area 51 (Mailing List) [Posted by john_r_schafer@groton.pfizer.com] <auto-ml 7/30/97 #17>
- Phoenix Lights Update from Bill Hamilton+ (32 lines)
- Message - Supportive - By Bill Hamilton - Published: 9/5/97 - Source: Skywatch (Mailing List) <auto-ml/gc 9/6/97 9/8/97 #18>
¶More information is coming through now from witnesses and additional sightings are being checked, but I want to share an important development that is the outcome of computer analysis.
- Criticism+ - "The gear they're using is a joke." (10 lines)
- Message - Dissenting - By Ian Kennedy - Published: 9/8/97 - Source: Area 51 (Mailing List) <auto-ml/gc 9/8/97 9/9/97 #18.1>
- Sightings in Prescott Valley, AZ
- Article reprint - By Laura Hinchey - Source: The Daily Courier <gc 9/8/97 #19>
¶A man reported sighting UFOs above a shopping center in Prescott Valley at about 8 p.m. Thursday night, according to Prescott Valley police. Peter B. Davenport, director for the National UFO reporting center in Seattle, said his organization's hot line received more than a dozen calls last night from several areas of Arizona regarding objects seen in the sky.
- Ed Dames on Phoenix Lights (29 lines)
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- Report on Discovery Channel "Phoenix Lights" show (27 lines)
- Message - Published: 12/3/97 - Source: Area 51 (Mailing List) [Posted by "T.J."] <auto-ml 12/3/97 #21>
- "Ventures of a Spiritual Time Traveler" - "Phoenix Lights" and other Matters of Nature ... MORE RAPID THAN THOUGHT are [out of reach] and [unknown] to those they do not apply ...! ***SMILES***
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Regarding "Arizona Sightings of 1997" - Latest First
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Alternate Explanation (s)
1. The lights could have been ultri-lights used by the U.S. Special Operations community. There is a large training area WSW of Phoenix ostensibly used by DEA but also used by SOF forces (Special Forces, Seal, etc). Craft moved at blimp speed. Some witnesses saw multiple parts flying in formation. Some lights broke off and moved around. Low noise motors with "hush" mufflers or electric motors might account for the lack of noise. As no FOIA was filed with the SOF community, a researcher might want to try.
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!! FLARES !! Yeah Right!!!!!
If these were just flares as the Military said they were. Then why don`t they put on a show like that every 4th of July.
There is much more to this than meets the eye. They are out there and it is just a matter of time before the truth is known.
Just like Area 51 does not exsist. But now all of a sudden it does.
They ( The Government ) can not keep everything from the public. If they are really here than let the Public know.
-- Unknown
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?? Arizona Flares ??
If in fact the bright lights, reported in the Arizona sky, are "flares"...Why wouldn't there be a demonstration on another evening to PROVE that the lights originated from "flares?" Are these "flares" that secret?
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"Magic flares" defy physics, chaos theory, common sense
Woe be it to those with such limited breadth of intelligence quotient that they could possibly accept the idea that the Phoenix lights were "flares." Anyone who has ever observed the flare sequence of a tactical aircraft will acknowledge that flares do not fall in a linear row, do not space precisely, and do not last for 20 minutes. They also do not stay in formation and relocate tens of miles in minutes. To accept these ideas as possible is ridiculous and indicative of a mind in denial.
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Created: 6/18/97 gc