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From: Andromeda0@aol.com [Jared Anderson]
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 14:51:26 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 15:52:52 -0400
Subject: Re: Phoenix Lights - 'Solved'?

>From: TotlResrch@aol.com [Kal Korff]
>Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 06:10:28 -0400 (EDT)
>Fwd Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 10:51:26 -0400
>Subject: Phoenix Lights - 'Solved'?

>Dear List:

>This article speaks for itself...rember, Jim Dilettoso is also
>the same person who "authenticated" the infamous Eduard "Billy"
>Meier hoax UFO photographs. Like his Meier analysis, it appears
>that his Phoenix lights one (a cause celeb with Richard Hoagland
>and Art Bell) is badly in error as well. There were no UFOs,
>just military flares, as some of us suspected all along.

>Air Guard unit sheds
>light on Valley's UFOs

>Randy Reid/The Arizona Republic
>"I had one too many UFO calls," says Guard Capt. Eileen Bienz.

I really don't have much to say about this. It's been my
understanding that the flare explanation was successfully
debunked back in April primarily by the witnesses who almost
universally stated that the behavior of the the lights in
question was inconsistent with flare activity. The Air
National Guard's reassertion of the flare explanation does
not seem to serve any useful purpose as the lights that
people are concerned about appeared to be in a different
location and exhibit different properties. For those that
are familiar with what transpired on the night of March 13,
the true explanation for the lights may not have been an
ET intelligence but in retrospect we can safely rule out
the flare explanation as it does not seem to fit the data.
This does not necessarily mean that some other mundane
explantion wouldn't adhear to the data but as yet, no such
explanation has been forthcoming from anyone as far as I've
seen.

As a side note, I don't expect to see much assistance from
the military when it comes to trying to find out what UFOs
are. In the words of Jacques Vallee a la Hector Quintenilla
"UFO reports are just an annoyance". After looking at some
of the Bluebook cases I would have to expect that the Air
Force will continue to offer mundane explanations for UFO
sightings irrespective of whether such explanations fit the
facts or not. This appears to be policy. In the absence of
an obvious conclusion fabricate something tangible. I have
no idea what inspired such a policy or why the Air Force
continues to do this.

Jared.