Phoenix Lights

Record summary

The Phoenix Lights refers to a large cluster of reports across Arizona on 13 March 1997, including lights seen near Phoenix and a reported V-shaped formation. The episode became one of the most publicized modern U.S. UFO cases and is useful for comparing mass-witness testimony, media amplification, military explanations, and later recollection. Some observations may have involved flares from an Air National Guard exercise, while witnesses described other objects or formations. The reports, timelines, and interpretations remain internally diverse rather than constituting one single verified event.