The Phoenix Lights | Arizona's Mass UFO Sighting

About this episode

The episode explores the mysterious Phoenix Lights UFO sighting in Arizona and the various witness accounts surrounding the event.

Jinkies! On March 13, 1997, thousands of people across Arizona looked up and saw something that would change their lives forever. From Henderson, Nevada to Tucson, a massive V-shaped formation of lights moved silently through the desert sky, and nearly three decades later, no one can explain what it was. The Phoenix Lights weren't one event. They were two. The first began around 8:00 PM, when a structured formation of five to seven lights traveled roughly 300 miles across the state. Retired police officers, pilots, and families watched it pass overhead. The second event at 10:00 PM featured a row of amber orbs hovering over the Sierra Estrella Mountains southwest of Phoenix. The military would eventually explain those orbs as illumination flares from A-10 training jets. But event one? The government has never offered a single explanation. The gang investigates witnesses whose accounts lined up with unsettling precision. Kurt Russell, flying his private plane into Sky Harbor Airport, reported six lights in V formation to the tower. His radar showed nothing. A retired aeronautical engineer named Dana Valentine estimated the object was at roughly 500 feet altitude and described a…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane L. Waters, Joshua Waters, Kim Morrow

Topics covered

• UFO sightings
• paranormal events
• government explanations
• witness accounts
• Arizona history

Keywords

• Phoenix Lights
• UFO
• Arizona
• witness accounts
• Kurt Russell
• Dana Valentine
• military explanation
• paranormal

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Arizona, Henderson, Nevada, Tucson, Sierra Estrella Mountains

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