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The Phoenix Lights: Mass Sighting or Military Exercise Over Arizona?


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On March 13, 1997, thousands of Arizonans, including the governor, watched in awe as a massive, silent V-shaped formation of lights drifted slowly across the night sky. The official explanation—flares dropped by Air National Guard pilots—has satisfied almost no one. Was this a case of mass misidentification, or the most credible, large-scale UFO event in modern history?
We meticulously timeline the events of that evening, from the initial reports of a huge, boomerang-shaped craft over the city of Prescott to the infamous "second event" of stationary lights over Phoenix hours later. The episode features interviews with pilots, air traffic controllers, and steadfast witnesses, while also scrutinizing the military's shifting statements and the physics of high-altitude flare deployments.
You'll be confronted with the power of collective witness testimony and the unsettling gap between what thousands believe they saw and the prosaic explanations offered by authority.
When the sky itself becomes a Rorschach test, what do we choose to see?
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Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi. Produced by Light Knot Studios (lightknotstudios.com).
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The Unexplained ArchiveBy Ibnul Jaif Farabi / Light Knot Studios