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Phoenix Lights

DATE13 Mar 1997
LOCAL TIME7:55 PM
LOCATIONPhoenix, Arizona, USA, United States
COORDINATES33.43°N, 112.06°W

Thousands of witnesses across a 300-mile corridor reported two phenomena: a massive V-shaped formation so large it blocked out stars, and stationary orbs later identified as military flares. Arizona Governor Fife Symington initially mocked the sightings but in 2007 admitted he had personally witnessed an otherworldly craft.

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