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UFO Hunters: New Clues to Infamous Phoenix Mystery (S2, E6) | Full Episode

HISTORY・29 minutes read

The Phoenix Lights event on March 13, 1997, witnessed by thousands, featured mysterious lights and crafts that challenged traditional explanations, sparking debates about their origin and nature, with witnesses and experts questioning whether they were advanced military technology or extraterrestrial in origin. Governor Fife Symington's admission of seeing a boomerang-shaped craft raises further doubts about the conventional explanations, highlighting the enduring mystery and intrigue surrounding the Phoenix Lights phenomenon.

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  • Eyewitnesses describe a V-shaped formation of lights and a boomerang-shaped craft, nearly a mile wide, capable of incredible speeds, challenging conventional explanations and sparking debates on the object's origin.
  • Former Governor Fife Symington's admission of witnessing a boomerang-shaped craft, describing it as otherworldly and likely extraterrestrial, challenges the military origin theory, raising questions about the true nature of the Phoenix Lights event and suggesting a potential extraterrestrial connection.

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Summary

00:00

"Phoenix Lights: America's Largest UFO Sighting"

  • March 13, 1997, marks the largest mass UFO sighting over America, with fiery globes multiplying in the skies above Arizona.
  • Witnesses report an ultra-silent aircraft resembling a battleship, seemingly as large as a saucer with fire, sparking debates on its origin.
  • Thousands witness the Phoenix Lights, a mass sighting on the evening of March 13, 1997, overshadowing the Hale-Bopp comet.
  • Eyewitnesses describe red or orange lights hovering in the sky, maintaining altitude without descending over time.
  • Reports detail a V-shaped formation of lights and a boomerang-shaped craft, nearly a mile wide, capable of incredible speeds.
  • The investigation delves into the Phoenix Lights phenomenon, exploring UFO sightings' local history and video evidence analysis.
  • Governor Fife Symington initially dismisses the sightings as a joke but later admits to seeing a large, delta-shaped dark object.
  • Eyewitness Mike Krzyston captures a series of bright orange lights forming an arc, distinct from typical flares in behavior and appearance.
  • The Air Force attributes the lights to LUU2 illumination flares dropped during Operation Snowbird, contradicting eyewitness accounts.
  • Councilwoman Frances Emma Barwood's call for an official investigation into the Phoenix Lights is met with skepticism and ridicule, highlighting the public's divided reactions.

15:03

Phoenix Lights: UFOs or Military Experiments?

  • Mike captured an unidentified orange orb on videotape, leading to questions about whether it was a hoax, an alien spacecraft, or a military experiment.
  • Ted plans to conduct a flare experiment in Long Beach Harbor using Maritime parachute flares to test the military's explanation for the lights seen over Phoenix.
  • Dr. Lynne Kitei, a witness to the Phoenix lights, reveals that she had been experiencing similar phenomena for two years prior to the mass sighting.
  • Dr. Kitei describes the orbs she saw as being 3 to 6 feet each, uniform amber in color, and non-glaring.
  • Another set of lights appeared in January 1997, two months before the mass sightings, with Dr. Kitei capturing a massive triangular formation on film.
  • Steven Blonder, author of "Oracle of the Phoenix," captures an orange pulsating light on tape on March 10, three days before the major sighting on March 13.
  • Steve and Jaylene Brugman, witnesses to the Phoenix lights, reject the official explanation of flares and host nightly viewing parties from their balcony.
  • Eyewitnesses discount the flares in a field test conducted in Long Beach, California, with the lights hovering and maintaining altitude, unlike the flares.
  • Ted and an image analyst study footage from the night of the Phoenix lights, noting that while the behavior contradicts the flare explanation, the physical appearance may align with the Air Force's claims.
  • John Bavaresco creates a composite image of a boomerang-shaped craft seen over Arizona on March 13, 1997, based on multiple eyewitness testimonies, including Dana Valentine's description of a massive object with five lights in a V formation.

29:36

"Phoenix Lights: UFO Mystery Unveiled"

  • Terri noticed the absence of stars in the sky, seeing a large, black, shimmery craft overhead.
  • Terri's detailed observations of the craft's undulating surface and size are attributed to her Air Force background.
  • A recreation of the craft by experts confirms Terri's description, adding credibility to her account.
  • Witness testimonies of orbs, lights, and a massive V-shaped object in Phoenix prompt questions of their relation and origin.
  • Petroglyphs in the White Tank Mountains suggest ancient sightings of UFOs or celestial events by the Hohokam people.
  • Interpretations of petroglyphs as barbell-shaped UFOs hint at historical sightings similar to modern reports.
  • Government experts and park rangers struggle to explain the meaning behind the petroglyphs, leaving mysteries unsolved.
  • Aviation expert Bill Scott's research on classified aircraft reveals similarities to the Phoenix sightings, suggesting covert operations.
  • Former Governor Fife Symington admits to witnessing a boomerang-shaped craft, describing it as otherworldly and likely extraterrestrial.
  • Symington's disclosure challenges the notion of a military origin for the craft, raising questions about the true nature of the Phoenix Lights event.

43:47

"Triangular Craft with Exceptional Aerodynamics"

  • Craft has exceptional aerodynamic qualities
  • Identified as a neutral buoyancy triangular spacecraft
  • Lights seen on March 13, 1997, differ from regular flares
  • Witnesses in Arizona believe they witnessed something extraordinary
  • Speculation on whether it was new secret technology or an object from beyond Earth
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