The paper trail

FAA radar data, controller voice recordings, facility logs and inquiry files for Phoenix-area airspace, 13–14 March 1997

Records of the Air Traffic Organization and its 1997 predecessor (Air Traffic Services / Western-Pacific Region, AWP) concerning the evening of 13 March 1997 and the early hours of 14 March 1997, specifically: (a) any continuous data recording, NTAP or equivalent radar target history for Phoenix TRACON (P50), Phoenix Sky Harbor tower and Albuquerque ARTCC (ZAB) sectors covering the Phoenix metropolitan area and the corridor south toward the Barry M. Goldwater Range, 0200Z–0600Z on 14 March 1997; (b) any controller voice recordings, transcripts or reduced-tape transcriptions for those positions in the same window; (c) daily records of facility operation and position/watch logs (FAA Form 7230-4 or successor) for P50, PHX tower and ZAB for 13–14 March 1997; (d) any pilot report, UFO or unidentified-traffic report, or flight-assist record generated at those facilities on those dates, and any transmittal of such a report to another agency; (e) records showing whether any radar or voice media for that period were impounded, retained, copied or transferred, and if not, the records-retention schedule and destruction authority applied to them; (f) correspondence, congressional and public inquiry files, and public-affairs talking points held by the Western-Pacific Regional Office or the Administrator's office concerning the 13 March 1997 Arizona sightings, 13 March 1997 through 31 December 1998. If any category no longer exists, we request the retention schedule, the destruction certification if one exists, and a description of the record systems searched.

AARO legacy-case holdings and analytic products on the 13 March 1997 Phoenix, Arizona event

All records held by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office concerning the 13 March 1997 Arizona / Phoenix Lights event, 1 July 2022 to the present, including: any case file, case-resolution memorandum, resolution worksheet or insufficient-data determination; the portion of the research files and source citations compiled for the Historical Record Report (Volume I) that relates to the 1997 Phoenix event or to Air National Guard flare-drop explanations of civilian sightings; any legacy records inherited from predecessor efforts (UAP Task Force, AOIMSG) on the event; and any correspondence with the FAA, the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard Bureau seeking 1997 Arizona radar, sortie or flare records.