Light over East Mesa /Apache Junction., AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The Phoenix Lights
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The report, as filed
I came home after work at about 9pm 3/13/997. My children, ages, 7ǀ,& 11, had been in the backyard all evening. When I arrived, they
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
Artifacts from the case file
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The 8:30 formation, as described
Diagram of the V formation reported crossing the state — a reconstruction from witness accounts, not a photograph.
Codyorb, after witness descriptions · Public domain (released by author) · source
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