Light over Paradise Valley, AZ
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The report, as filed
Beam of light in Paradise Valley.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2014-03-16 → 2014-04-02
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March 23, 2020 · 5:45 AM · LIGHT
Paradise Valley, AZ
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February 10, 2016 · 10:45 AM · LIGHT
Paradise Valley, AZ
Second night in a row. Two amber lights, hovering in absolute fixed position over Paradise Valley -- the northern neighborhoods of Scottsdale. Bright, faintly flickering, staying absolutely fixed in position over the neighborhood. I asked a fellow-student to come from the drafting studio and have a look. He saw the lights as well. Having watched the lights the night before for twenty minutes I predicted that the second light, the one that appeared to be a little closer to us, would blink out in a minute or two, followed by the first light about a minute later. We speculated what it might be, pointing out how it couldn't be an airplane and was really bright for a drone (and the color would be hard to make, being that drones presently shine LED lights) and other theories. Then the lights did just as I predicted. My friend asked how I knew it would do that, I said that it did the same thing last night. Watched for their return for an hour. Nothing. Will watch tomorrow night, camera ready. If they stay up there long enough, we'll chase them down with a car, get pictures under them. This area has a long history with these lights. They are back. We'll try getting shots of them.
February 9, 2016 · 9:15 PM · LIGHT
Paradise Valley, AZ
Amber light flickered into bright position, remaining positioned rigidly over North Scottsdale (Paradise Valley), occasionally flickering out, then returning, and sometimes joined by identical amber light close by at approximately same altitude, neither light moving. Light faded, then repeatedly returned over twenty minute period. May have been farther off, perhaps over Phoenix, but from hillside position, appeared between Camelback Mountain and McDowell Mountains, over neighborhood.
February 1, 2016 · 12:00 AM · DISK
Paradise Valley, AZ
I saw a blimp shape craft behind the clouds pulsating a irregular patter in a band across on side of the craft. The craft was cruzing at low altitudes the whether was extremely stormy and it just stopped raining. The craft was coasting slow like a blimp does, but then increased to jet speeds in a matter of seconds. The pulsating light stopped and the craft gave off a final flash and was gone. I was draving when I saw the craft. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
September 14, 2015 · 7:31 PM · CIRCLE
Paradise Valley, AZ
Upon our arrival home, my daughter and I ran into our home drenched. Laughing, we ran into my husband who had been watching t.v. We tell him to run and look outside. It’s incredible how strong the winds are! Just as he looks outside, my other daughter phones me and she sounds frightened over the phone. “Mom, I’m scared…you won’t believe what I’m about to tell you. As I drove home I saw a light I’ve never seen before. It was a green/blue light that lit up the entire sky, but as it lit up the sky I felt a weird sensation in the car”. She tells me she is out front of our home but too scared to get out of the car. We open the door and just as I run to assist her out of the car, a greenish blue light electrified the Arizona sky with a sound that I can only describe as if a live wire hit water. This light was seen 4 times in a 5 minute period. Although this storm didn’t last very long, the damage was quite severe. As an Arizona Native for 49 years, I’ve never witnessed such a storm. Later that evening I decided to catch the news as I was certain they would report what this green bluish light was. There was nothing! I immediately went to Google to see if anyone had witnessed what we did. Sure enough, there were several stories posted. One in particular caught my attention. A gentlemen was on the outskirts of Arizona standing outside of his home when he saw something green. What he described was something quite large in the shape of a ball with blue fire behind it. Another person who was on a military base said he and 2 other gentlemen witnessed this green lightening in the sky. But they go on to say that they saw an object flying. It didn’t have the regular white and red lights. They said there were strange blue lights. That this object gave off short circuits and arc sounds. The next morning, I called a friend to see if she saw any of this. Unfortunately, she didn’t see anything as she was inside working. So, I go back on Google to read her these stories I saw and read last night. Oddly, I couldn’t find any of the stories I had read. Not one! Is it possible that someone removed all these? I read these stories to my husband the night before…where are they now? It’s odd to me that suddenly I cannot find anything I read on Google that relates to what we witnessed. Is it possible that these stories were removed? By whom and why? Our local news never reported any such sightings. But I can tell you that both my girls spoke with co-workers who did witness the green lighting and the arc sounds. The United States seems to be having strange storms occurring, tsunami’s, earthquakes, etc….are these caused by UFO’s or our own Government, but something strange is definitely going on…
August 23, 2015 · 3:30 AM · SPHERE
Paradise Valley, AZ
Approximately 3:30 am on 8-23-2015, Sunday Morning, Paradise Valley, Arizona, I work as a Protection Specialist (bodyguard) for a wealthy family that lives at the base of Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Currently I work the night shift and conduct night patrols around the perimeter of the property. Here in Arizona the desert nights are very still with a sky that is crystal clear, the stars are amazing. It’s so quiet that I hear the small desert rats rustling in the low lying bushes as I walk by them. I have even walked up upon a bobcat stretched out on a nearby wall. Sunday morning, I was about half way finished with my patrol. I was walking down a path on the side of the house and had my flashlight out shining it into a dark corner of the house. Right then, a bright flash from above caught my attention. The strange thing was that I only saw the flash with my left eye as if something was trying to get my attention, although nothing lit up around me. Another strange occurrence was that I knew to look straight up into the sky. The light caused the hairs on the back of my neck to instantly rise up. I stopped and looked straight up to see a round bright ball of light above me. After looking at it for about 30 seconds it disappeared, then moved to the right and lit up again. It was moving slow and methodical. It was going way to slow to be a falling star or satellite. As I watched this thing move, it was as if I was trying to talk myself out of what I was witnessing. When it would reappear it looked as if it was falling a bit and then would stop. I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, where I have witnessed flares, and this was not a flare, but when it would appear it looked like it was falling like a flair, then would stop, stay still then go dark and move to the northeast. During the entire time of watching it, I tried to convenience myself that it was something I could explain, until I watched it do something very peculiar. After observing the object for about 5 minutes while it moved slowly to the Northeast towards Fountain Hills, it did a button hook maneuver to the left and headed in the opposite direction of travel. Almost instantly after the button hook, it conducted another 180 degree turn just as fast and headed towards the Northeast again. I watch it for about another 2 minutes and then it disappeared. It was something I could not explain. To remind you this was the area of the famous Phoenix lights. Camelback Mountain was a prime observation point for people here in the Valley that witnessed the Phoenix lights. I’m convinced that I witnessed a UFO from another world, or some sort of secret government aircraft.