Light over Fort McDowell looking toward Phoenix, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
While looking toward Phoenix, there were some orange, glowing balls of light. There would be 1-4 that would fade in and out, but did not change locations. They hovered while the lights flicker in and out. You could see planes flying by and compare how different the lights were and how much larger the orange lights were. They did not fall like a flare would or move like a plane. This is not the first time we have seen these types of lights in Arizona.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #150871). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2019-11-15 → 2019-12-02