Some sighting
reports on the Phoenix Lights
By Billy Booth
Introduction
I just recently received some reports from a good
friend of mine from MUFON. They may seem meaningless to some, but not to
me. There is never too much evidence on a case, this one being thePhoenix Lights of 1997. This report also shows what some have
overlooked or forgotten; there was more than one night of sightings.
If you haven't seen all of the related files we have,
try Commercial Airline Pilot Saw Phoenix
Lights Lighted Objects Photographed over Yuma, Arizona, and this similar case:The Tinley Lights. Also see the Mystery of the Triangles and The Triangles, UFOs or Experimental
Craft?
March 13, 1997 - Reports from Paulden, Prescott and
Dewey
The first call received over the UFO Hotline was from
a former police officer, who called to report that he and his family had
just witnessed a bizarre cluster of red lights moving very rapidly across the
night sky in the vicinity of Paulden, Arizona, (approximately 30 miles
north of Prescott, AZ) at about 8:16 p.m. (local time) on Thursday night, March
13, 1997. The man who called, a rational, sober-minded and eloquent
sounding person, described having witnessed with his family a very strange
cluster of distinctly red-orange lights, which consisted of 4-5 red lights
"in the lead," followed by a single light which appeared to be
"standing back from the others." The lights in the lead gave the
impression of being in a "V" formation, somewhat like a wedge or
boomerang in shape.
More Calls over the Next Two Days
Subsequent calls then started pouring in to the
Hotline from locations to the south of Paulden, AZ. The next calls received
were from the vicinities of Prescott and Prescott Valley, approximately 50
miles north of Phoenix. Several individuals called from that vicinity to
recount that approximately 8:17 p.m., they witnessed 4 or 5 very bright
white lights pass overhead. Several of the observers reported that the
object appeared to be triangular in shape, with a somewhat complex grouping
of lights along its sides.
One of the observers in Prescott reported that the
orientation of the distinctly white lights appeared to change while she
and her family were observing the object. However, the lights formed a
distinctly triangular pattern in the sky.
Another observer was standing outside with his wife
and sons in Prescott Valley, when they noticed a cluster of lights to in
the west-northwest of their position.
The lights formed a triangular pattern, but all of
them appeared to be red, with the exception of the light at the nose of the
object, which was distinctly white. The object, or objects, which had been
observed for approximately 2-3 minutes with binoculars, then passed
directly overhead the observers, they were seen to "bank to the
right," and they then disappeared in the night sky to the southeast
of Prescott Valley…
Even though the night was very quiet, none of the
observers described above heard any sound emanate from the object. All of
them emphasized that the object "glided" through the sky, and made
absolutely no noise whatsoever… All of the observers volunteered during
their telephoned reports that they had strained their ears, trying to hear
some sound from the object, but none was heard, which contributed to the
eerie nature of the sighting.
Count Dewey In
The next sighting was reported from Dewey, AZ, located
approximately 10 miles to the south of Prescott. Five adults and youth
were driving north on Highway 69 to an appointment in Prescott, when they
witnessed a very large cluster of lights, which formed a "V"
shape in the sky. The driver pulled off the road into a grocery store parking
lot, and all the occupants got out of their car in order to get a better
look at the object. By this time, the object was directly above them,
where it appeared to hover for several minutes.
The member of this group who called the Hotline
reported that the object was so large that, if he clenched his fist and held
it at arm’s length; he could not cover the size of the object with his fist!
In addition, he reported that based on his flying experience, he
estimated that the object was not over 1,000 feet above the ground. He
emphasized that there was absolutely no sound emanating from the object—it
was absolutely silent, and it was moving at a very slow pace, considerably
slower for example than a light aircraft would have been seen to move at that
(assumed) altitude.
He added that he could see a small, private aircraft
in the vicinity of the object overhead, and that the aircraft appeared to
be heading in the direction of the Prescott airport. More about this aircraft
is described below in the description of the alleged interception of the
strange object by F-15’s farther to the south. One particularly
noteworthy aspect of this observer’s report is that he had called both
Prescott Airport, and Luke AFB to report the sighting. The female operator
at Luke AFB volunteered to him that their switchboard had been deluged with
reports about the strange object. Later statements from Luke AFB alleged
that they had received no calls about the object.
Calls from Chino Valley, Tempe, Glendale, Phoenix and
More...
Many people called from those areas, far too many to
describe in detail. One of the most interesting reports, however, was from
a young man, who identified himself as an "amateur astronomer," who
resides in west Phoenix. His description of the object, which he saw to
the west of his home, appeared to be a cluster of solid, unblinking
lights, which moved in an unwavering procession from the north to
south.
He could discern he thought that each of the
individual lights in fact was two smaller lights. Also, he reported that
he observed two aircraft in the vicinity of the object, one of which
appeared to turn away from the object to the west, and the other which
turned to the east. Another interesting report was submitted by a young
mother, who stood outside her home, located in Phoenix approximately 1
mile south of Camel Back Mountain, and watched the object with
her children for 5 minutes. She reported that the object was directly
overhead her house and that it was larger than her clenched fist when held
at arm’s length!
Impression of a Boomerang or Arrowhead
The object appeared to have lights along its sides,
such that the lights gave the viewers on the ground the impression of a
"boomerang" or "arrowhead" shape. After approximately
5 minutes, the object began to move slowly to the south.
However, before the object disappeared from sight to
the south, it appeared to "fire" out to the front of it a red beam
of "laser light" for an instant. Then, as it moved slowly to the
south, the lights of the front and sides of the object seemed to dim and
fade from sight. There were no lights visible on the aft end of the craft as it
moved away from the observers. The object just disappeared from sight in
the southern sky…
The object was next seen in Tucson, where a man
watched the formation of lights for what he estimates to be 15 minutes…
from 8:45 to after 9:00 p.m., he estimates. He reported to us that the lights
had come from the northwestern sky, maneuvered overhead for 5-10 minutes,
and then moved off to the south in "nose to tail"
formation, disappearing from sight as they moved over the mountains.
The last location to report was Kingman, AZ, where a young man, in
route to Los Angeles, called from a phone booth to report having seen a large
and bizarre cluster of lights moving slowly in the northern sky.
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