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Skeptical Inquirer analysis — Phoenix Lights event, March 13, 1997

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This article from Skeptical Inquirer (March/April 2015) by James McGaha and Joe Nickell provides a detailed skeptical postmortem analysis of the famous 1997 'Phoenix Lights' events, arguing both phenomena have mundane explanations. The first event (V-shaped light formation) is attributed to A-10 fighter-bombers from Maryland's 175th Fighter Wing on a training flight, while the second (stationary lights) is attributed to LUU-2A/B parachute flares dropped over a gunnery range. The article also briefly covers related sightings in Stephenville and elsewhere, citing scientific analyses and official

event date
1997-03-13
place
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
text quality
good (OCR)
indexed passages
14
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Phoenix_Lights__29_skepticalinquirer.org.html
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