PHOENIX LIGHTS
Ufo Observation Site — Phoenix, Arizona
Status: Natural site · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/phoenix-lights-phoenix-arizona/

March 13, 1997—thousands watched a mile-wide V formation cross Arizona.

Phoenix Lights is a UFO observation site in Phoenix, Arizona. March 13, 1997—thousands watched a mile-wide V formation cross Arizona. The archive files it under UFO history, UFO locations and media-reported sites. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 2 documented facts — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open country — visitable, weather permitting.

The Phoenix Lights are the mass sighting — March 13, 1997, the V-shaped formation that thousands watched cross Arizona, the biggest UFO event in American history. Two events: the moving triangle at 8pm, the stationary lights over Phoenix at 10.
The lights were the mystery — the carpenter's square that blocked the stars, the five orbs in formation, the witnesses from Nevada to Tucson. The Air Force said A-10s and flares; Governor Symington said 'otherworldly.' The videos are still the most-watched UFO footage ever.
The event is still the case — the 300-mile sighting, the two explanations that don't fully cover both events, the mass witness that's the UFO canon. The file keeps the night: the V over Phoenix, the flares that explained half, and the lights that thousands saw.
The Phoenix Lights are the archive's mass file — the 1997 sighting, the biggest UFO event, and the lights that a city watched.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Phoenix Lights are the archive's mass file — the UFO seen by thousands, the two events, and the explanation that covered half.
A sighting that a city saw keeps its V — the file's suggestion being that the Phoenix Lights' hold is the witnesses: the thousands who watched the same thing, the governor who called it otherworldly, and the lights that are the mass-sighting canon.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Media reported] ufo sighting: Thousands described a silent, mile-wide V of lights crossing the sky; military officials attributed the second event to flares. Phoenix Lights in Phoenix, Arizona carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. Sources including 'Phoenix Lights' keep the claim in circulation. Aerial claims date the place to its era — the report is folklore with a flight path.
  source: Phoenix Lights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights)

HISTORY — 2 documented facts
· [1997-03-13] On March 13, 1997, two events—a V-formation of lights and a later flare drop—produced the largest mass UFO sighting in U.S. history. The documented date is 1997-03-13. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Phoenix Lights' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Governor Fife Symington initially mocked the sighting, then in 2007 said he had witnessed the craft himself. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'Phoenix Lights'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Phoenix Lights — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights

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