This past March marks the 20th anniversary of what is considered one of the largest UFO sighting ever reported. On March, 13 1997, a trail of lights lit up the desert sky and caused quite the stir.
According to a witness interview with Phoenix news station CBS5, Sue Watson said “Seriously, when it flew over, it was beautiful. It had these lights in front and then it was totally illuminated underneath, like a yellowish amber. It was a totally rounded boomerang shape.”
Many witnesses reported the same sighting: a formation of lights that hovered in the sky. Despite the many reports, this event did not see much news coverage. It wasn’t until USA Today put the story on their front page on June, 18 1997, that this really got national attention.
Another witness, Dr. Lynne Kitei, an internationally acclaimed physician and health educator was so moved by the lights that she set aside her medical career to pursue “The Phoenix Lights” book and internationally award-winning documentary project.
According to that same USA Today news source, the United States military claims the lights were a result of a training session involving flares dropped over the Barry M. Goldwater Range near Gila Bend, Arizona. No photos of the suspected aircraft have surfaced since 1997, and there have no additional sightings of this stature reported. For many, however, the curiosity has not subsided. The phenomenon that is the Phoenix Lights has a massive following both locally and nationally.
The Phoenix Lights Network has been hosting annual celebrations to commemorate the event since 2005. The special 20-year anniversary celebration took place on Sunday, March 12 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Scottsdale Harkins Shea Cinema. The event showed an award-winning Phoenix Lights documentary, a presentation from Phoenix officials and a question/answer session with filmmaker Steve Lantz and book signing with Kitei. This event has sold out every year since it was first introduced. It’s recommended to get tickets early.
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