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Mar. 9, 2012 9:18am Liz Klimas

On March 13, 1997 strange, unidentifiable flying objects were seen illuminating the night sky over Phoenix, Ariz, and were viewable in Nevada and New Mexico. Since then, many who saw the lights over the reported stretch of about 300 miles hold various theories as to their cause and recall the anniversary.

Now, just days before the “Phoenix Lights” 15th anniversary, the local Fox affiliate caught a mysterious light event of its own during a live traffic report. Fox 10 says it is unclear what caused the light that appears to be from an explosion and asks its viewers to tip them to any ideas.

Arizona Traffic Report Gets Light Show Days Before Phoenix Lights Anniversary

Explosive light appeared behind this Phoenix area reporter during a traffic update. (Image: Gather)

Watch the station’s recall of the event:

The 1997 Phoenix Lights included two events: stationary lights, or orbs, in the Phoenix area sky and a triangular shaped object seen flying. Skeptics of the events have attributed the lights to natural or manmade events, such as military flares. For example, the U.S. military has said it was probably aircraft flying in formation and dropping flares.

Orbs in the sky on March 13, 1997 are circled. (Photo: PhoenixLights.net)

Artist rendition of what the reported UFO looked like. (Image: USA Today)

A recent story in the Examiner states that UFO followers consider the events from 1997 one of the most widely documented evidence of alien life. It states that on that night, more than 3,500 military and commercial pilots reported seeing lights, in addition to the 10,000 spectators on the ground in Phoenix alone.

The Examiner reports that a documentary film recently aired about the Phoenix Lights recounting some the events of that night and providing varying theories. Here is some of the documentary’s response to skepticism according to the Examiner:

Not only did people try to capture the phenomena on film, but because it blacked out the sky, the pics didn’t turn out. In the Documentary the 911 Phoenix Police operator herself states that police helicopters were sent up to investigate. There is also a report to NUFOC (National UFO Reporting Center) that military jets were deployed to intercept the mile wide craft right over 7th ave and Indian School Road, and when they got close, the phenomena blinked out of sight.

Many of the eye witnesses to the Phoenix Lights were prominent citizens and very reliable people. There were pilots, doctors, politicians, police officers, firemen, local business owners, street sightings, adults, children, and thousands of other citizens who all witnessed this event. There is no doubt it was something quite real. It may have been an experimental aircraft, something from alien regions, but there were definitely unidentified flying objects that were seen, recorded, video taped, and by multiple observers in several states.

What do you think? What was the light behind the Fox 10 traffic reporter? What were the mysterious Phoenix Lights?

[H/T Gather]

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REMVLS
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:52am
Awwwwe I got on here too late to put in my back to the future responce….So we’l go with the TERMINATOR reference…Arnold is back!!! HASTA LAVISTA BABY!!!

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- Seawolf
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:14am
  Transformer………. Next
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:54am
  This was an Antimatter experiment that worked!!!
  
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- Kankokage
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:22pm
  1.21 Gigawatts can generate a lot of light.
  
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- Jim S
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:43pm
  ..this site is one headline from “Aliens ate my baby”…a light of unknown origin is NOT a mystery, it’s just not known…how man evolved,grew,became the thinking creature that calls light a mystery…now that’s a mystery…
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:05pm
  I live in the west valley. I did wake up extra tired this morning. Maybe it was the aliens ruturning me!
  
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- Pucci
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:36pm
  malfunctioning flux capacitor
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:17pm
  Aliens… Zombies… Pink Slime… Oh,my!
  
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- So Cal Tea
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:19pm
  Probably a Mythbusters cannon ball.
  
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- Marci
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:25pm
  It was one of those new $50 bulbs from Phillips.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:39pm
  Joe Biden lighting his farts on fire…
  
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- Centurian
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:49pm
  Actually, this was none of what you people are reporting…
  
  It was actually two illegals being rubbed together… can ya say static cling x 1,000?
  
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- Baddoggy
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:50pm
  TSA unvieiled their new one shot x-ray machine..Good for the whole State of Arizona..
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:17pm
  It was Highlander saying “There can only be one.”
  
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- Leader1776
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:18pm
  @Jim S
  You don’t have a clue about this site or in general. You need to read more, post less.
  
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- Itsjusttim
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:33pm
  On a serious note maybe it was a gigantic fourth of July sparkler. Magnesium burns very brightly, and it would make many people say “Oh Aliens.”
  
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- khandahar&jalalabad
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:46pm
  Ehhhh buddy, did you just see a reeaal brrriight lliight.
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:11pm
  Miss Fluke had sex with a gas station attendant ….
  
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- colt1860
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:59pm
  It’s Pelosi’s head exploding. The tanning bed was set too high.
  
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- Romney_Shromney
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:06pm
  @Khandahar&Jalalabad
  
  I miss the 1980′s :)
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:48am
  Whatever it was, I’m quite sure that it all began with the phrase: “Hey ya’ll, watch this!”
  
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- iowabassboy
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:52am
  You all have it wrong! It was the Men in Black erasing someone’s memory!!!
  
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- br1ans
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
  
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- Honest_E
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:43pm
  LOL @ The-Monk…
  
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The Sergeant Major
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:41am
It was George Noory from Coast to Coast hotels van being hijacked.

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- scuba13
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:59am
  It was Debbie Wasserman Schultz getting her **** permed again. Nothing to worry about.
  
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- drattastic
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:20am
  I’m pretty sure it was Joe Biden lighting his farts again ,you know how Joe gets when he’s been drinking.
- beatobama
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:21pm
  DRATTASTIC:
  I just spewed coffee out my nose!
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:54pm
  @drattastic
  Sorry for the duplicate…. I didn’t see that you posted it first. : )
  
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- venture291
  Posted on March 11, 2012 at 12:57am
  Methane gas bubble in the newly opened water park. It’s OK now, you can have fun.
  
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rafa2design
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:35am
they’re coming for us …

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Ser Scot
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:34am
It was probably a transformer blowing. When they go they are very bright.

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- dnewton
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:43pm
  The power company denied it was a transformer problem but if one blew up at an abandoned or empth house, maybe there was nobody to report it. Too bad the film was in black and white. Transformer explosions can be easier to detect if color is added to the diagnosis. A flash of light without a report of concurrent sound sounds weird. I wonder if the weather bureau recorded an electrical spike or burst of energy. Some private weather organizations record such things. Where was Joe Biden anyhow?
  
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BB671
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27am
Nothing to worry about……Just another “Meth Lab” exploding!!!!

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- jetblast3500
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:56am
  Rofl
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:26pm
  Maybe it was Michael Moore on reentry from space – Iran returning him to the US.
  
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moreteaplease
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:26am
Doc Brown and Marty McFly coming back from the future?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:32am
  Bingo! They saw the future of America and wanted no part of it.
  
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B-Neil
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:24am
Arizona is just trying to get an apology from The President. GOD BLESS AMERICA and INDIVUDUAL FREEDOM

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conservativejon
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:14am
it was the flash from a chevy volt exploding reflected off a cloud

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- Seneca264
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:25am
  Thanks for brightening up my morning. That was very funny!
  
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- linearnonlinear
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27am
  Lol
  
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- Dougalug
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:45pm
  lol!
  
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:55pm
  That’s good. Just another Chevy Volt going off. LOL.
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:43pm
  Exactly when has a Chevy Volt ever exploded? (Besides this time, I mean.)
  
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- Polwatcher
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:12pm
  Lithium batteries have a history of burning up. What make the lithium batteries in a Chevy Volt any different? Park one in the garage at your own risk.
  
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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on March 11, 2012 at 3:24pm
  Gasoline has a history of burning, as well. Park your pick-up truck in the garage at your own risk, too.
  
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Two Sheds
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:07am
Power transformer.

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- Kevmeistah
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:16am
  That’s kind of what I thought. I’ve had one go out right above my car and it scared the bajeezus out of me. Bright as hell!
  
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s0ck_monkey
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:00am
In 1992, while doing desert training at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA, myself and a fellow soldier were sitting on top of our M113 personnel carrier pulling guard duty – it was in the middle of the night and the moon was full – we were sitting there, talking, and out of nowhere this huge, and I mean HUGE bright light came up from behind Tiefort Mountian and just slowly flew off. There was no noise or anything normally associated with the launch of anything that is propelled by conventional means. Granted, from where we were sitting, Tiefort Mountian was several miles away from us, so we may have been too far away. However, when I say the light was huge…it was also very bright – comparable to the illumination a space shuttle launch at night would look like.

I got on the radio to our TOC (Tactical Operations Center) and asked if they had seen it, or received reports, etc. They said they hadn’t, but would check into it. A few minutes later, our S-2 (Battalion Intel) guys came over the radio and said not to worry about it, that the word was the Air Force were conducting some sort of missle tests at Bicycle Lake.

Still don’t know for sure what it was. But given it’s proximity to Groom Lake & Area 51, well, you can speculate on your own.

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- Mr. H.
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:39pm
  Check out a phenomenon called “Ball Lightning”. It’s really really bright. It’s usually spherical. It just hangs there then vanishes suddenly. It’s a huge amount of energy loosely captured in a small volume. It will cause an explosion if it touches anything on the ground. It’s beautiful and frightening all at one time.
  
  I’ve seen it several times even though it is a rare sight. Once I saw this very bright ball of light slowly sinking down toward a long distance high voltage line. As it got closer to the electrical line it started moving along the line as it fell. When it was about to touch the line, it sped up incredibly fast like it was on a zip line, and vanished over the horizon.
  
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- JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:41pm
  I believe the ball lightning theory. I was sitting in my backyard in San Antonio TX. in the 80′s at night. There may have been some inclement weather around but no rain or wind to speak of. Out of nowhere on the horizon a super bright ball appeared within a second and appeared to be coming right at me in a parallel line. It was so startling I ducked, and as fast as it appeared it was gone. This sucker was the size of a house but in the shape of a perfect sphere.
  
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- Cat
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:40pm
  A stable plasmoid (ball lightning) can be made in a microwave;
  
  http://jlnlabs.online.fr/plasma/gmr/index.htm
  
  Happens naturally and on a larger scale in the Tampa Bay area
  
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NewLife56
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:57am
Obama’s Breath maybe?

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13th Imam
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:55am
Desert Swamp Gas?

Peyote in the water?

DEMOCRATS lighting the way for more illegal Barry voters???

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NewLife56
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:54am
Blaze? Really? ZEDO? Come’on, I don’t mind ad’s on the site, but seriously Blaze, two of the same ad’s poping up everytime we click on something? It keeps up, I’ll visit another site, wake up!!!

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- code green
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  I cleaned out all my cookies , then opened the “Blaze and rechecked the list of cookies and founnd,
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  All tracking cookies. This site is a rats nest for tracking cookies
  
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- jado1981
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  Use Opera as your browser, or Firefox, and use Ghostery as an ad blocker. I show that it has blocked 16 from here. I can see one of them is the twitter button, and one is the facebook button, but most of these are for google. Isn’t google the one that we shouldn’t be trusting? C’mon Glenn, I know you are not personally in charge of day to day here, but get rid of google here. Make this a tracking free site.
  
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- tangerinesus
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:48am
  @CodeGreen it really is. I tried that new Firefox app that shows you the cookies on different sites and theblaze was the worst site I went to, with cookies from at least 15 sites, that was after visiting only ONE story.
  
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- I support God's Israel!
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:57pm
  NewLife56:
  Capitalism at its finest! YOU ARE EITHER FOR CAPITALISM OR YOU’RE NOT. WHICH IS IT?
  Who else will support your freedom to read and speak OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT?
  
  Duh.
  
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- Grannie4news
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:13pm
  @Code Green, Jada, etc:: You would think the least the Blaze could do is have a safe site. I am so sick of Zedo I can’t see straight. Yesterday itf was clear, but today it is all back with every click you take.
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:29pm
  I run Norton 360 and it takes out all ads and pop ups. Granted, on Explorer you can’t back page with the arrow but you can hit the recent pages arrow and pick the page to go back to.
  
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- Cat
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:36pm
  Code >
  
  But, there’s more!
  
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- RedDawn2012
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:10pm
  Jado1981, you’re right on the money. I use Firefox and Ghostery and add NoScript to the mix, and nothing gets by me. NoScript does block good guys sometimes, but it’s a snap to “allow” them in, and it’s worth the effort.
  
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- Charles
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:49pm
  I have pop up spam windows on this site that now pop up when I click on things on other sites. I have emailed THEBLAZE about this and no reply to my complaint. Also THEBLAZE stories move around and jump up and down for a good 7 seconds before I can start reading them because of all the add garbage this site is loading up on my screen. I have totally given up on using my mobile device to read this add clogged website. They are no doubt making tons of money off all this
  
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- Heb4Seven
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:18pm
  @Charles: This is ‘sort of’ good to hear about the ‘jumping and delays’, because I was worried it was my computer. I can’t seem to back page anymore either. When ‘The Blaze’ was still new it seemed to work fine…now it’s so slow loading it drives me back to FOXNews. I now only check out a few of the news headlines here then leave.
  
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- Cat
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:16am
  It’s all about site hits
  ±.01¢ per hit/per advertiser adds up quickly
  Ask Matt Drudge
  
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- mauijonny
  Posted on March 10, 2012 at 3:38am
  I have very few of these problems. In fact, all I get is one pop-up (disappointing, but not particularly annoying).
  
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Just in time
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:51am
Could it be a product of the recent solar flares?

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:16pm
  Could be!
  
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Lemmy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:51am
Can anyone be serious on the blaze without bringing politics into the mix? jesus….

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- BSdetector
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:49am
  In other news:
  Has anyone seen that new political site http://www.theblaze.com ?
  
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REPUB1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:49am
it was a flash from the new Nikkon point and shoot camera from the Invisable man

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momrules
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:47am
People can laugh all they want to but I have seen those triangle shaped lights traveling in formation.
I don’t know what they were but I do know the universe is very, very large and we really don’t know who or what is out there.

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- lukerw
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:01am
  Yes… but also… our Science is very weak in Physics, based often upon THEORY, and not the Proven to be 100% reproducible… and we do not know if this is some Earthly Phenomenon associated with Field Effects!
  
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- The Sergeant Major
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:46am
  Look into the skies over Dugway Proving Ground in western Utah. Large, silent and unmarked aircraft that will block your view of the stars at night.
  
  Swamp gas!
  
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- TRUMPETCALL
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:01am
  But we *do* know what is out there!
  
  The Apostle Paul wrote: “And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
  So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.” (2 Corinthians 11:14 &15)
  
  And also: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” (Ephesians 6:12)
  
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- TulsaYeeHaw
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:36pm
  Maybe the demons were hitting the bong and drinking too much, hell opened up and satan told them to get their asses back to the pit.
  
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Reptillica
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:46am
Mini-Nukes.

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Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:42am
A statement that bears repeating..”And somewhere, miles away there stands a cowboy, charred from head to foot, holding the remants of a match is was going to light a cigarette, while walking around a feed lot.

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- P8riot
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27am
  lol!
  
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- jado1981
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:12am
  All I can think of is that campfire scene on Blazing Saddles!
  
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Drum Man
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:39am
It was Piers Morgans head exploding.

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LouC57
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:33am
POTUS passed gas, which ignited a Volt.

Seriously, when living in AZ, saw some very unusual lights in the night sky frequently.

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- infortheride
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:11pm
  I livedc i Tucson in th eearly 70′s. One night , very clear, a group of us, about 7 saw a triangle of lights overhead. No sound moving slowly for about three minutes, then gone in less than 2 seconds.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:29am
Guess another band of aliens sent to make sure Pelosi stays on the ground crashed to keep her from escaping.

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11:11
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:27am
it’s tom cruise coming back from his sabbatical

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Glock31
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:26am
too bad it wasnt a daisy cutter being dropped on pelosi

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- Kevmeistah
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:14am
  GLOCK31,
  That is so wrong, please refer to the Daisy-Cutter with its technical name BLU-82. Besides, there is way too much artifical, non-biological material in her body for her to be taken out by just one of those. At the very least her Collagen lips will survive and that is where she is the most dangerous! Better use 2.
  
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- bobad
  Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:45am
  You don’t need a daisy cutter to take out Pelosi, just pour water on her.
  
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lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:24am
Perhaps… Aliens are coming for a View… of the EU failure… inconjunction with the Liberal Revolution in America… as the people prepare to destroy themselves.

‘Daddy: I want to see the IDIOTS’!

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