AZ Baffled by New Mysterious Light Explosion… Days Before 15-Year Anniversary of Another Mysterious Light Explosion
- Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:18am by
Liz Klimas
- Print »
- Email »
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.
Explosive light appeared behind this Phoenix area reporter during a traffic update. (Image: Gather)
(Related: What is the mysterious, explosion-like light coming from a Russian power plant?)
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]
Popular Stories
MSNBC Host Snaps in Heated Segment: ‘What in the World Is Riskier Than Being a Poor Person in America?’ 685 Comments
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 651 Comments
‘Jumah at the DNC’ Speaker: ‘Muslims Visited America Prior to Columbus’ & ‘It Was a Muslim’ Who Guided Him to the ‘New World’ 524 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 361 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 318 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 186 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 213 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 147 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 300 Comments
Scathing New Ad Capitalizes on Rep. Ryan‘s ’Fading Obama Posters’ Remark 124 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 186 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (213)
REMVLS
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:52amAwwwwe 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!!!
Report Post »Seawolf
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:14amTransformer………. Next
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:54amThis was an Antimatter experiment that worked!!!
Report Post »Kankokage
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:22pm1.21 Gigawatts can generate a lot of light.
Report Post »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…
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:05pmI live in the west valley. I did wake up extra tired this morning. Maybe it was the aliens ruturning me!
Report Post »Pucci
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:36pmmalfunctioning flux capacitor
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:17pmAliens… Zombies… Pink Slime… Oh,my!
Report Post »So Cal Tea
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:19pmProbably a Mythbusters cannon ball.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:25pmIt was one of those new $50 bulbs from Phillips.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:39pmJoe Biden lighting his farts on fire…
Report Post »Centurian
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:49pmActually, 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?
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:50pmTSA unvieiled their new one shot x-ray machine..Good for the whole State of Arizona..
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:17pmIt was Highlander saying “There can only be one.”
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:18pm@Jim S
Report Post »You don’t have a clue about this site or in general. You need to read more, post less.
Itsjusttim
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:33pmOn 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.”
Report Post »khandahar&jalalabad
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:46pmEhhhh buddy, did you just see a reeaal brrriight lliight.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:11pmMiss Fluke had sex with a gas station attendant ….
Report Post »colt1860
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:59pmIt‘s Pelosi’s head exploding. The tanning bed was set too high.
Report Post »Romney_Shromney
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:06pm@Khandahar&Jalalabad
I miss the 1980′s :)
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 8:48amWhatever it was, I’m quite sure that it all began with the phrase: “Hey ya’ll, watch this!”
Report Post »iowabassboy
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:52amYou all have it wrong! It was the Men in Black erasing someone’s memory!!!
Report Post »br1ans
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:12pmSwamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.
Report Post »Honest_E
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 6:43pmLOL @ The-Monk…
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:41amIt was George Noory from Coast to Coast hotels van being hijacked.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:59amIt was Debbie Wasserman Schultz getting her hair permed again. Nothing to worry about.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:20amI’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 2:21pmDRATTASTIC:
Report Post »I just spewed coffee out my nose!
The-Monk
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:54pm@drattastic
Report Post »Sorry for the duplicate…. I didn’t see that you posted it first. : )
venture291
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 12:57amMethane gas bubble in the newly opened water park. It’s OK now, you can have fun.
Report Post »rafa2design
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:35amthey’re coming for us …
Report Post »Ser Scot
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:34amIt was probably a transformer blowing. When they go they are very bright.
Report Post »dnewton
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:43pmThe 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?
Report Post »BB671
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27amNothing to worry about……Just another “Meth Lab” exploding!!!!
Report Post »jetblast3500
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:56amRofl
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:26pmMaybe it was Michael Moore on reentry from space – Iran returning him to the US.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:26amDoc Brown and Marty McFly coming back from the future?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:32amBingo! They saw the future of America and wanted no part of it.
Report Post »B-Neil
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:24amArizona is just trying to get an apology from The President. GOD BLESS AMERICA and INDIVUDUAL FREEDOM
Report Post »conservativejon
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:14amit was the flash from a chevy volt exploding reflected off a cloud
Report Post »Seneca264
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:25amThanks for brightening up my morning. That was very funny!
Report Post »linearnonlinear
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27amLol
Report Post »Dougalug
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:45pmlol!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:55pmThat’s good. Just another Chevy Volt going off. LOL.
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:43pmExactly when has a Chevy Volt ever exploded? (Besides this time, I mean.)
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:12pmLithium 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.
Report Post »SovereignSoul
Posted on March 11, 2012 at 3:24pmGasoline has a history of burning, as well. Park your pick-up truck in the garage at your own risk, too.
Report Post »Two Sheds
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:07amPower transformer.
Report Post »Kevmeistah
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:16amThat’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!
Report Post »s0ck_monkey
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:00amIn 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.
Report Post »Mr. H.
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:39pmCheck 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.
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 3:41pmI 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.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:40pmA 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
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:57amObama’s Breath maybe?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:55amDesert Swamp Gas?
Peyote in the water?
DEMOCRATS lighting the way for more illegal Barry voters???
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:54amBlaze? 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!!!
Report Post »code green
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:36amI cleaned out all my cookies , then opened the “Blaze and rechecked the list of cookies and founnd,
Report Post »8 advertising.com
3 admit
3 mediaplex
2realmedia
5revsci
8 zedo
All tracking cookies. This site is a rats nest for tracking cookies
jado1981
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:09amUse 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.
Report Post »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.
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 1:57pmNewLife56:
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.
Report Post »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.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 2:29pmI 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.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:36pmCode >
But, there’s more!
quantserver.com
Report Post »premierinteractive.com
scorecardresearch.com
imrworldwide.com
media6degrees.com
adtmt.com
adnxs.com
tag.admeld.com
gwallet.com
re.gwallet.com
abmr.net
collective-media.net
vizu.com
serving-sys.com
urc.taboolasyndication.com
theblaze.com
advertising.com
doubleclick.net
audienceq.com
c5.zedo.com
revsci.com
turn.com
twitter.com
RedDawn2012
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:10pmJado1981, 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.
Report Post »Charles
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:49pmI 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
Report Post »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.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 12:16amIt’s all about site hits
Report Post »±.01¢ per hit/per advertiser adds up quickly
Ask Matt Drudge
mauijonny
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 3:38amI have very few of these problems. In fact, all I get is one pop-up (disappointing, but not particularly annoying).
Report Post »Just in time
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:51amCould it be a product of the recent solar flares?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:16pmCould be!
Report Post »Lemmy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:51amCan anyone be serious on the blaze without bringing politics into the mix? jesus….
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:49amIn other news:
Report Post »Has anyone seen that new political site http://www.theblaze.com ?
REPUB1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:49amit was a flash from the new Nikkon point and shoot camera from the Invisable man
Report Post »momrules
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:47amPeople can laugh all they want to but I have seen those triangle shaped lights traveling in formation.
Report Post »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.
lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:01amYes… 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!
Report Post »The Sergeant Major
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:46amLook 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!
Report Post »TRUMPETCALL
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:01amBut 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)
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:36pmMaybe 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.
Report Post »Reptillica
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:46amMini-Nukes.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:42amA 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.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:27amlol!
Report Post »jado1981
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:12amAll I can think of is that campfire scene on Blazing Saddles!
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:39amIt was Piers Morgans head exploding.
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:33amPOTUS passed gas, which ignited a Volt.
Seriously, when living in AZ, saw some very unusual lights in the night sky frequently.
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 12:11pmI 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.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:29amGuess another band of aliens sent to make sure Pelosi stays on the ground crashed to keep her from escaping.
Report Post »11:11
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:27amit’s tom cruise coming back from his sabbatical
Report Post »Glock31
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:26amtoo bad it wasnt a daisy cutter being dropped on pelosi
Report Post »Kevmeistah
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 10:14amGLOCK31,
Report Post »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.
bobad
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 11:45amYou don’t need a daisy cutter to take out Pelosi, just pour water on her.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 9:24amPerhaps… 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’!
Report Post »