(AZ Gov) Symington: I saw a UFO in the Arizona sky

CNN ^ | 11/10/2007 | By Fife Symington

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Former Arizona Governor Fife Symington will be moderating a November 12 event at the National Press Club where he will discuss the Phoenix Lights incident. He says he will be joined by 14 former high-ranking military and government officials from seven countries who will share evidence from what they call their own UFO experiences and investigations.

Fife Symington says he nearly had a close encounter while governor of Arizona.

(CNN) -- In 1997, during my second term as governor of Arizona, I saw something that defied logic and challenged my reality.

I witnessed a massive delta-shaped, craft silently navigate over Squaw Peak, a mountain range in Phoenix, Arizona. It was truly breathtaking. I was absolutely stunned because I was turning to the west looking for the distant Phoenix Lights.

To my astonishment this apparition appeared; this dramatically large, very distinctive leading edge with some enormous lights was traveling through the Arizona sky.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

I don't care what he saw. If the green men would happen to crash on U.S. soil, and didn't have a green card, then they gotsta go. Look what happened during that one movie with James Caan "Alien Nation": Illegal Aliens on the dole, hooked on crack, and reveling in human porn.

[snarks_when_bored]

It’s frightening what those bathhouse parties will do to a guy’s scalp...

[Calpernia]

Dennis Kucinich is the governor of Arizona????

[EGPWS]

Fife Symington says he nearly had a close encounter while governor of Arizona.

While chasing vision dot's I bet...

[Red Badger]

If you see a UFO, how do you know it’s a UFO?............

[wideawake]

It's seems like the USA's nutbag quotient has been rising.

Maybe Carlton Ridenhour was right.

[johnny7]

“I was absolutely stunned because I was turning to the west looking for the distant Phoenix Lights.”

Anything spotted at night is dubious.

[EGPWS]

I witnessed a massive delta-shaped, craft silently navigate over Squaw Peak, a mountain range in Phoenix, Arizona. It was truly breathtaking. I was absolutely stunned because I was turning to the west looking for the distant Phoenix Lights.

Don't Bogart that joint my friend and it wouldn't be so breathtaking.

[jonrick46]

I wonder with all of this UFO chatter no one has come up with a decent photo of an UFO. Photos of pie plates just don’t cut it.

[Yo-Yo]

Oh gawd, not the infamous Phoenix lights again.

They were proven to be parachute flares from a nighttime military exercise.

[EGPWS]

It's seems like the USA's nutbag quotient has been rising.

Ya' think?

[Rick.Donaldson]

Cuz it is flying, and you don’t know what it is. If you can’t identify it, it’s a UFO. Note, a UFO is not necessarily a “flying saucer” and it isn’t necessarily “from out there”.

I wish folks would get off this. I’m an amateur astronomer, and over the last forty plus years, I’ve seen a LOT Of weird things in the sky (no, I don’t think they were aliens)... lol

But, just because someone sees something he or she can not explain doesn’t mean they are kooks.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

I wonder if he saw Dennis Kuchinich in the drivers seat and just isn’t saying.

[lowbridge]

In 1997, during my second term as governor of Arizona, I saw something that defied logic and challenged my reality.

He tuned into CNN?

[EGPWS]

If you see a UFO, how do you know it’s a UFO?............

Open your mind....open your mind.....

LOL!

[evets]

He saw an alien too.

[Rick.Donaldson]

How's that? :)

[Tulsa Ramjet]

“I saw something that defied logic and challenged my reality.”

(cont) “I flipped back to the cover of the pamphlet,..and there it was. The title of this monstrosity: ‘Recommended Strategy for President Clinton to Rebut Bimbo Eruptions’

[Ben Ficklin]

Your link to the parachute flares deals with an Arkansas sighting.

[evets]

[Rick.Donaldson]

That from a movie, or was that the actual shot taken from a television in the 1940s?

[Disambiguator]

The movie “Fire in the Sky” was based on events that allegedly took place in Arizona. Arizona is right next to New Mexico, where Roswell is.

Co-incidence?

(Cue “Twilight Zone” theme)

[Frank_Discussion]

Washington D.C., 1952. Fighters were scrambled to chase those lights. On more than one successive night.

Yeah, right, knowledge of UFO history make me a nutbag. *sigh*

[evets]

Real pics from July 1952

[Tulsa Ramjet]

"Quaid...Quaid..."

[Rick.Donaldson]

Here's one that cops saw. Near Melbourne, Australia

[xp38]

Not exactly HDTV

[Yo-Yo]

You're right. Sorry. That was the link in the Wiki article. That'll show me not to use Wiki as a source. I found the article on the Arizona Republic website, but you have to pay to see it.

It's story number seven on

[Kevmo]

What’s with all these UFO stories lately?

[Yo-Yo]

Let's try again.

It's story number seven on this page.

[I see my hands]

Words have more than one meaning. Everyone knows the words the initials UFO stand for. An unknown insect can be a UFO when you take the words literally.

In common parlance UFO means alien craft (even if it is hovering and not flying). It's American English and used properly.

No need to get riled.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"What’s with all these UFO stories lately?"

Kucinich is trying to raise awareness on behalf of his people.

[Rick.Donaldson]

Not at all. I have a lot of knowledge of it too. Goes hand-in-hand with being an astronomer. LOL! There is, in my opinion enough real evidence to say “I’m not sure there aren’t visitors”. But, I won’t go out on a limb and say there really ARE visitors. I just won’t say there aren’t.

I’m also of the opinion that there is, indeed, life out there. Big time.

We’re going to find life on Mars, I would stake money on it.

[wolfcreek]

I use to love that show. Something about bald-headed women...

[weegee]

UFOs are TIME MACHINES from the FUTURE...

[UCANSEE2]

“What’s with all these UFO stories lately?”

Haven’t you wondered why the world is so crazy, lately?

Why it seems our politicians are going all out to rape and pillage the populace?

It’s because they know.

The time has come, and soon, everyone will know.

And it’s gonna suck, big time. Every man for himself will be the rule of the day, so be prepared, it is coming.

[Frank_Discussion]

“UFO means alien craft” in pop culture and undisciplined minds. In precise and proper usage, it means exactly what the acronym says, as Captain Ruppelt intended.

[Rick.Donaldson]

LOL! Who said *I* got riled? I didn’t. I KNOW words have MEANING. No, words don’t usually have MORE than one, but if they DO they are RELATED.

UFO doesn’t have more than one meaning, it has one, and only one. It doesn’t mean “kook”. “I saw a flying saucer” however will give pause to most reasonable people. Unless they see them themselves. LOL

[Frank_Discussion]

And *that* is a proper attitude!

[Bushbacker1]

Symington, KuKucinich conversation:

Symington: Hey KuKucinich
KuKucinich: Yes Mr. Symington
Symington: Mr. KuKucinich! You are a UFO
KuKucinich: Huh? What's that?
Symington: You know! A UFO! I, too, am a UFO!
KuKucinich: If you're one and I'm one, what is a UFO?
Symington: An Unadulterated Friggin' Oaf!

[weegee]

Fake but accurate picture from 1956.

[eyedigress]

I was maintenence chief on Goldwater during that time. These were no-where close to the range. Even my boss saw them from his house in Mesa and had no idea what they were. We were guessing something new from Nevada.

[Cementjungle]

If you see a UFO, how do you know it’s a UFO?............

If you can't identify it and it's flying, then it's an unidentified flying object. That doesn't imply it's from outer space or anything, it just means you can't identify it.

[RetSignman]

Why is everything in the photo sharp and clear, even the distant hills but the ‘ufo’ is blurry?

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Why it seems our politicians are going all out to rape and pillage the populace?

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As if this is a new thing?

[Kevmo]

Time for a dose of simple reality. Invest $5 in your future.

“Intercept UFO” by Renato Vesco. Best UFO book ever written. You won’t be so paranoid, and you might even appreciate some of the technology.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-6575798-0963661?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=intercept+ufo+renato+vesco&x=9&y=13

[Rick.Donaldson]

No, UFO does NOT mean “alien craft”. UFO is means exactly what it means, Unidentified Flying Object. Something in the sky, that appears to be flying, which is not obviously identifiable. It does NOT mean “alien space craft”. That’s a title you’re applying to “popular culture”.

In fact, if you said “Flying saucer” then you might be talking about “an alien space craft”. Saying “Alien Spacecraft” presupposes you already know that aliens are flying it. Saying UFO means you don’t KNOW what it is.

Let’s not assume because Kucinich or the former Governor of Az were thinking “alien spacecraft”. Well, perhaps the Governor is, because he’s as much as said in interviews he felt it was “controlled by intelligence” and he didn’t say HUMAN intelligence.

But to admit you’ve seen something you can’t identify doesn’t automatically make someone mentally suspect, and I don’t care which side of the political aisle he’s on. (Unless it was Ron Paul, since he’s already proved he’s suspect)

[B-Chan]

Flying Triangles

[Rick.Donaldson]

Everything else in the photo is sitting still, except the moving object. Haven’t you ever taken photos with film before? haha

[gitmo]

If you see a UFO, how do you know it’s a UFO?............

My wife and I saw a UFO once. I'm pretty sure it was a meteor, but it was never identified.