Thanks.
However, in the Phoenix case . . . the flares were used by the military
LONG AFTER THE UFO had passed slowly from Northwest of Phx all the way down to Tucson very slowly.
The military used the flares clearly to sow disinformation and confusion about the case.
However, An MD had 35mm MOVIE FILM pics of the whole thing including the flares, IIRC.
And the flares were OBVIOUSLY FLARES:
1. irregular spacing vs rock solid even spacing of UFO lights
2. Color spectrum of flares was . . . wellllll . . . that of flares. The UFO lights actually had some unusual spectral properties.
3. The flares, of course, acting like flares, went out at irregular intervals as they burned out. The UFO lights did not do anything like that.
4. An airline pilot piloting his private plane ABOVE AND SOMEWHAT TO THE SIDE OF THE HUGE UFO DECLARED QUITE SERIOUSLY THAT THE THING WAS SO HUGE, HE COULD HAVE LANDED HIS AIRLINER ON TOP OF THE UFO.
There were many other confirmations of the uniqueness of the huge UFO flyover.