I hadn’t heard any of that stuff. All the sightings I heard about at the time were in Clearview Hills to what at the time was called Squaw Peak, West of Paradise Valley. At the time, it was described as being “V” shaped, bigger than a bomber, and you could see the aircraft running lights.
If that was the case, you couldn’t have seen much of anything from South Mountain.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/AZ%20republic%20phoenix%20lights.jpg
The media really turned vicious against those who reported it. While the local TV and Arizona Republic were dismissive, the Phoenix New Times really railed at them.
Quite so.
And the City Councilwoman who insisted on an investigation was treated quite shabbily.
And the 911 etc. call center staffs were ordered to say there weren’t many calls, when their lines were flooded for many hours and IIRC, mid level supervisors said later that there HAD TO BE AT LEAST 10,000 calls.
Folks under the massive craft saw major portions of the sky blotted out. Those above the massive craft saw a huge portion of the city lights blotted out.
The flares hoax was readily disproven by the MD and his 35mm color film . . . as well as just from watching.
1. The flares were a whole different color signature.
2. The flares occurred AFTER the incident was well past in Phoenix.
3. The flares were not equidistant.
4. The flares did not remain stationary with respect to one another.
5. The flares, as flares do, extinguished DIFFERENTLY as they burned out at different rates.
IIRC, the massive craft was obviously not a blimp according to those with the best view of it. Also, IIRC, it was seen at some points along the long trek . . . to move much faster than blimps can do.
There’s a Real Estate broker who’s taken it upon himself to research it extensively and who has the resources to do so. His findings were quite fascinating.
