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Latest Phoenix UFO Mystery Solved!

On the night of April 12, 2008, several witnesses reported seeing strange lights in the sky (again) over Phoenix, Arizona. You'll recall the famous UFO sighting that occurred on March 13, 1997, dubbed the "Phoenix Lights."

On that night flickering v-shaped formations of lights were seen by many, and were visible several miles away, apparently as far as Tempe and Glendale. Many residents reported seeing the object that the lights were connected to, however based on an telecopic observation by Mitch Stanley, and the way in which the lights were seen to move independently of each other, it is likely that the lights were caused by individual aircraft fliying in loose formation.

That same night witnesses reported seeing another set of nine lights drifting down beyond the Sierra Estrella mountains. These were determined to be long burning flares dropped from an aircraft during a training exercise over Luke Air Force Base. Despite the satisfactory explanations many believe wholeheartedly that Phoenix was visited by aliens that night. Their mile wide triangular UFO moving slowly, and silently overhead.

Now a recent sighting, made earlier this month, has refueled the excitement and rekindled memories of those sightings in 1997. Witnesses walking along in the Braid Hills area shot footage of the strange, orange lights as they drifted over Phoenix. But an explanation has surfaced for this event as well, and it has nothing to do with aliens.

It seems that Chinese Sky lanterns were set aloft as part of the festivities for a teenager's birthday party and were mistaken as UFOs. Well, they were UFOs until an explanation was discovered. The paper tents adrift on the heat from lit candles would prove dangerous if they happened to collide with a dry tree or bushes, but the floating lights are quite a spectacle.

The teen's mom, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed that the lights were Chinese Sky candles purchased on eBay for her daughter's birthday party.

Drew Vics — April 24, 2008