CASE FILE · DD-07
1997 Phoenix Lights
Period · 1997Place · Arizona, United States
01 · OVERVIEW
Case overview
Compares mass sightings and video with military flare explanations across potentially different events that night.
A low-resolution image circulated to depict the V-shaped formation. It is not treated as equivalent to original contemporaneous footage.
taikon / Wikimedia Commons · public domain ↗03 · IMAGE CONTEXT
Image analysis
The image shows lights arranged in a V shape against a dark sky, but its low resolution and limited provenance make the original capture conditions difficult to establish. A single frame cannot show whether the lights belonged to one large object or were separate sources. It must be compared with original footage, sighting times and military flare records.04 · EVIDENCE REVIEW
Nature of the evidence
Mass sightings, some video and military flare activity
Whether earlier moving lights and later stationary lights were the same phenomenon
Multiple witnessesVideo · radarMilitary · institutional
05 · SOURCE TRAIL