Skeptoid #41: The Alien Invasion of Phoenix, Arizona

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2007

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Despite what many UFOlogists want, the famous Phoenix Lights were not alien spacecraft.

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0:00.0	One of the most widely viewed UFO events in history took place live on television in
0:09.0	the skies above Phoenix, Arizona in 1997.
0:13.6	A long, V-shaped formation of lights appeared in the sky, prompting many to grab their cameras.
0:19.7	Well, it wasn't long before the military revealed exactly what had happened, and even
0:24.6	demonstrated it again a few nights later.
0:27.7	But few believed them.
0:30.2	Aliens over Phoenix is today unskeptoid.
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1:27.4	The alien invasion of Phoenix, Arizona.
1:31.2	Tonight we're going to grab our shotguns, jump into our rambling pickup truck, and chase
1:35.6	a massive triangular UFO as it courses silently across the American Southwest.
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