Arizona is known for its beautiful vistas, amazing geological formations, and otherworldly sunsets.

The Grand Canyon State contains almost 114,000 square miles of land and ranges in elevation from just 70 feet above sea level at the Colorado River to 12,633 feet at Humphreys Peak near Flagstaff.

Vast alpine forests to the north,

and beautiful soaro-filled deserts to the south

give the state a diverse and unique beauty.

But in the spring of 1997,

Arizona would add yet another attraction to its already impressive list of natural wonders,

a phenomenon that has come to be known as the Phoenix Lights.

The first time it happened, I was sleeping and woke up because I felt a hand on my leg and I realized

that I couldn't move.

And he come across this object on the ground which was a shape of a flying saucer.

So he jumped out of his pickup and went down there and there was four beings laying on the ground.

When I raised my head back up, I was turning in my head and out of my peripheral vision I

seen something hopped to a tree and it was tall, 7 8 foot tall and it was black real hairy

like a gorilla. Welcome to the show. I'm your host Nick Ryan and this is episode 31.

Just over 22 years ago on the evening of March 13th, 1997, something extraordinary occurred in the skies over Nevada

and Arizona, a phenomenon that has intrigued and puzzled its residents to this very day. A series of events that was witnessed

over hundreds of miles and by such a large number of people that it quickly became

known as one of the largest mass UFO sightings in modern history.

Arizona has become a hot spot for UFO sightings.

Most of the sightings come from Sedona and Flagstaff and now even Phoenix.

The Arizona National Guard who would know about military exercises and stuff

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