| On March 13, 1997, unexplained lights
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| | Frances Barwood made a serious effort to
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| appeared over Phoenix, Arizona. I was in
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| | investigate the sightings in 1997.
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| town when the mysterious event took
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| | According to her recent statements,
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| place. While authorities would like you
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| | Barwood was unable to convince federal
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| to believe that these were merely
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| | authorities to interview even one of the
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| military flares, former Arizona Governor
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| | seven hundred witnesses that she spoke to
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| Fife Symington says there is much more to
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| | about the Phoenix Lights. Big surprise!
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| the story.
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| | Being an elected official isnt enough
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| Symington now admits that he was among
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| | when it comes to getting answers about
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| the hundreds of witnesses who saw a huge
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| | UFOs from the Military. Just ask current
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| triangular object in the skies over
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| | Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano.
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| Phoenix. The former Governor made a
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| | Janet Napolitano called for an
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| number of statements about the Phoenix
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| | investigation into the Phoenix Lights
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| Lights mystery to Leslie Kean, Special
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| | during her 1997 campaign to become
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| Correspondent to The Prescott Daily
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| | Arizona Attorney General and was elected
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| Courier. The statements were included in
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| | to that office in 1998. Despite her
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| an article by Kean published in the
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| | former position as a U.S. Attorney for
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| Courier on March 18, 2007. In that
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| | the District of Arizona, we can assume
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| article, the former Arizona Governor
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| | that she was served the same plate of
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| describes what he saw on March 13, 1997:
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| | disinformation from the U.S. Military
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| "It was enormous and inexplicable," he
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| | that the rest of us received. What does
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| said. "Who knows where it came from? A
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| | she think of Symingtons new revelation
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| lot of people saw it, and I saw it too."
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| | and the Phoenix Lights overall? We have
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| Symington was referring to a V-shaped
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| | asked and are awaiting her answer.
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| object with lights on it seen in the
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| | My own experience earlier that day was
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| skies over Phoenix ten years ago. Some
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| | frightening and likely related to one or
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| estimated the lights to be the size of a
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| | both the sightings of March 13, 1997. I
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| football field, while others said they
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| | was driving in from Flagstaff (north to
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| could have been a mile long. He continued
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| | south) on I-17 in the early afternoon. On
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| to describe his own sighting of the
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| | a day when traffic was already heavy and
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| triangular object: "It was dramatic. And
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| | almost at a standstill, State Patrol
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| it couldn't have been flares because it
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| | vehicles suddenly appeared and caused
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| was too symmetrical." The former Arizona
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| | vehicles to pull over to the far right
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| Governor revealed the object to be a
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| | lanes. A few minutes later, military
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| craft of unknown origin.
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| | vehicles filled with troops and equipment
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| While Symington hasnt been the only
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| | covered by tarps went flying by at high
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| political figure in Arizona to comment on
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| | speeds. The military procession lasted
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| the Phoenix Lights, he stands alone in
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| | several minutes.
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| his admission that they were more than
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| | I was later told by other drivers who
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| just flares. When asked to comment on the
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| | attended a seminar I was giving in
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| Phoenix Lights in 2000, Senator John
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| | Phoenix that the same thing happened that
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| McCain said, That has never been fully
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| | night and the next day. Others who
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| explained. He also quickly added, But I
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| | attended my seminar reported being almost
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| have to tell you that I do not have any
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| | buzzed by the lights while driving on
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| evidence whatsoever of aliens or UFOs.
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| | various local roadways. They described
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| Fife Symington says he called the
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| | huge balls of light which seemed to come
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| commander of Luke Air Force Base, the
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| | down very low and keep pace with traffic.
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| Arizona Department of Public Safety and a
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| | Apart from all the witness reports, more
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| General with the Arizona National Guard
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| | than a few people took photos and video
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| back in 1997 to ask about the lights.
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| | of the Phoenix Lights.
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| None of them were able to provide him
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| | Huge triangular objects have been a
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| with any answers and seemed perplexed.
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| | constant part of the UFO phenomenon from
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| One of the problems with the sightings
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| | the very beginning. Some believe the
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| were the multitude of explanations
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| | triangle sightings date to prehistory and
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| available at the time.
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| | many point to sightings that may have
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| The V-shaped object with lights was seen
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| | occurred in the late 1800s. Most
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| in the sky around 8:30pm. The lights that
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| | witnesses at that time assumed they were
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| were videotaped and seen around 10:30pm
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| | experimental kites of some sort. Then,
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| are what most people call the Phoenix
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| | there were all the unexplained triangle
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| Lights. These are often explained away as
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| | sightings in the 1950s, with and without
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| flares, but not everyone agrees. People
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| | lights. Two of the most famous involved
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| that videotaped the 10:30pm event back in
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| | the U.S. and British Military.
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| 1997 say the lights were in a triangular
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| | Beginning on September 13, 1952, Military
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| shape. Some of them had seen military
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| | Personnel aboard ships involved in NATO
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| flares being dropped on other occasions
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| | Operation Mainbrace saw and tracked a
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| and say this was something completely
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| | triangular shaped object flying at over
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| different. However, authorities stayed
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| | 900 mph between Denmark and Norway.
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| with the flares explanation and explained
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| | Witnesses said the object emitted a
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| the earlier events as a sighting of the
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| | bright white light. There were additional
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| Hale-Bopp Comet.
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| | UFO sightings during the NATO exercise as
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| Synmington called for an investigation
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| | well which may have included saucer and
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| into the Phoenix Lights shortly after the
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| | cigar shaped crafts.
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| sightings occurred, but the statement was
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| | In July of 1955, a dark colored boomerang
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| a hollow one. Either he was not able to
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| | hovered completely still over Lasham
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| obtain cooperation from military
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| | Airfield, Hampshire, England, during the
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| authorities, or he never made much of an
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| | National Gliding Competitions. Seen by
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| effort. However, with pressure mounting
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| | trained military observers, experienced
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| from the public, UFO researchers and news
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| | civilian pilots and untrained spectators,
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| gathering organizations, he had to
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| | the object hovered for thirty seconds
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| eventually take some action.
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| | before moving off to the southwest.
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| On June 19, 1997, Governor Fife Symington
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| | A triangular-shaped UFO captured the
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| held a press conference in Phoenix.
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| | attention of the worlds press in November
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| Dressing one of his aides up as an Alien,
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| | of 1989 when a huge, dark triangle with
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| the Governor said that the Phoenix Lights
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| | sparkling bright lights underneath was
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| were flares and nothing to get upset
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| | seen by citizens and police in Liege,
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| about. He also said that he was only
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| | Belgium. More sightings followed. In
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| joking when he ordered the Arizona
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| | 1990, Belgium Military Officials
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| Department of Public Safety (Arizona
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| | announced that two F-16 jet fighters
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| State Police) to investigate the
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| | scrambled from a NATO base chased a
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| sightings. Today, he still defends those
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| | triangular shaped object for over an
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| actions.
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| | hour. One jet locked the object in on
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| "I wanted people to lighten up and calm
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| | radar. On the pilots screen it looked
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| down, so I introduced a little levity.
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| | like a diamond.
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| But I never felt that the overall
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| | There have been recent sightings of
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| situation was a matter of ridicule,"
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| | unexplained lights near Phoenix and
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| Symington says about the infamous press
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| | triangular shaped craft over New Mexico
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| conference. But not everyone was
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| | and other parts of the Southwest.
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| laughing. Former Phoenix Councilwoman
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