Phoenix Lights UFO Mystery 2007: Former AZ Gov Symington Admits To Seeing "Craft Of Unknown Origin"

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