The Phoenix Lights UFO incident is a complex series of events that took place on March 13, 1997 over the states of Nevada, Arizona, and possibly New Mexico, and which would quickly become known as the "Phoenix Lights" sightings., On March 13, 1997, hundreds of people across Arizona, Nevada, and northern Mexico reported seeing UFOs hovering in a V-shape now known as the Phoenix Lights., On March 13, 1997, thousands of witnesses reported seeing a series of mysterious lights forming a distinct V-shaped pattern in the night sky. The U.S. Air Force attributed the phenomenon to, Governor Fife Symington (left) goofs on the Phoenix Lights sightings at a news conference in June 1997. A decade later, he’d claim he saw the lights the night they happened., Uncover the truth behind the famous 1997 Phoenix Lights UFO sighting. Explore eyewitness accounts, scientific explanations, and separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive analysis of the Arizona phenomenon., Arizona physician Dr. Lynne Kitei was one of many to witness the famed “ Phoenix Lights †incident on March 13, 1997. In the years since, Kitei has spent her time making a scientific case that what happened defies logical explanation. Thousands of witnesses across hundreds of miles reported anomalous objects in the sky..