# A formation of five or more conventional aircraft at high altitude, probably military, in a V.

> Most likely: A formation of five or more conventional aircraft at high altitude, probably military, in a V.

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Answer · Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997

# A formation of five or more conventional aircraft at high altitude, probably military, in a V.

A formation of five or more conventional aircraft at high altitude, probably military, in a V.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A unit's flight records show a formation transiting Arizona north to south at that time.
- Any photograph with a foreground gives a high altitude by parallax.
- Witnesses at different places report different apparent sizes, as expected for a distant object.

## What would rule it out

- Flight records for all units airborne that evening show no formation on that track.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Stanley saw the lights resolve into pairs on squarish wings through a telescope and judged them planes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW4W838AF/stanley-saw-the-lights-resolve-into-pairs-on-squarish-wings)

Supported

FOR

[The Maryland ANG A-10s were airborne that evening and landed at Davis-Monthan at about 8:45 pm.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW5421K64/the-maryland-ang-a-10s-were-airborne-that-evening-and-landed)

Suggestive

FOR

[No unit has confirmed flying the formation, and Luke AFB radar operators reported nothing unusual.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW5BW554V/no-unit-has-confirmed-flying-the-formation-and-luke-afb)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What was the V-shaped formation seen between 8:00 and 8:45 pm?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/questions/QST0CQPW3X03QC0/what-was-the-v-shaped-formation-seen-between-8-00-and-8-45)

Most likelyA formation of five or more conventional aircraft at high altitude, probably military, in a V

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