# A single large silent object with lights along its leading edges, flying low.

> Disputed: A single large silent object with lights along its leading edges, flying low.

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Answer · Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997

# A single large silent object with lights along its leading edges, flying low.

A single large silent object with lights along its leading edges, flying low.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Witnesses at different places report the same apparent size and the same low altitude.
- A photograph with foreground shows a low object.
- A dark body occludes stars between the lights.

## What would rule it out

- A telescope or photographic record resolves the lights into separate aircraft.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Several witnesses, including a retired airline pilot and the then governor, describe a single enormous silent…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW5VG5WV8/several-witnesses-including-a-retired-airline-pilot-and-the)

Suggestive

FOR

[Size and altitude estimates of lights against a dark sky have no reference and are unreliable.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW63A2NWB/size-and-altitude-estimates-of-lights-against-a-dark-sky)

Supported

AGAINST

[Stanley's magnified view showed separate aircraft.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW6B437M8/stanleys-magnified-view-showed-separate-aircraft)

Supported

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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