# LUU-2 illumination flares dropped by Maryland ANG A-10s over the North Tac range at 10 pm.

> Most likely: LUU-2 illumination flares dropped by Maryland ANG A-10s over the North Tac range at 10 pm.

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Answer · Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997

# LUU-2 illumination flares dropped by Maryland ANG A-10s over the North Tac range at 10 pm.

LUU-2 illumination flares dropped by Maryland ANG A-10s over the North Tac range at 10 pm.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- The lights' azimuth from each filming position intersects over the range.
- They descend slowly, go out one by one, and disappear behind the Sierra Estrella.
- A filmed flare drop at the same range looks the same.

## What would rule it out

- Triangulation from two videos places the lights over the city, not the range.

## Evidence 3 for · 1 against

[A comparison flare drop filmed by a local station looked the same, and frame analysis shows the lights moving…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW7T061FC/a-comparison-flare-drop-filmed-by-a-local-station-looked-the)

Supported

FOR

[Lt Col Ed Jones confirmed in 2007 that he flew in the flare-dropping formation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW81T1QQ4/lt-col-ed-jones-confirmed-in-2007-that-he-flew-in-the-flare)

Supported

FOR

[The Guard's spokesman and the Arizona Guard's records place a flare drop at 10 pm over the range about 60…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW7J618QT/the-guards-spokesman-and-the-arizona-guards-records-place-a)

Established

FOR

[Barwood called the explanation too convenient and noted it does not cover sightings 200 miles away; those…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW89M6AFK/barwood-called-the-explanation-too-convenient-and-noted-it)

Speculative

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Were the 10 pm lights flares?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/questions/QST0CQPW44T0W52/were-the-10-pm-lights-flares)

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