# Lights in formation against a dark sky are perceived as one object, and memory consolidates the perception…

> Most likely: Lights in formation against a dark sky are perceived as one object, and memory consolidates the perception over time.

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[Questions](https://mysteriesdept.com/questions)[Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights)[Why do the formation accounts differ so much?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/questions/QST0CQPW4CM79XB/why-do-the-formation-accounts-differ-so-much)Answer

Answer · Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997

# Lights in formation against a dark sky are perceived as one object, and memory consolidates the perception…

Lights in formation against a dark sky are perceived as one object, and memory consolidates the perception over time.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- Earlier records read as lights; later ones as a craft.
- Accounts recorded years later add a dark body and a size estimate.

## What would rule it out

- The earliest written reports consistently describe a solid body occluding stars.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Symington's account, the most detailed single-craft description, was first recorded ten years after the event.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW9GP0K0H/symingtons-account-the-most-detailed-single-craft)

Supported

FOR

[The 1998 accounts already include single-craft descriptions from a pilot and a physician.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPW9RG0DXC/the-1998-accounts-already-include-single-craft-descriptions)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Why do the formation accounts differ so much?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/questions/QST0CQPW4CM79XB/why-do-the-formation-accounts-differ-so-much)

Part of [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 likelyLights in formation against a dark sky are perceived as one object, and memory consolidates the perception…

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