# Wilson 1998: 'Phoenix Lights' witnesses credible, hard to dismiss

> Steve Wilson, 1998. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Witness accounts recorded a year after the event.

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# 'Phoenix Lights' witnesses credible, hard to dismiss

Steve Wilson, 1998. _The Arizona Republic_.

A Republic column of 11 March 1998 reproduced on a private archive site, with the accounts of Bradley Evans, Trig Johnston and Max Saracen, the 300-mile corridor and the 7:30 to 10:30 pm span, and Wilson's own view that a military operation is most likely.

**Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Witness accounts recorded a year after the event.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[A single large silent object with lights along its leading edges, flying low.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/answers/ANS0CQPW5KP3VX6/a-single-large-silent-object-with-lights-along-its-leading)

Answer

ANS

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[The formation passes over Prescott Valley, Phoenix and on toward Tucson](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/events/EVT0CQPW1720ZJ4/the-formation-passes-over-prescott-valley-phoenix-and-on)

EVT

[The Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights)

The mystery article

MYS

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

Question

QST

[Bradley Evans, Trig Johnston and Max Saracen: Evans, a Tucson psychiatrist, saw a diamond-shaped formation pass at…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/accounts/WIT0CQPW35J0TRG/bradley-evans-trig-johnston-and-max-saracen-evans-a-tucson)

WIT

## Cite it

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Wilson, S. (1998). 'Phoenix Lights' witnesses credible, hard to dismiss. The Arizona Republic. https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/phoepap2.htm
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[Read it free at ufologie.patrickgross.org](https://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/phoepap2.htm)

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