# Wikipedia contributors 2026: Phoenix Lights

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# Phoenix Lights

Wikipedia contributors, 2026. _Wikipedia_.

Reference article with the evening's timeline, the Maryland ANG unit (104th Fighter Squadron, Operation Snowbird), the Ley family's account, Lt Col Ed Jones's 2007 confirmation that he flew the flare formation, and the 2007 and 2008 copycat events, each cited to the Arizona Republic, Skeptical Inquirer and Prothero and Callahan.

**Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Timeline and the later events; the cited newspaper items should replace it when retrieved.

## Cited by on this site 11 records

[Lights of another kind hovering over the city, as advocates maintain.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/answers/ANS0CQPW8HE1NE3/lights-of-another-kind-hovering-over-the-city-as-advocates)

Answer

ANS

[Tim Ley's drawing of the formation](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/artifacts/ART0CQPWBQ06APK/tim-leys-drawing-of-the-formation)

ART

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[The reported times and track are consistent with a single passage from Prescott to Tucson.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/evidence/EVD0CQPWA842FAC/the-reported-times-and-track-are-consistent-with-a-single)

Evidence

EVD

[A Phoenix resident admits releasing helium balloons with road flares](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/events/EVT0CQPW2E43959/a-phoenix-resident-admits-releasing-helium-balloons-with)

EVT

[A V-shaped object is reported over Henderson, Nevada](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/events/EVT0CQPW0Z865HS/a-v-shaped-object-is-reported-over-henderson-nevada)

EVT

[Tim Ley](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/people/FIG0CQPVZ0R10S7/tim-ley)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

[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)

Question

QST

[Tim Ley: With his family, first saw five lights in an arc about 65 miles away;…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/phoenix-lights/accounts/WIT0CQPW2XR6WVW/tim-ley-with-his-family-first-saw-five-lights-in-an-arc)

WIT

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Wikipedia contributors (2026). Phoenix Lights. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
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