Was it a formation of several aircraft with odd bright lights? If so, there seem to be several unusual aspects to the flight.

Was it one huge triangle, boomerang or V-shaped craft? If so, was it a U.S. advanced aircraft or spacecraft of some kind? Was it an extraterrestrial craft? Was it some combination of both?

The so-called "Phoenix lights" case is widely recognized as one of the more interesting incidents involving unidentified flying objects.

The upcoming 13th anniversary of the incident on Saturday, March 13, 2010, offers an opportunity to review and consider a range of information that has surfaced.

PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS

For example, a recent article on the Phoenix lights UFO incident by long-time researcher, writer and editor Randall Fitzgerald brings forward more information on this interesting case.

Fitzgerald is a former editor for Reader's Digest and is the author of several nonfiction books related to government, health and science. His articles have appeared in major mainstream media publications.

Part One of his recent article on Examiner.com "Were the 1997 Arizona Lights a psychological warfare experiment?" was posted on Feb. 24, 2010. Part Two was posted on Feb. 28.

In the article, Fitzgerald presents more details from his 1997 two-month fulltime investigation on the case that was funded by Reader's Digest where he served at the time as "roving editor." He reports that he interviewed more than 50 witnesses.

Some key points emerge in Fitzgerald's investigation. He says that although many credible witnesses saw what they were sure was one massive flying object or craft, witnesses who used binoculars saw individual lights and apparent individual aircraft of some kind.

In addition, some witnesses reported that they could see the stars and the moon through the craft, though these seemed visually altered. In other words, what they were seeing, at times, appeared to be translucent or somewhat transparent.

According to Fitzgerald, civilian radar operators at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport did not pick up the craft on radar, although commercial pilots were asking them what the lights were.

He cites an anonymous source who said that F-16C Air Force jets from nearby Luke Air Force base scrambled that night to respond to the incident picked up "radar clutter" jamming. Details of the incident were reportedly kept secret, including a "deception operation" involving the dropping of flares later that night.

Fitzgerald also notes that the flight seems to have originated near the Area 51 region in southern Nevada and ended near U.S. Army Fort Huachuca southeast of Tucson. Fort Huachuca is a major intelligence training facility.

In his detailed article, Fitzgerald proposes an interesting possibility to explain various aspects of this complex incident: It might have been a psychological operation of some kind using several special aircraft equipped to broadcast a visual hologram to test reactions of the public and local officials (including public safety and military).

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