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04-23-2008, 07:42 PM
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PHOENIX -- Strange lights appeared above the Valley sky in formation on Monday night.
Witnesses reported the lights formed a vertical line, then a diamond shape, followed by a u-shape.
The lights reportedly moved from side to side and upward before disappearing one by one.
A Phoenix Police Department pilot apparently saw the lights. He is scheduled to speak with the media at 4:30 p.m. about his encounters.
Look for a LIVE update from that news conference on ABC15 News at 6 p.m. and throughout the evening here on ABC15.com.
FAA officials told ABC15 on Tuesday that air traffic controllers in the Sky Harbor tower saw the lights, but noticed nothing on their radar, meaning it was not an aircraft.
An official with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said they checked with their command center that monitors the skies to see what is entering the Earth's atmosphere. They have no reports of anything entering the Phoenix area.
A spokesperson from Luke Air Force Base in the West Valley also told ABC15 that the pattern of these lights was not common to an F-16 and that the lights were not from Luke.
The base had no aircraft in the air at the time of the sightings, according to that spokesperson.
Residents like Tony Toporkek caught the lights on camera and shared his video with ABC15.com.
Toporek was talking with his neighbors in north Phoenix when the lights appeared at about 8 p.m.
He grabbed his video camera and started taping.
A Tuesday morning call to Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central coast of California also confirmed they had no activity during the evening and were not tracking anything.
Officials from the Yuma Air Station, the Arizona National Guard and White Sands in New Mexico told ABC15 they had no activity Monday night.
If you saw the lights, send in your stories and pictures by emailing us at News@ABC15.com
video: http://www.abc15.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=12676@knxv.dayport.com
PHOENIX -- Strange lights appeared above the Valley sky in formation on Monday night.
Witnesses reported the lights formed a vertical line, then a diamond shape, followed by a u-shape.
The lights reportedly moved from side to side and upward before disappearing one by one.
A Phoenix Police Department pilot apparently saw the lights. He is scheduled to speak with the media at 4:30 p.m. about his encounters.
Look for a LIVE update from that news conference on ABC15 News at 6 p.m. and throughout the evening here on ABC15.com.
FAA officials told ABC15 on Tuesday that air traffic controllers in the Sky Harbor tower saw the lights, but noticed nothing on their radar, meaning it was not an aircraft.
An official with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said they checked with their command center that monitors the skies to see what is entering the Earth's atmosphere. They have no reports of anything entering the Phoenix area.
A spokesperson from Luke Air Force Base in the West Valley also told ABC15 that the pattern of these lights was not common to an F-16 and that the lights were not from Luke.
The base had no aircraft in the air at the time of the sightings, according to that spokesperson.
Residents like Tony Toporkek caught the lights on camera and shared his video with ABC15.com.
Toporek was talking with his neighbors in north Phoenix when the lights appeared at about 8 p.m.
He grabbed his video camera and started taping.
A Tuesday morning call to Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central coast of California also confirmed they had no activity during the evening and were not tracking anything.
Officials from the Yuma Air Station, the Arizona National Guard and White Sands in New Mexico told ABC15 they had no activity Monday night.
If you saw the lights, send in your stories and pictures by emailing us at News@ABC15.com