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DoD Air Force Veteran Chimes in on Phoenix 'Lights'
Reader Submitted Report
[Unedited]
10-26-07
Editor's Note: The following missive was sent directly to friend and colleague (as well as one of our writer/investigator's), "Mike Fortson." Mike is a "direct" eyewitness to the enormous craft that made it's presence known in the skies of the southwestern United States in March of '97; the event has erroneously become known as the "Phoenix Lights."
Shortly after this huge craft "maneuvered" it's way over "central Arizona" the military did a high altitude "flare drop" near Phoenix at approximately 10:00 pm; the ensuing submission addresses "flares" in particular, and is from one most knowledgeable about these maneuvers--FW
Hello Mike,[Unedited]
10-26-07
Editor's Note: The following missive was sent directly to friend and colleague (as well as one of our writer/investigator's), "Mike Fortson." Mike is a "direct" eyewitness to the enormous craft that made it's presence known in the skies of the southwestern United States in March of '97; the event has erroneously become known as the "Phoenix Lights."
Shortly after this huge craft "maneuvered" it's way over "central Arizona" the military did a high altitude "flare drop" near Phoenix at approximately 10:00 pm; the ensuing submission addresses "flares" in particular, and is from one most knowledgeable about these maneuvers--FW
I just read your series of articles at Frank Warren's blogspot. I am a retired astro/aero/electronic engineer with 10 years active duty USAF and about 18 years with DoD (USAF, Army, Navy). I have experienced several unnatural aerial events starting when I was about 10 with the last one when I was about 60. When I was a USAF weapons mechanic early in my career we trained with illumination flares in preparation for deployment to Viet Nam. These flares were a magnesium compound which burned with a brilliant white light of several million candle power utilizing a parachute which obviously slowed their descent but also reflected more of the light Earthward.
With the US military's increased utilization of night vision equipment from the 1980s on I find it less than believable that the use of illumination flares is common within the US military. Use of big bright illumination flares would aid the enemy as much as it would our military plus it would raise hell with the night vision use.
A type of flare which is commonly still in use is illustrated in the photo of the F-16 deploying flares in one of your articles. These flares are small free falling deployed in multiples ignited very close to the aircraft. They are designed to provide protection to the aircraft from heat seeking guided missiles by providing a hot target for the guidance system to track away from the aircraft. If the USAF was dropping flares in 1997 they were certainly doing it to confound and confuse observers and provide a bogus explanation of what folks like you and your wife saw.
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See Also:
Eye Witness Mike Fortson's Original Report of The 'Phoenix Lights'
The Non-Investigation of the Phoenix Lights- My View
SHARE YOUR UFO EXPERIENCE
Labels: 1997, Air Force, Dod, Flares, Mike Fortson, Phoenix Lights
posted by Frank Warren at 7:17 AM
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2 Comments:
Good comments from an experienced, serious vet, which helps put the two events on that night in Artizona in proper perspective.
It should also be mentioned that the flares he discusses coming from jets like the F-16, can also be launched from other aircraft, such as helicopters.
The difference with the Phoenix lights flare, however, is that they are ejected in bursts (as the vet mentioned). Also, the anti-missile flares don't use parachutes to slow their descent, and thus drop quite rapidly, and also burn out quite rapidly, in less than twenty seconds, sometimes as quickly as five seconds (depending on the type).
In contrast, those in Arizona that night lasted for more than a minute, drifting very slowly down behind the mountains west of Phoenix. And since these were ground-illumination flares, they coudln't have been launched from jets, but most likely came from helos.
The past Republican governor has already come forward and admitted he saw the giant triangle earlier that night. I firmly believe it's only a matter of time before personnel from the later flare event stand up and admit what their mission was that night.
-- TemplarScribe
http://www.MichaelDelving.com
http://www.EternalHorizons.com
I am a recent veteran, and I also live near a military base. I can tell you that the military does still use illumination flares with parachutes, I see them all the time. I have seen them dropped by jets and helos. Whether the Phoenix lights were illumination flares or not I don't know, but I have seen the flares 'fly' in 'formation'.
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