Mystery AtlasThe Flare Explanation
The confirmed explanation for the second, later wave of stationary Phoenix Lights: illumination flares dropped by Maryland Air National Guard A-10 aircraft during a training exercise at the Barry M. Goldwater Range.
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The Flare Explanation attempts to explain The Phoenix Lights — Confirmed by Maryland Air National Guard pilot Lt. Col. Ed Jones in 2007 as addressing the second, later wave of stationary lights specifically, not the earlier V-formation.
Theories & Explanations
The Flare Explanation is frequently compared to The Structured-Craft Claim — The two explanations address different components of the same night's sightings rather than competing accounts of a single phenomenon.