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Here’s what those lights over Arizona were on Monday night

By Benjamin Leatherman

Feb 11, 2025

We’re not saying it was aliens.

A composite image of a book cover and a man.

‘Eerie Arizona’ book shares tales of monsters and mysteries

By Timothy Rawles

Jan 20, 2025

Chupacabras, UFOs and haunted highways are explored in Patrick Whitehurst's newest book.

Phoenix has been ranked the top U.S. city to see a UFO

By Benjamin Leatherman

Sep 17, 2024

Move over, Roswell.

Phoenix Lights explained: Everything to know about the legendary UFO sighting

By Benjamin Leatherman

Jun 3, 2024

We're not saying it was aliens.

The 5 most infamous alien encounters in Arizona history

By Shanna Hogan

May 29, 2024

Arizona is a hotspot for alleged UFO activity. Here are five of the most well-known cases.

Study Finds That Arizona's the Place for Vortexes, Alien Lights, Lost Gold Mines — and Conspiracists

By Kristen Mosbrucker

Nov 29, 2021

Believers claim there are vortexes radiating special energy in Sedona, mysterious lights in Phoenix skies, gold buried in the aptly named Superstition Mountains, and a hub for political conspiracy theorists QAnon.

Hickman's Flew Drones to Spy on Tonopah Residents Suing the Egg Company

By Elizabeth Whitman

Nov 4, 2019

“They’re just going to bully you and bully you and bully you until you give up.”

Pilots Who Saw UFO Over Arizona Speak Out: 'It Didn't Look Anything Like an Airplane'

By Ray Stern

Mar 29, 2018

American Airlines pilot does interview with hometown TV station; Phoenix Air won't reveal name of its Learjet pilot but describes debriefing.

Hear American Airlines Pilot Discuss UFO Sighting Over Arizona in FAA Tape

By Ray Stern

Mar 9, 2018

Pilot: "I don't know what it was, but it was at least two-three thousand feet above us."

Can You Identify Fake News? Some of the Most Ridiculous Stories From Arizona

By Lindsay Moore

Aug 6, 2017

University of Arizona researchers put together a report of tips to spot and stop fake news.

UFO Reportedly Spotted at Airport By Sky Harbor Employee

By Shanna Hogan

Apr 26, 2016

Late on a Tuesday night at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport, an employee was taking trash to a Dumpster outside the air-traffic-control tower when a mysterious glow caught his attention. A massive V-shaped object was hovering off the ground, light emanating from the bottom. “The lights were what I noticed at...

UFO Conference Near Fountain Hills Missing One Thing: Any Real Evidence of UFOs

By Ray Stern

Feb 13, 2014

How cute. The annual International UFO Congress will take place over the next few days at a small conference center at the Radisson Fort McDowell hotel in the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. Self-described alien abductees and experts on UFOs, aliens, sasquatches, and crop circles are part of the lineup of...

UFOs

An oral history of the unexplained Phoenix Lights event

Lawmakers to speak to group that thinks aliens run politics

UFOs

An oral history of the unexplained Phoenix Lights event

Lawmakers to speak to group that thinks aliens run politics

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