
The Phoenix Lights: The Flares That Wouldn’t Fall
Aircraft, military flares and witness accounts: Matt, Anna and Chris compare the explanations for the Phoenix Lights and ask what each can actually establish.
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Aircraft, military flares and witness accounts: Matt, Anna and Chris compare the explanations for the Phoenix Lights and ask what each can actually establish.
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Travel through the reports from March 13, 1997, from the earlier moving lights to the famous later footage. What did people see, and which reports belong together?
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Meet Matt and Anna in the original introduction to Aliens in the Clouds. This recording captures the show’s first concept, before the current episode-and-Sunday format.
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