The Phoenix Lights

It is both puzzling and disconcerting that some ridicule this valiant grass-roots attempt to inform the public of one, if not the most documented and important UFO sighting incidents in modern history. This film not only incorporates compelling and consistent witness reports, photo evidence (authenticated by Scientific analysis), while highlighting the 1997 AZ mass event, but it goes a step further to give the viewer a glimpse into what the UFO topic is all about. The film covers the History, strong Media bias, impact to the witness, as well as the significant message experiencers receive during anomalous events. People from all walks of life, including Astronauts, military, law enforcement, Hospice workers, artists, health professionals, etc. verify the validity of these cryptic visitations. The bottom line is that this film is the ONLY Feature confirming that something extra-ordinary appeared in the skies of AZ and it wasn't just on March 13, 1997. The sightings of strange objects were reported for centuries before, during and after the statewide "parade", as the film adeptly imparts. Note that this cinema project is appropriate for family viewing.

First off, this was no PBS style documentary where they explored all sides. This was, it's aliens or UFO's right off the bat. I imagine this DVD is sold on all UFO conspiracy sites or in the gift stores in Roswell somewhere. I haven't a clue what these lights were and don't close my mind off to the possibilities, but they sure chose the major believers to put on camera instead of exploring all the possibilities, not just flares.

The first thing I noticed right off was, why do these lights/spacecraft aliens only appear at night? If this formation/craft/lights was so massive and the "aliens" want us to know they're around and they're intelligent, why not show up in the light?. Why not daytime to appear in its massive size.

Why aren't there people/believers in Phoenix right now on high alert every day with planes to take off on a moments notice, video cameras with super zooms or still cameras with grand zoom capabilities taking more shots up close. They know exactly were these lights show up, why not be around that area to take advantage of the possibilities. I mean they do state in this film that these lights/craft were very close to the ground and not high up. There are electronic devices that have the ability to zoom in pretty close even at a few thousand feet. At least close enough to see a solid object if there was one.

The video and photo footage of the lights was quite amazing and the stillness and formation of the lights is something to consider, but not to consider other ideas or solutions, is a mistake.

The visual evidence shown in the film was not terribly convincing, in my opinion; however, the witness testimonies and statistics were very compelling in support of some sort of aircraft that could be explained as extraterrestrial, or some very advanced technology that we possess.

The film points out that if the event were part of a covert military or other governmental operation, it would not take place over highly populated areas. Therefore, it seems reasonable to conclude that the event was not a covert military operation.

It is obviously true that the film is not presented as a balanced expose that provides all sides of the story. But, I was OK with that, because it was not expressed or even implied to be a purely journalistic piece as such. It's a documentary that presents evidence and reasoning for the existence of extraterrestrial crafts, and therefore extraterrestrial beings, most likely.

It left me considering the possibility of extraterrestrial visitations. And why not? Considering the statistical odds of other life forms existing on planets in solar systems in our universe, and that some are likely to have had technology for thousands of years longer than we, it seems possible that we are being visited. And, the evidence reasoned in the film at least should cause us to wonder, and not summarily dismiss it as flares, which seems more like a propaganda story that was fed to the masses than accurate.

Jared.

The March 13, 1997, Phoenix lights event plus a couple similar sightings are relentlessly trumpeted as an extra-terrestrial visitation. Unfortunately, other than the word of eyewitnesses that they saw something in the sky, there is zero evidence to support such a fantastic claim as visitors from outer space. This would have made a superior segment on The History Channel's "U.F.O. Hunters", but is not acceptable as a feature, simply because there is not enough material. The interviews especially wear thin, becoming more and more redundant. "The Phoenix Lights" will probably leave most viewers thinking less would have been best. - MERK

Watch this for entertainment value only. This is by no measure a documentary featuring any significant critical thought on this subject. It's basically a continuous stream of "Gee I saw sumthin'in the sky!" testimonials which, as an earlier reviewer noted, becomes very tedious after 30-40 minutes.

I have no doubt that thousands of people "saw sumpthin'" unusual in the night skies over Phoenix in March of 1997. But this "documentary" trades purely in the most outlandish and exotic explanations (i.e. visitors from another planet) for that spectacle.

So if you're the type of person who enjoys such meta-science documentaries you'll probably enjoy this film. But if yours is a more critical mind don't waste 90 minutes on it. You wont be either (a) better informed, or (b) convinced by the thesis.