Phoenix Lights

light phenomenon that occurred on March 13 1997 over Arizona and Nevada, United States
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Phoenix Lights
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The Phoenix Lights is a thing that is classified as an unidentified flying object .

It is described by its type .

The Phoenix Lights has this classification .

It is an unidentified flying object .

Phoenix Lights

Summary

Phoenix Lights is an unidentified flying object[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of unidentified_flying_object entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,507 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Phoenix Lights is in the country of United States[3].
  • Phoenix Lights's image is recorded as Phenix65.PNG[4].
  • Phoenix Lights's instance of is recorded as unidentified flying object[5].
  • Phoenix Lights's instance of is recorded as UFO sighting[6].
  • Phoenix Lights's location is recorded as Arizona[7].
  • Phoenix Lights's location is recorded as Nevada[8].
  • Phoenix Lights's point in time is recorded as +1997-03-13T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Phoenix Lights's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08hs7x[10].
  • Phoenix Lights's has cause is recorded as Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II[11].
  • Phoenix Lights's has cause is recorded as flare[12].
  • Phoenix Lights's present in work is recorded as Night Skies[13].
  • Phoenix Lights's present in work is recorded as Phoenix Forgotten[14].
  • Phoenix Lights's present in work is recorded as The Phoenix Incident[15].
  • Phoenix Lights's Google News topics ID is recorded as CAAqJggKIiBDQkFTRWdvSkwyMHZNRGhvY3pkNEVnVmxiaTFIUWlnQVAB[16].
  • Phoenix Lights's related image is recorded as Flares fired by M777 howitzers to illuminate during Operation Tora Arwa V in the Kandahar province Aug. 2 2009.jpg[17].

Why It Matters

Phoenix Lights ranks in the top 6% of unidentified_flying_object entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,507 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Phoenix Lights. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/phoenix-lights
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