Phoenix lights: Has the mystery of the red lights over Phoenix a few weeks ago been cleared up?

Question

red lights over Phoenix mystery of a few weeks ago: videos shown nation wide.

Any new information? Possible causes?

Answer 1

What this man was thinking I have no idea but here is part of the article and I'll post the link if you want to read the rest.

Man claims responsibility for Phoenix mystery lights

April 23rd, 2008 @ 10:04am

by Hanna Scott/KTAR and KTAR Newsroom

A Phoenix man says he caused the red light display that mystified thousands of people as it floated across the north Phoenix sky Monday night.

The man, who did not want to be identified, said he used fishing line to attach road flares to helium-filled balloons, then lit the flares and launched them a minute apart from his back yard. He said he believed turbulence created by a passing jet caused the balloons to move around.

Lino Mailo said he saw his next-door neighbor launch the balloons.

``I saw the guy releasing the balloons with the flares on them," Mailo said. ``There is no doubt that they came from here."

He added, ``I don't think it's a cool prank because it can panic people."

Phoenix Police helicopter pilot Bruce Bates, who saw the lights, said the balloons explanation makes sense.

``People say they saw different shapes -- a square, a diamond, an arrow, all these different shapes. Well, that's just the balloons moving around in the wind currents," he said.

Answer 2

i heard it was an airborne whorehouse.

Answer 3

Highway flares tied to weather balloons. The story was on Phoenix Tv outlets. The same sort of thing happened in the L.A. area in the 1960s when some Cal Tech students did it.

Answer 4

Yep. like the other answers said, it was a man that attached flares to giant balloons and let them go. Look it up on Youtube, and it actually has the guy that did it being interviewed, and a few neighbors who all saw him do it. As for the more famous 1997 Phoenix Lights, those still remain a mystery.