The UnXplained: The Phoenix Lights Phenomenon is STILL UNEXPLAINABLE (Season 5)

There have been approximately 5,000 UFO reports in Arizona, dating back to the 1940s. But why did the "Phoenix Lights" stand out? See more in this scene from Season 5, Episode 8, "UFO Hotspots."

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From the producers of Ancient Aliens and The Curse of Oak Island comes The UnXplained, a one-hour, non-fiction series that explores the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries. Hosted and executive produced by Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor William Shatner (Star Trek, Boston Legal) each episode will feature compelling contributions from scientists, historians, witnesses and experiencers-each seeking to shed light on how the seemingly impossible actually can happen.

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[IKEMENOsakaman]

My family and I live in phoenix and we all saw this UFO along with thousands of other people. This.was one huge ship and theres no way it was ours. This thing was so massive we still dont have the technology to make something that amazing. Its real i saw it with my own eyes. WE ARE DEF NOT ALONE.

[Crash-BENdicoot]

I'm a truck driver who works at night, I've seen a 2 mile wide object, usually people say they see UFOs much smaller. That's why I think The Phoenix Lights are so interesting!

[piconano]

They come.
They see our behaviour.
They leave shaking their heads.
I don't blame them.

[davidmartinstowe]

I went to Arizona State University. I was there for the lights. It was a giant ship. It was larger than a football field.

[trappedcat]

"We lit some birds on fire. Somehow they survived and flew south." -Military

[Entheogenics]

I saw them with my mom while en route to see a movie. Everyone in the parking lot panicked and scattered. It was a disaster.

[seikiito]

The lights actually happened twice. At the end of 1996 and then again around March. It was broadcasted live over the news channels. Everyone saw

[RichardDillon-yf]

When I was a child, about 12y.o. I saw a huge triangular ship in Jacksonville, Fla. It was hovering just over my neighborhood for several minutes, then took off with incredible speed. This was during summertime, probably around 1961-62 at dusk…you could see the 3 lights but also the metallic grey structure. I never told anyone, cause I knew I’d be bullied because of it.

[ChristianCampos]

Crazy how actor Kurt Russell was the pilot that first noticed and reported the Phoenix Lights

[jtwilliams]

I was in Arizona last week. And I was watching the skies constantly for anomalous objects. No luck 😞

[adamwillis]

My dad and I were coming back from Herber Overguard and this massive object flew silently above us. I was 12 and wasn't understanding the significance, my father looked at me and said "hopefully they'll finally be honest about it". I didn't understand the comment he made until I got older

[UrealHistory]

One of my favourite series! I’m obsessed.

[Mrintelligent]

I was living in lake Havasu . In 1997 . When I seen this out my living room window . And went outside. And seen it very good . The lights were. ORBS . on the button of a very large space craft .

[alantasman]

I was at a hotel in Houston, just outside the main entrance when I saw two airline pilots come out the door and were waiting for their transportation. Having the chance, I asked have you ever seen anything "strange" when piloting your airliner...the one thought and said there were some weird things going on over Phoenix that night.

[Jessknowsbestt]

Keep these videos going History!!! Absolutely amazing

[Dajlec]

When I was 6 or 7 years old my mom and I went to holidays to Kranjska Gora and stayed in apartments in Čičare.
I remember waking up in the middle of the night and looking through the window at the grass infront of the forest and I clearly remember to this day seeing around 1 m big object with green, red and blue lights slowly descending towards the ground. Keep in mind that this was more than 30 years ago, before there were drones etc. I actually told my mom but you can imagine her response being a scientist.
But I will never forget what I saw.

[andrewc]

If William Shatner adds this story to the show, it’s worth watching 😂👍🏻

[corrdll]

I lived in AZ from 2010 - 2011 and I’ve seen a UFO. This white bright light came out of nowhere, stayed still in the sky for about a min, and then flew off like it entering hyperspace

[francesguinta]

An in-law and I saw “The Phoenix Lights” in Tucson in 1974. We were south of the city driving east on an unlit road in the dark evening when I saw them in the sky to the south. The in-law was driving and pulled over or the side of the road. We watched them disappear and reappear several times, changing directions and formation positions until finally vanishing. Going home, I wrote about it in my journal and did not see any other report over the years about this exact type of sighting until the “phoenix Lights” video shown in the news.