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The Phoenix Lights UFO event and Heaven's Gate mass exit, are they related?

UnknownSighting reportMar 14, 1997, 3:40 AMPhoenix, Arizona

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

Unknown

Source material

2

Timeline

3

Source context

Limited context

41

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Live sighting record 6b5d77a8-0af8-47b2-9782-e01d779e5ea0.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Moon phase

25% illumination

Waxing crescent — moderate moon brightness

Solar window

Sunrise6:42 AM
Sunset6:35 PM
Day length11h 54m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsClear sky
Temperature80°F
Cloud cover7% · Clear
Wind6 mph

Area activity

Within 2 days3 sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Mar 14, 1997, 3:40 AM

Timezone

Mountain Standard Time

Location

Phoenix, Arizona

Witness account

Narrative

I was one of the witnesses closest to the 8:40 PM sighting of the fly over Phoenix March 13, 1997. It was illuminated by two light sources and I could clearly see the bottom of the solid piece of machinery. It muted the sound of my truck motor while it flew over my head so was it silent or stealth. This craft flew very low in the sky east of South Mountain. The 10 PM event I was farther from but it is what's in the video you see and flew over South Mountain and looked totally different. Per D...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowMar 14, 1997, 3:40 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Phoenix, Arizona.

PublishedJul 27, 2026, 10:43 PM

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Linked event

Grouped into the Heaven's Gate incident dossier.

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Original report

Open

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telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.