This weekend marks the release of “Phoenix Forgotten,” a found-footage horror movie centering on the “Phoenix Lights.” The strange lights in the sky lead the protagonists of the movie to grab a camera and head out into the desert to investigate. Like all found footage movies, it doesn’t go well from there.
“Phoenix Forgotten” might not be a true story, but there’s at least some truth to its setting — the Phoenix Lights phenomenon really did happen. The 1997 sighting over Phoenix, Arizona, is the most famous single UFO sighting in history, and still being puzzled over.
The Phoenix Lights were a pattern of lights that appeared over the city on March 13, 1997, and were witnessed by thousands of people over the course of about two hours.