Government1997

Arizona Gov. Symington mocks Phoenix Lights with an aide in an alien costume

When: 19 Jun 1997
Where: Phoenix, AZ
Sources: 2 public sources

Fife Symington, Arizona's governor during the 1997 Phoenix Lights Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Arizona Gov. Fife Symington called a press event on the March 1997 Phoenix Lights, promised an inquiry, then announced a 'suspect' in custody: his chief of staff Jay Heiler in an alien costume. Ten years later Symington said he had seen the lights himself.