Red lights over Phoenix in 2008 traced to a flare-and-balloon hoax
- When
- Where
- Phoenix, AZ
- Sources
- 2 public sources
Residents across north Phoenix reported a line of red lights that shifted formation and faded one by one; Luke Air Force Base said no aircraft of its were involved. Two days later a local man told a TV station he had tied road flares to helium balloons, and police declined to investigate.