Speaking of the Phoenix UFO's (flares), I have seen extensive analysis including footage from different spots all along the canyons. This was even done as an expose of national news (60 minutes or a program such as this)and it was determined that 1) there were flares right where the UFO's were cited 2) they were not hoovering but dropping slowly 3) several of the flares burned out during descent causing people to believe the UFo "rapidly left the area.
In some footage you can see them very slowly dropping behind the mountain range. In other footage, shot from a different location at the exact time, they appear to be in front of the mountains. Lights in the sky at night are very confusing. Some people reported them instantly disapearing because from their vantage they did disapear, behind the mountains as they slowly descended, but other people continued to record them after the sudden disapearance.
However, these phoenix UFOs,well They are flares...this case has been proven with a perpondaerance of the information by multiple sources investigating the event, yet the "UFO community" insists they were alien spacecraft to this day. Ask yourself why the UFO community still is holding this up as alien spacecraft when it has been decisively shown to not be?
The Flares are light and on parachute and behave very uncharaterisicatly from what you would expect and aren't what some people think..that is flares shot from he ground or free falling.They are used experimentally by the military as well as by people studying wind patterns and wheather.
The mexican UFO's, well Sherman was just conversationally rendering a possible explanation. The jury is out on that one because it just happened. Sometimes (unlike the Phoenix lights) sitings remained a mystery which in no way proves alien spacecraft, it just means not enough information is available to render a positive result. Remember when something is unknown, the least outrageous explanation is more likely to be correct than the superfantastical one.
People mistake for alien spacecraft planes, fixed objects,satellites,planets,helicopters,reflections ball lighting, comets, Missles,and all types of other things including lights on the GROUND,. (possible explanation for the mexican ufo...the camera, mounted under the plane, is an infared camera which was pointed at a nearby town that has Oil refineries with smoke stacks in the pattern that was recorded by the Camera. Remember the pilots never saw the objects with their eyes. Also the pattern repeats which may indicate a phenomena in camera lens that sometimes occurs. This is just a hypothesis at this point... The objects move at a fixed speed and at fixed locations which may indicate they aren't moving at all but the camera is recording the movement of the plane).
In other words Carmel, no one knows yet. A person really really interested in the truth doesn't proclaim "we are not alone" they proclaim that something happened that deserves studying and set out to elimate all possible explanations. Two Very different approches to this "siting". Meanwhile, this has been blasted all around the internet of proof of alien visitors. Why?
No evidence for alien visitation of earth exists only claims.
