3 Amber/Orange Lights over South Gilbert, Arizona.
December 24, 2014 approximately 6:45pm Waiting at intersection of Pecos Road and Higley Road in Gilbert, AZ, traveling west.
My Husband asks are those planes stacked up to land over there – pointing to the SSW and we all start to look. He said there were 3 orange lights seeming to be in an arc – light planes lined up to come in as they turn but these were holding still. He then said one seemed to dive down and swooped to the left and was abruptly gone. The second one started to fade out as two small planes (and fast) flew quickly towards them from the SE.
When my daughter and I looked – we both saw one round amber light that was just sitting/floating in the air which then blinked out and disappeared.
We are avid aviation fans who regularly go plane spotting - these were not planes nor were they in the Phoenix Gateway or Mesa Gateway flight paths. These lights had no beacons and the color was between amber and orange.
December 24, 2014 approximately 6:45pm Waiting at intersection of Pecos Road and Higley Road in Gilbert, AZ, traveling west.
My Husband asks are those planes stacked up to land over there – pointing to the SSW and we all start to look. He said there were 3 orange lights seeming to be in an arc – light planes lined up to come in as they turn but these were holding still. He then said one seemed to dive down and swooped to the left and was abruptly gone. The second one started to fade out as two small planes (and fast) flew quickly towards them from the SE.
When my daughter and I looked – we both saw one round amber light that was just sitting/floating in the air which then blinked out and disappeared.
We are avid aviation fans who regularly go plane spotting - these were not planes nor were they in the Phoenix Gateway or Mesa Gateway flight paths. These lights had no beacons and the color was between amber and orange.
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Gilbert
USA
3 minutes
3 minutes
33.32
-111.75
light
AZ
Occurred : 12/24/2014 18:45 (Entered as : 12/24/14 18:45) Reported: 12/24/2014 8:07:15 PM 20:07 Posted: 1/7/2015 Location: Gilbert, AZ Shape: Light Duration: 3 minutes Characteristics: There was an aura or haze around the object, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
3 Amber/Orange Lights over South Gilbert Arizona