Phoenix Lights Network announces GAP project

March 14, 12:04 PMPhoenix UFO ExaminerLarry Lowe

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Image: Phoenix Lights Network

In observance of the 12th Anniversary of the March 13, 1997 events that collectively became known as the Phoenix Lights, Dr. Lynne Kitei released images from the effort hosted by the Phoenix Lights Network to accurately reconstruct the activities of that night in Google Earth.

The project is the first attempt to construct a state of the art geospatial database of UFO reports since the advent of readily available Geographic Information Systems to the general public.

The Geospatial Animation Project [fill in the GAP] is based on data developed by investigators Michael Tanner and Bill Hamilton, with additional reports from the National UFO Reporting Center, former Councilwoman Frances Barwood and MUFON [Mutual UFO Network].

The project thus far has been developed under the careful guidance of Michael Tanner, who personally observed the lights in 1997.  Tanner was lead investigator of the effort mounted by Village Labs of Tempe to correlate reports from as far away as Henderson, Nevada to just north of the Mexican border.  Tanner worked from a combined data base of over 850 reports on that night alone to help design the GAP data set, which is still under construction.

Initial focus of the work is on documenting the Very Large Objects that traversed the central Arizona region between 8:00 PM to 10:30 PM.  The VLO craft have gone largely unreported in the national media while attention has been focused on the issue of flares vs amber orbs.  Observer Tim Ley did a series of renderings of the V-shaped craft he personally witnessed, one of which was printed in USA Today in an account of the Phoenix Lights published some months after the event.  Other than that, the VLO craft have not been discussed in the media.

Use of these images is granted to media organizations wishing to present new evidence of the 1997 event.

Image Credit should be given to Phoenix Lights Network, and a link or mention of the url of the website accompanying publication. 

http://www.thephoenixlights.net

Further Details contact Dr. Lynne Kitei at drlynne@msn.com

An animation of the project including craft shown in these images will be presented during the 12th anniversary screening of  Dr. Kitei's documentary at the Harkins Shea 14 theaters on Sunday, March 15.

Screening times will be 1 PM, 4 PM and 7 PM and the public is invited.