Former Az. Governor admits UFOs he mocked while in office, were actually real

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UFOs flew over Phoenix in '97, Symington says
By Tom Beal
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.23.2007

Former Gov. Fife Symington says now that those strange lights that appeared over Phoenix a decade ago were from another world and that he had a close encounter with an alien craft on March 13, 1997.
"I'm a pilot and I know just about every machine that flies. It was bigger than anything that I've ever seen. It remains a great mystery. Other people saw it, responsible people," Symington said Thursday. "I don't know why people would ridicule it."

Symington, who was in his second term as governor of Arizona during the Phoenix Lights incident, recently told a UFO investigator making a documentary that he had kept quiet about his personal close encounter because he didn't want to panic the populace.

He repeated his story Thursday on CNN, saying the craft he saw was "enormous. It just felt other-worldly. In your gut, you could just tell it was other-worldly."

The governor didn't let on at the time, instead poking fun at the whole thing.

"It was a troublesome period to say the least," Symington said. He said he didn't need the additional problems that would have come with the admission he had seen a UFO. He told only his wife, he said.

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UFOs flew over Phoenix in '97, Symington says
By Tom Beal
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.23.2007

Former Gov. Fife Symington says now that those strange lights that appeared over Phoenix a decade ago were from another world and that he had a close encounter with an alien craft on March 13, 1997.
"I'm a pilot and I know just about every machine that flies. It was bigger than anything that I've ever seen. It remains a great mystery. Other people saw it, responsible people," Symington said Thursday. "I don't know why people would ridicule it."

Symington, who was in his second term as governor of Arizona during the Phoenix Lights incident, recently told a UFO investigator making a documentary that he had kept quiet about his personal close encounter because he didn't want to panic the populace.

He repeated his story Thursday on CNN, saying the craft he saw was "enormous. It just felt other-worldly. In your gut, you could just tell it was other-worldly."

The governor didn't let on at the time, instead poking fun at the whole thing.

"It was a troublesome period to say the least," Symington said. He said he didn't need the additional problems that would have come with the admission he had seen a UFO. He told only his wife, he said.

those same UFOs, I mean lights showed up last month in the same exact locations above the mountain in Phoenix. The strange thing is that the Marines gave the same story they gave in 97....flares used at the training range on the other side of the mountain....When I saw the lights on TV last month, I remember watching a show on History channel about the same ones in '97.

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those same UFOs, I mean lights showed up last month in the same exact locations above the mountain in Phoenix. The strange thing is that the Marines gave the same story they gave in 97....flares used at the training range on the other side of the mountain....When I saw the lights on TV last month, I remember watching a show on History channel about the same ones in '97.

I think a lot of the info about UFOs will come out in the next few years.  Should be fun to watch.

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I think a lot of the info about UFOs will come out in the next few years.  Should be fun to watch.

I admit if there was ever good proof of a UFO I would be interested.

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I admit if there was ever good proof of a UFO I would be interested.

The sheer number of home videotapings and the space shuttle videos are pretty good indicators that *something* is tagging along.

I think most people will wait ot be convinced until 1) Something crashes in public and it's youtubed before the FAA has a chance to blame weather balloons, or 2) A govt releases craft/body images. 

The behavior of the astronauts is VERY telling.  They are trailed by objects, and they make up awkward lies on the spot.  One cute one, on two objects wiggling between their craft and earth, was something like "Jim look over there!..." to which his partner responded "Yeah.  Probably just a star or something".

I didn't know stars traveled in pairs and were able to fit between the space shuttle and earth.