Thank you— I was there, and my husband & I saw these lights. We were fascinated for about maybe 10 minutes, then moved on with our evening. I didn’t even realize until a few years ago that there was some sort of controversy about the sightings. I just assumed it was some sort of military thing we weren’t supposed to know about.
I lived in Phoenix that night too. I just happened not to have gone outside that evening. Afterward, when everyone discussed this over the water cooler, I felt like one of the characters in those "Left Behind" stories.
I also happened to not have watched TV news that evening. Not that this would have done any good, because Phoenix TV news is a total waste of time when real breaking news occurs. Had an alien landed on the Capitol lawn and announced peace for all mankind, Phoenix news outlets would have broken away to cover a car chase.