AARO legacy-case holdings and analytic products on the 13 March 1997 Phoenix, Arizona event
A commissioned draft was received. Its endpoint, legal sufficiency and payment are being checked before filing.
Part of a multi-agency investigation
dfdade11-85e1-464d-9153-39f292fca876The shared question produced 4 tailored filings. Each has its own route, statutory clock, correspondence and outcome.
The records sought
All records held by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office concerning the 13 March 1997 Arizona / Phoenix Lights event, 1 July 2022 to the present, including: any case file, case-resolution memorandum, resolution worksheet or insufficient-data determination; the portion of the research files and source citations compiled for the Historical Record Report (Volume I) that relates to the 1997 Phoenix event or to Air National Guard flare-drop explanations of civilian sightings; any legacy records inherited from predecessor efforts (UAP Task Force, AOIMSG) on the event; and any correspondence with the FAA, the Department of the Air Force or the National Guard Bureau seeking 1997 Arizona radar, sortie or flare records.
Date range: 1997-03-01 – 2026-08-21
Why it was asked
AARO is the present-day office chartered to review historical U.S. government records on anomalous phenomena, and its historical-review work has pulled legacy case material and tasked other agencies for it. If any office has recently re-examined 1997 Phoenix, or has copies of records the original custodians destroyed, it is this one.
Timeline
Commission submitted for route and filing review
Drafting
Public milestones summarize progress and outcomes. Contact details, message content and operational evidence remain private to the requester and authorized staff.