Callers from across the Phoenix area flood the phone lines with remarkably consistent eyewitness accounts. They describe a massive, silent, V-shaped or boomerang formation of lights attached to a single enormous craft, estimated at up to a mile wide, gliding at extremely low altitude. Witnesses include a 27-year pilot, families at a putt-putt course, and residents who watched it pass directly over Sky Harbor Airport, yet air traffic controllers reported nothing on radar despite seeing it visually.
The episode captures a pivotal moment in UFO history, revealing how one elected official's simple question exposed a deep institutional reluctance to acknowledge what thousands of citizens witnessed with their own eyes.
Key Moments
Barwood pinned to a date: March 13: Barwood places the mass sighting on Thursday, March 13, between roughly 8:30 and 9:30 PM, and recounts being approached by an Extra TV crew at City Hall who said no one in Phoenix government would talk about it.
Witness profile of the craft: Barwood compiles the consistent witness description she heard from across the state: three to seven amber/white lights, triangle or boomerang shape, football-field to one-mile size, 1,000 to 5,000 feet altitude, totally silent. A 27-year pilot told her it was the largest thing he had ever seen.
Air traffic controllers saw it but had no radar return: Barwood reports that on Channel 12's Extra follow-up, two air traffic controllers on duty that night confirmed they saw the object visually but picked up nothing on radar.
Barwood escalates to a U.S. Senator: Barwood says since the city won't ask the Air Force to investigate, she will go to an Arizona senator interested in the issue and have him formally request that the Air Force look into the March 13 event.