◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Ball of Flame over Phoenix (1952)
Before dawn on 2 July 1952 the wife of an Army Ordnance colonel in Phoenix watched a ball of flame with a long trail arc across the western sky for three to four minutes. Luke Air Force Base reported that it seemed to have come down south-west of the city and that a search had been requested. This is the record of what was reported, not a verdict on what was in the sky.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Ball of Flame over Phoenix (1952) is a reported UAP case in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 2 July 1952, 04:20.
- The wife of an Army Ordnance colonel reported a ball of flame with an eight-foot trail arcing from north-west to south-west over Phoenix for three to four minutes before dawn.
- Luke Air Force Base's teletype presumed the object had made ground contact south-west of the city and said a search had been requested.
- The wing reported no aircraft or balloons in the area and suggested crop dusters as a possibility; the file does not say what the search found.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 1 claimant on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
2 July 1952, 04:20
LOCATION
Phoenix, Arizona · United States
COORDS
33.45°N 112.07°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
1
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
