UFO Explained - Like They Always Are
After getting way more coverage and attention than it deserved, including being featured on Drudge, the "lights 'not of this world' mystery" has been explained by what should have been the obvious assumption:
Air Force reveals weapons tests that sparked global UFO frenzyOtherworldly lights (as photographed by a Air Force Colonel):
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Officials say the colorful illuminations seen Jan. 9 over western Arkansas came from special military flares that slowly parachuted to the ground as part of an Air Force training mission involving A-10 aircraft pilots at nearby Fort Chaffee, a base used for testing weaponry.
Military flare:
Now will you all shut up?