Kurt Russell Claims to be the Pilot Who Reported the Phoenix Lights

Back in April, Kurt Russell and Chris Pratt appeared on the BBC’s The One Show to promote Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which isn’t a big deal two months later, because they did plenty of interviews. But this particular interview featured an incredibly interesting anecdote that only recently caused people to do a double-take, because Russell admitted that he was the “unidentified pilot” who reported the phenomenon known as the Phoenix Lightson March 13, 1997.

As BBC’s Gyles Brandreth explained, the pilot was flying near the airport with his son “when he spotted six lights in the night sky.” The pilot called air traffic control to report the lights because he “wasn’t expecting any other planes,” and he needed clarification. He was told there were no other planes, but the pilot insisted, “I’m seeing six bright lights coming toward me.”

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