Prove it
You're a typical skeptic.
You won't believe ANY eye witness accounts of mine, so why should I believe ONE guy of yours with no proof?
What, he must be the voice of reason, because what.....he's an astronomer? There was more to the Phoenix Ligts than what you suggest.
First of all you don't get dozens of small aircraft flying in formation over a busy city and it's air space without any noise, and without any commotion. If you saw the film footage, it looked like it was a mile or more long. Any one of those pilots would have come forward to uncover the hoax. But they didn't.
Must be nice to feel you're the only (and final authority) on that.