Mauricio Morales posted the “UFO” images on Facebook before they were picked up by various alien websites and YouTube channels, which described it as in the area “Ground Zero” for aliens, UFOs, and secret bases.
Mr Morales posted on Facebook: “As I was driving back to Phoenix this evening, I was a few miles past Parker, when I saw a shooting star with a green hue in the corner of my eye.
The UFOs as filmed and (insets) in close-up.
“I immediately pulled over and attached my camera to my tripod.
“To my south west direction, there were six orange-red lights floating around in the horizon.
“Some of them would dim out and then brighten back up, others just seemed to float and hover away slowly.
“They seemed to travel in a parallel pattern with a very bright fiery glisten.
“I took photos and videos and, in less than 15 minutes, the mysterious objects vanished without a trace.
“Whatever this was, I have never seen anything like this in my life before. Super cool experience.”
There have been local news reports that a meteor was responsible, but Mr Morales says that was 10 minutes before his footage was recorded.
The ‘glowing UFOs’ as captured by Mauricio Morales in Arizona.
However, after calling out on Facebook for views, Mr Morales concluded it was nothing to do with aliens and was just military flares dropped from a military aircraft.
Several people came forward to say they were “marfa lights” which are a type of military flare.
UFO hoax buster Scott Brando also said he had ruled out these being anything alien.
The Italian, who forensically examines alleged UFO images and footage, tweeted that he believed the objects were just military flares.
The earthly conclusion did not stop other UFO sites trying to suggest they could not be explained.