To some, the description sounded very much like the so-called Phoenix Lights, another V formation that appeared in the sky near Phoenix in March 1997. Like the apparition in New Jersey, the Phoenix lights were caught on videotape.

• 这种描述对某些人说，听来很象是所谓的"菲尼克斯之光"。 1997年3月在亚利桑那州菲尼克斯市附近天空也曾出现过与这次出现在新泽西州的金光很相像的V形光束，当时还有人将其拍摄下来。