Imagining a friend/relative appearing to help resolve a stressful situation is well known phenomenon. Singlehanded sailors report it regularly.*
UFOs in Arizona however....I've lived and flown in Arizona; I would imagine it was an atmospheric phenomenon connected to the refraction of light in heated air.
*It is 'rational'. I think it is the brain's way of resolving a belief that one is incapable of the actions which the brain understands are required.
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