I have always had a vast fascination for Flying Rods, trying to work out exactly what they are. There are a few theories going around at the moment
about them and their origin one being that they are a previously unknown life form that is active in our environment, flying through the air all
around us. These life forms have the following characteristics:
• Shaped like a rod, varying in size - anywhere from a few centimeters to dozens of meters.
• They travel at high velocities, invisible (or barely visible) to the human eye, but able to be captured on film or video.
• Some rods have appendages along their torsos which resemble fins.
• They appear to be alive, not mechanical, and possibly intelligent.
However skeptics state that a lot of these rods can be put down to natural phenomenon, specifically, the motions blur effect of capturing small
fast-moving objects on film or video. Insects are known to appear rod-like when photographed. The "fins" appear as expected from an insect beating
its wings many times per second.
The full basic list on theories is:
1. Aliens,
2. Autonomous machines,
3. Inter-dimensional beings,
4. Spirits or ghosts. They do fly and they are unidentified. Therefore, rods are UFOs,
5. Unidentified flying objects. When we first heard about rods, we wrote a song about them called, "If you move fast enough, nothing can eat you"
6. Rods are motion blurred bugs.
Rods were initially brought to the public’s attention by film maker Jose Escamilla in 1994, after filming some unexplained objects in Midway, New
Mexico. Jose Escamilla captured 16 minutes of UFO footage on March 5th 1994. Fourteen days later, on March 19th, he filmed the first documented
recording of the rods phenomena. He has his own site
Here , this holds a lot of information and his
thoughts etc. His original video that he made called the roswell rods can be viewed on
U-Tube
This phenomenon has been posted and written about in many places without any real cause of them, so what exactly are they?
One site found
HERE apparently done some research into it here are a few quoted
passages
Rods, which are often linked with UFO's and other paranormal phenomenon have sparked a huge amount of interest from people in all walks of
life from Paranormal Investigators to Cryptozoologists.
They are described as cylindrical shaped creatures ranging from just a few inches to over 1 metre in length, which fly through the air at tremendous
speeds. They have a membrane down each side of their body, which vibrates rapidly as a method of propulsion, similar to that of a squid or
Cuttlefish.
But what is really going on here? Are these rods a new type of flying insect or just a trick of the eye? I decided to try and find out.
Some pics from the site
But not everyone is convinced. As usual, there are many sceptics who have their own views on these so called rods, one of the strongest
arguments they have is that these rods have never been captured nor have we ever seen a dead rod. Being a sceptic by nature myself, I think they make
a very good point. I have continued to do more research into these rods and found a scientific explanation, which basically explains that it is just a
trick of the camera. If an insect moves in front of the lens very fast, then it may beat its wings several times during that frame. That, combined
with motion blur, creates the rod illusion.
So basically this site goes on to explain that they think that rods are actually just insects.
I done a little more digging, and most places I come across seem to come to this conclusion, were as I believe that perhaps in a few instances this
maybe the case I don’t believe it is for all cases of rods.
There is a good article on tinwiki that cites other sources to look at for rods
Flying Rods
A few more images to look at;
Some ATS related articles;
The possible truth about sky/flying rods
Flying Rods Debunked
Rods- ideas please
What Are rods
"RODS": aliens or a species native to Earth?
Rainbow Rods
It seems the majority say that rods are just flying insects but I have seen a lot of pictures to make me keep wondering about them.
What do the rest of ATS think?
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