In the mean time, I’m always for keeping an open mind. Thanks Brent.

Oh, and from one of my favorite horror movies of yore…Watch the Skies…

The subject of some form of biological entities living in the atmosphere has exercised my mind considerably this summer. In the part of the UK I live we have had very little rain and wonderful skys. During the day complex and varied clouds and light effects, in the evening wonderful sunsets with lots of red, yellow and orange caused by plenty of volcanic dust from iceland.

This all leads to more than usual sitting on the patio looking up to the heavens by my wife and I. We have both been impressed by strange and varied shapes which I do not feel all can be adequately explained by convential explanations. Why is the sky not more homogenous? So I have been led to the idea that possibly something else is involved something living something rather different.

Your posting takes things further and takes me on from a stumbling start to consider the nature of the phenomenom. As springheeledjack states life on earth is everywhere on the earth and then why not in the heavens? Then in space all sorts of vaporous or gaseous environments are available in infinite quantities where alternate life forms could evolve with or without DNA. The panspermia effect could apply at least in part and our skys be filled with unknown life forms.

At this point the evidence is as wraithe like as the entities may be, but this could all change if somebody started to look!

It’s an interesting theory. Perhaps one that we’ll have to wait for more advances in technology to be able to ferret it out, but still interesting. The earth has proved that every environment has been inhabited by some form of life…logically it stands to reason that creatures could have evolved that also inhabit the atmosphere. While we have planes in the skies, they’re usually enroute to somewhere and not really into studying as to whether there are any creatures up there.

For the average person, you think of birds, which have to come to roost to the surface, but I find it conceivable that something could adapt that never had to set down…on the other hand, like I said, it may be the kind of thing that we won’t be able to really detect until some advances in technology…or at least new applications.

I’ll check out the “Space serpents” and see what I see–thanks for that too PhotoExpert. For my own self, I enjoy pushing my imagination as well as the boundaries of what’s accepted thought:)

Thanks.

Yes, I am fine and more or less in one piece (if a little shaken) after the disaster. Thank you for your concern. It is good to see you still on here commenting. I thought perhaps enough time had passed for me to feel comfortable about breaching this topic.

I also tend to look at the flying rod phenomena as being highly attributable to mundane causes such as the insects you mentioned. As you mentioned, there have been efforts made that very convincingly reproduce much of the photographic evidence brought forward for these flying rods. There have been very careful and scientific methods used to get to the bottom of flying rods and a lot has indeed pointed to fairly normal causes.

I am open of course to any evidence which contradicts these quite convincing attempts to debunk the flying rod phenomena, but it remains a case which I view with some skepticism myself.

However whether flying rods specifically are real or not, they remain only one facet of the atmospheric life-form phenomenon as a whole. The fact still remains that the creatures which I have described here are still sighted on occasion, sometimes by multiple witnesses and by persons of good standing. Some aspects of atmospheric organism accounts are still seem to hold some merit, at the very least as a point to give consideration.

This is admittedly an area that involves much speculation and conjecture. However flying rods do not to me represent this phenomenon as a whole, and there appear to be some things left to think over concerning the notion of atmospheric life-forms. It seems to me to be food for thought.

I am trying here to provide something to give some thought to, and hopefully come that much closer to an answer.

Anyway, I am happy you enjoyed this post and thank you for you comments.

I take it your life is returning to normal in Japan after that horrible event? I would be glad to hear that you and your family are doing well. Let us know!

Getting back to your article: I had heard about these sky beasts several years ago. I remember seeing video of the “flying rods” and that is where my interest first peaked on this subject. I did a couple of searches looking for video and found other videos not associated with flying rods but flying beasts. There was one interesting video I found on YouTube about “Space Serpents”. That was really cool and I found a few more after seeing that one.

I am convinced the flying rods are simply insects flying in front of the camera. In fact, one videographer set up a system to prove it and did so! However, I am still baffled about the “Space Serpent” videos. They could well be pieces of man-made material flying high in the sky. But when you view that video, one could argue that it is not an inanimate object but a self propelled life form. Check out those videos if you get a chance. Very interesting stuff!

Thanks for posting on another interesting and forgotten subject. It was a great read!