Skyfish

[ughaibu]

Any views on skyfish? http://paranormal.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://community%2D2.webtv.net/JamesB1955/EntityRodsPSCA2000/

[GAHD]

:D In the immortal words of Pen & Teller...Bullshit.

 

I see crappy long exposure and insects at best.

[ughaibu]

Do you suspect they're intentionally faked?

[Turtle]

The guy on the link is just one of many capturing these unusual objects. I have taped some myself, & made some calculations on the range of size, speed, & closeness to the lens that must constrain them. I compared those measurements to known bird & bugs that I also taped & with web info on how fast different creatures fly & how. I had to conclude I didn't have enough information to identify the 'rods' on my tape as bugs or birds. Even accounting for blurring, these things moved faster than bugs can. (max bug speed about 35 mph)

Get us some more links on 'rods' Ugha if you please, and look for the guys with the best credentials.:lol:

Uhh...I'm sorry but my habit is to reuse tapes when I finish with them so I can't post a photo.:D

 

;)

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[ughaibu]

Here are some more links:

http://home4.highway.ne.jp/deadsoul/sa/skyfish.html

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/9567/049.html

http://www.roswellrods.com/albany.html

http://uu.fantasia.to/plan/general/anime2/jigoku20020721.htm

 

Do these things only appear on video or do they also appear on cine-film?

[ronthepon]

This seems very very shady to me. For one thing, it's so separated, not to mention the apparent mood of the narrator.

 

By the way, I have seen those images and I brightly declare that I can do them up in photoshop.

[Jay-qu]

lol some of the pictures where taken at the some time :eek_big:

[ughaibu]

Whether or not these effects can be faked is beside the point, I'm happy to accept Turtle as a reliable witness.

Initially I'm interested in the connection with video, is this an effect of video technology? If skyfish can be observed by other means, this possibility can be discounted. My second suggestion would be an investigation from the angle of weather.

[Turtle]

Whether or not these effects can be faked is beside the point, I'm happy to accept Turtle as a reliable witness.

Initially I'm interested in the connection with video, is this an effect of video technology? If skyfish can be observed by other means, this possibility can be discounted. My second suggestion would be an investigation from the angle of weather.

 

Why thank you Ughaibu. :) I don't recall seeing anyone with these 'rods' on film, but since I found them on a digital video tape I also question if it's the technology. Possibly a cascade on the CCD itself or in the translation of the CCD output to a screen/tape representation.

I searched around the web & found mostly the one guy promoting this, but I have seen a news clip in which a 'rod' flies through the scene. As I use my camera to watch clouds & the sky quite often, I'll keep an eye out now for the effect before rewinding & over-taping.:shrug:

[GAHD]

oi these "rod" things seem pritty close to the "cigar craft" that they talked about in the Nazi UFO doc(mock?)umentary I watched a while back.

[anglepose]

if you ask me its eaither a fish shaped kite or an insect or some fish monger lobbed a fish in the air