Atmosphere beasts?

[garethdjb]

Hello,
Does anyone know where I can find out more about the phenomenon known as 'atmosphere beasts' or 'sky critters'?

[kitakaze]

Wikipedia is a good place to start.

Atmospheric Beast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_beast).

[Khyron]

Wow. I don't know who linked the Heinlein story to that article. I loved the story when I first read it years ago, but it has absolutely jack (rule8) to do with atmosphere beasts. I'm surprised whoever built that page didn't link in unexplained air crashes as being due to collisions with them, though...

*breaks out the editor gloves and shovel*

[Piscivore]

Hello,
Does anyone know where I can find out more about the phenomenon known as 'atmosphere beasts' or 'sky critters'?

I believe that ancient myth and folklore call them "birds".

[garethdjb]

I tried wikipedia, all the links are to UFO/cryptozoologist sites, what's the 'normal' explanation. There is supposedly a video of these things somewhere, is it a hoax? I heard some people talking about it, so i don't know where it was.

[Oualawouzou]

We can't give a "normal" explanation to something not supported by any shred of evidence. It'd be like asking you for a normal explanation of why that darn pink unicorn keeps wasting me at Super Smash Brothers Melee, while at the same time being unable to provide you with anything supporting the existence of a pink unicorn who's a killing machine when controlling Captain Falcon.

Provide evidence, we will analyze it. :)

[aggle-rithm]

There is supposedly a video of these things somewhere, is it a hoax?

I'm going to go WAAAAAY out on a limb and make a claim that is based on nothing but an educated guess:

Yes, it is a hoax.

[Oualawouzou]

I'm going to go WAAAAAY out on a limb and make a claim that is based on nothing but an educated guess:

Yes, it is a hoax.

Let's be generous. I vote for perfectly normal phenomenon grossly misinterpreted by people with little to no knowledge about photography and filming (see: 99% of ghosts pictures).

[aggle-rithm]

Let's be generous. I vote for perfectly normal phenomenon grossly misinterpreted by people with little to no knowledge about photography and filming (see: 99% of ghosts pictures).

Naaah, I'm not feeling generous today. I'm saying it's a film school project by some kid experimenting with CGI, and someone's grabbed it off UTube and sent it around, claiming it's real.

Again, pure speculation...

Should we start a pool?

1. Natural phenomenon
2. Film school project
3. No such video exists
4. Video exists, but its about something irrelevant, like a rock band named "Claude Leopard and the Atmosphere Beasts".

[Starthinker]

Maybe you mean rods. Also a fake phenomenon.

[Correa Neto]

I don't think so. He's probably talking about Charles Fort's space amoebas or jellyfishes. Crawfordsville monster would be the type specimen. Fort believed these space fairing beasts were an explanation for UFO phenomena.

As always, the "evidence" are sighting reports...

http://www.newanimal.org/a-beasts.htm
http://www.subversiveelement.com/Crawfordsville.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawfordsville_monster
http://www.fenomeno.matrix.com.br/fenomeno_cripto_1_criaturas-mist-craw.htm

Sure, rods may be a species wooblah wooblah wooblah wooblah wooblah

[Paul]

The YouTube video, linked from Wikipedia via The Cryptid Zoo, has been taken down because of a copyright claim by this (http://www.enigmatv.com/)* sane and well balanced gentleman.

Apparently 'Secret Space II' is "Not only full of new UFO footage showing eerie 'sky serpents', but also packed with fascinating information about The Nephilim and The Watchers."

:hypnotize



*I take no responsibility for the loss of higher brain function due to visiting this site or any of it's links.

[Correa Neto]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

Are we seeing some sort of plant here?

[Cuddles]

This is just silly. Everyone knows that atmosphere beasts only live on Jupiter (and possbly Saturn). The pressure on Earth just isn't high enough for them.

[Zep]

It's a...wait for it...............NEVER ENDING STORY!

[garethdjb]

Ah yes, it probably was secret space II. Thanks very much to all.

[The Atheist]

Probably one of these:


http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s97/TheAtheist/beasts.jpg

[Spektator]

Way back in the days of early aviation, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a short story called "The Horror of the Heights" about such airborne critters. They liked to eat people's heads. An etext of the story is online at http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff3/heights.htm.

[Wolverine]

Aw, rats. I was so hoping this thread would be about those unknown fire and jelly-like creatures (http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/378/14359_creatures.html) inhabiting the atmosphere.

[tube]

I don't think so. He's probably talking about Charles Fort's space amoebas or jellyfishes. Crawfordsville monster would be the type specimen. Fort believed these space fairing beasts were an explanation for UFO phenomena.




Would that be "nostoc"?

Interestingly, this is discussed in the most recent online newsletter of OED etymologist Michael Quinion:


http://www.worldwidewords.org/nl/vagz.htm

http://www.worldwidewords.org/index.htm

[Correa Neto]

I never dug too much in to space amoebas lore, but I think I remember reading somewhere they could be somehow related to "angel hair" and even the manna, for some. So, the answer would be an yes, I guess so.

Take this with a good dosis of salt and your spice of choice, since I have no sources and may have been completely fooled by my brain cells making things up to fill the gaps.

[Alareth]

I believe that ancient myth and folklore call them "birds".

Based on my experience as a Lookout during my time in the Navy, they are classified as B1-RD's or GU11's

For more information, please fill out the proper ID-10T form.

[JQH]

We can't give a "normal" explanation to something not supported by any shred of evidence. It'd be like asking you for a normal explanation of why that darn pink unicorn keeps wasting me at Super Smash Brothers Melee, while at the same time being unable to provide you with anything supporting the existence of a pink unicorn who's a killing machine when controlling Captain Falcon.

Provide evidence, we will analyze it. :)

I wondered where the pink unicorn was going when it disappeared from my back garden!