The Sentient Sentinel

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  I watched the movie UFO-The Greatest Story Ever Denied by Jose Escamilla with my wife the other night. I found the movie entertaining and interesting with plausible evidence to the existence of Aliens on Earth. However, the thing that caught my eye immediately were these things called "Rods," "Air Rods," or "Roswell Rods." Scientists are unsure exactly what they are and one has never been caught. But along with other possible UFOs or creatures, they have been caught numerous times on video and in stills. Now the rod, as pictured above, appears to be a shaft with fin/wing type appendages coming off of it and it gyrates through the air at remarkable speeds. These objects are also somewhat transparent and cannot be seen by the naked eye. Skeptics have unsuccessfully attempted to debunk these creatures, like so many other "spottings."
  No one is quite sure what these objects are. Some believe that they're alien probes, others believe they're some sort of unexplainable electromagnetic malfunction with equipment (oddly enough paranormal teams are accustomed to electromagnetic disturbances during supposed hauntings). Jose Escamilla believes them to be living creatures that we have yet to identify, along with numerous moving circular or amoeba like creatures that have been caught on NASA footage. Little else is declared about these Rods and Escamilla doesn't like to speculate too much about what he really does not know. In the video the first one I saw had what looked like three sets of "wings" and it flew across the screen, spun and darted off into the distance. The first word that popped into my head was "Seraphim," which is a title for a certain rank of angel in different mythologies. The main account that I'm aware of, the Seraphim are believe to have six wings, two that cover their face, two that cover their feet, and two I guess for flying. So the Rod doesn't exactly look like that, but is it possible that ancient civilizations where aware of these creatures and made up a mystical story about them like they have so many other things?
   The movie itself is far from new, but it is enjoyable as I had earlier stated and I'd recommend you all to see it. The director, Jose Escamilla, made the movie for free in an attempt to inform the public. He is also working on his next movie specifically on these Rods called Roswell Rods. I can't wait! Escamilla is also taking donations for the movie at his site roswellrods.com to help cover the expenses of filming. If you're as intrigued by this as I am, please check out his site.

References: roswellrods.com, The Cryptid Zoo

Celebrated astronomer, Knut Jorgen Roed Odegaard has said that he had never experienced such an astral phenomenon.[1]
   Wednesday morning on the 9th of December, 2009, an unusual UFO phenomena was seen over the Norwegian skies. The phenomena was of a bright blue spiraling light with a jet trail that lasted almost two full minutes and was observed by millions and replayed over news stations all over the world. The light phenomena obviously did not belong to nature and led viewers around the world to ask "are we alone?"

   As quick as alien enthusiasts are to jump the gun on anything that might give them tangent proof of extraterrestrial existence, could there be a more logical explanation for this phenomena? Several rocket scientists accustomed to studying the operations of military missiles have said that this phenomena, although very beautiful, was nothing more than a malfunctioning rocket. The spiral plume was caused from motors directed at a right degree angel which caused the rocket itself to spiral through the air. The bluish hue of the spectacle is believed to be from aluminum oxide commonly found in propellant for rocket engines. Dr. Dimpfl, a missile researcher for the US Air Force and NASA, added "What I believe is that the blue is from solar fluorescence from chemicals in the plume. That’s just aluminium oxide that the sunlight is scattering from. Aluminum oxide is the chemical formula for sapphires, so what you’re looking at is sunlight scattering off lots of tiny sapphires." [2] Bill Harwood, CBS News' space analyst, claimed that the Norwegian phenomena reminded him of a failed mission off Cape Canaveral in 1989. [3]

   So if the light phenomena can be explained as a rocket, then surely someone would have to be accountable for firing a rocket? Absolutely right. Russia's Defense Ministry released a statement on Thursday (December 11, 2009) stating that they had test launched a Bulava ballistic missile from a submarine in the White Sea on that Wednesday morning. The Russians reported that problems emerged when the missile deployed its third stage engine which led to it veering off course and out of Russian control. [2][3]

   The plausible explanation for Norway's wintery phenomena is a Russian ballistic missile that spiraled out of control. However, this has not hindered UFO enthusiasts from believing that this could be a sign of something or someone "out there." Some even claim this could be the first sign of more to come. Or perhaps it was Santa test driving is sleigh for the big night to come.

References:
1.Norwegians Baffled By Huge Spiral UFO Over Sky On Wednesday
2.Norway spiral: A rocket scientist explains the mystery
3.Mysterious Spiral Light in Sky over Norway