Skyfish, also known as “rods,” are cryptozoological entities that were reported starting in the early 1990s. They are rod-shaped animals that move so fast through the air that they can’t be seen by the human eye. Video cameras capture images of skyfish, which appear as reeds with wavy fins on both sides. Reports of skyfish come mostly from Japan and the United States. However, skyfish was proven fake around 2003, as the blurry images captured by video cameras were found to be flying insects.
Skyfish are cryptozoological entities, in the same vein as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, but more recently reported, only starting in the early 1990s. Another name for skyfish is “rods.” Supposedly, sky fish are rod-shaped animals that whirl through the air so fast that we can’t see them. One of the only ways to observe them is to use video cameras, which take snapshots that reveal the sky fish when human eyes can’t. Most reports of skyfish come from Japan or the United States.
On camera, sky fish appear as reeds with wavy fins on both sides, just like cuttlefish fins. Sometimes they are called visitors from another dimension. In Japan, there are even people who claim that they can catch sky fish with nets.
The skyfish idea draws on occasional reports over the last century of “atmospheric beasts,” animals that live in the sky but cannot be seen, due to an ephemeral body type (like jellyfish), that inhabit high share, or for some other reason. Some have argued that “star jelly,” a gelatinous material often found on the ground near where meteorites fall, could be related to atmospheric beasts.
Skyfish has been featured in TV specials, in the tabloids, and even in video games. Are there really stick-shaped sky fish that move so fast through the air that they can’t be seen? An analysis of human vision tells us that a sky fish would need to travel between 100 and 500 mph to be invisible to the human eye, depending on its length and opacity. No birds or insects fly at this speed for extended periods of time, although some birds, such as peregrine falcons, reach speeds of 240 mph on steep dives.
Unfortunately for enthusiasts, skyfish was proven fake around 2003. The vast majority of evidence of skyfish comes from video footage. Video cameras shoot images at a rate of about 50 frames per second. Many insects flap their wings and travel so fast that a single frame captures a blur of several wing beats and the insect’s path. This is the sky fish, a blurry image of a flying insect. The investigators found that the images of the “sky fish” can be reproduced arbitrarily using the appropriate lighting, location and subject matter.
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