http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_beast

How plausible is it that such organisms exist in our atmosphere, unfound up until sometime in the future?



http://www.newanimal.org/a-beasts.htm

Well, given the fact that we keep finding new species in areas we previously thought no life could exist, I think we need to consider this plausible. Could life forms like this explain some (or most) UFO sightings?

there has been like 2 topics on this before.

I think it is possible. New discoveries are being made all the time. The article is good at linking a lot of unexplained things together. It is something to consider. Again, there is the lack of evidence.

And we have not all seen them, and would like to debate it without bumping old threads back to the front page.

I think that this is very plausible. It has been proven that some organisms can survive the vacuum of space for a long time (some arthropods use air currents to move around, and accidentally find themselves in outer space, only coming back down after several minutes, still alive. Same goes for some plant spores).

The question would be how this being would sustain itself. If it's a carbon based life form like us, then it needs glucose, and carbon, the base component of glucose, isn't really naturally occurring off the face of our planet.

So, such beings could only exist in regions of space that are abundant in life, drifting from planet to planet. Since our region of space isn't abundant in life, I don't expect to see one of these floating blimp alien things around anytime soon.

I have to say, you took the words right out of my mouth with this assessment. Food... .....would they just exist to "float around" and if so, how would they sustain themselves.....photosynthesis???

I do remember reading up on 'angel hair'...at several points in history, there are records of a sticky, string like substance falling over major cities, and disolving soon afterwards. It has been proposed that angel hair may be the remains of these creatures.

However, it isn't reall much to go on...I won't dismiss it out of hand, but it's not something I really put much weight behind.

After reading your post about "Angel Hair" in relation to the Atmospheric Beast phenomenon, I googled it and discovered that this phenomenon has been discussed here before.....LINK

Twice, if you include my large thread here.

I think this is so cool! I remember making a story when I was little about a Light Blue Water-Snake creature which floated through the sky. That was before I knew what Cryptozoology was, though.

Right....for anyone who's read my previous posts this might sound slightly out of character, but....I think I might have seen one of these...
About 6 years ago I was flying back from Tenerife and I saw something huge underneath the plane. It didn't seem like it was there in flesh and blood, but it didn't seem quite like an illusion either.
From what I can remember it had a long, scaly/feathery body and a long neck without a distinguishable head.
Um...yeah. I wish I could remember more. That sounds ridiculous, but I don't really know what else to say. It's just a blur in my memory, I guess because my conscious had no way of categorising it, nowhere to put it so to speak.
Um...yeah. Sorry for the vagueness!

That dosen't sound like the normal description... Normally it's described as a jellyfish or octopus shaped thing... At any rate, it usually has tentacles.

Wow......I tell you what, wow......that sounds like a sort-of "transparent/translucent" Dragon or The Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerican culture.....Quetzalcoatl. Interesting.

Wouldn't "rods" fall into this category?

They're called "Rods" or "Skyfish." Some believe they are unidentified creatures that swim through our skies. No one has ever found a dead one or brought one back alive. The only way to see them is on videotape played back frame by frame.

http://www.rense.com/ufo6/rodstv.htm

I believe that "rods" have been debunked as insects...there was a thread on it a while back if you do a search.

Never say rod.

Almost as bad as saying orb over in the ghost forum.

Awesome story, very inspiring. it could be possible such creatures exist. Just because knowing we are still discovering other species.

I'm a huge advocate of the possibility of unimagineable species existing on our planet, be it in remote locations of the earth, or deep in the vast and unexplored oceans. So obviously this topic took my attention. Having said that, I think atmospheric beasts is the least plausible of the 3...it may sound crazy, but I think the skies are monitored better than the oceans or even the land. If there are things in existence on earth we don't know about, I wouldn't expect them to be in the sky. The US of A has always had heavy emphasis of controlling and monitoring the sky.

Someone brought up something about food. Obviously living things in the atmosphere would need energy. There would have to be a whole undiscovered ecosystem up there. I think the original link on this thread mentioned the possibility of an enitre ecosystem in the earth's atmosphere. Again, this sounds very interesting, but how could the heavy monitoring of the sky via satellites miss an entire ecosystem? A few jellyfish or jellybirds, fine, but not a whole food chain.

I remember this theroy from reading something years ago about floating jelly fish in the skys.. Ive been toying with the idea of writting a story about them and was thinking about maybe posting a thread ta see if anyone had any info..

And what do i find..three threads full of intresting articles and theroys..

Ive also found these video clips on You Tube.. If ya put in Sky Sperpents theres a few more..

Thxs for all the info guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6H1DAXBqBc&NR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bwu3Abs5qw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD0UZ8BuDgE

One more name to add to the list: "Insects".

Couldn't have said it better Lizard! It's very possible if you ask me; and i'm a pretty hard guy to convince without SOME sort of weighing of the options.

I'd like to know if those atmospheric creatures are edible. Does that also means that we sucked them when we're breathing?

I know, I'm being such a jerk, but maybe it's just because I kinda don't believe it...well, I'd like to be proven wrong, tho!

Could be this?

Where the heck did you get THAT? And more poignantly, WHAT is that?

I think it's very likely something like this could exist.

That sort of looks like a really weird hot air baloon, or a blown-up glove...

Maybe a weather balloon?

Cool picture, though.

It's a weather balloon, specifically a type used by the millitary.

http://www.mysteriousearth.com/attachments...00015/snake.jpg

From a Russian newspaper, reports of aparent "flying snakes", the picture is quite something. , LMAO.

http://www.mysteriousearth.com/blog/0000015

Hahaha...looks like someone threw a battery-cable in the air and snapped a pic.

Yup.

I do believe I have a good idea what my entry into the "faked pics" contest will look like...

Yay! Flying electrical cords!

I saw on TLC or Discovery where they're going to be doing a special on the people who explore space with these atmospheric balloons and that pic is one of them. But it does look like a jellyfish sort of and it made me think of this thread when I saw it.

See how good and on topic I am???

Cool. I'll be sure to watch that.
And yes, you are being very good.
A very good pawn in my takeover of the world!
Just kidding.

So that's:
3 posts on-topic, 7759 off-topic?

No that would be 3 on-topic, 16549 off-topic.

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

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy

HEY!

You be nice!

You too SJOD! I see you....

The Atmosphereic Jellyfish are NOT amused....

Flying Snakes are common, we got them in our jungle. Try to google it. The most famous of flying snakes is the Malaysian Tree Snake. A green colored snake that soar among trees. Well, it doesn't literally fly, tho!

I've seen documentaries on The Malaysian Tree Snake before. Fascinating and unnerving all at once....especially the way it moves when it leaps from tree to tree.

Oh how true that statement is...




I think it's a deep sea cnidarian. Either jelly, sea pen or a sea pansy or something. They give off the most amazing colours when white light is shone on them, which is carzy since all white light is lost withing the first few metres.

I remember the last topic on this.

Hey do you guys know there are microbes that live in the atmosphere? I'm guessing they're photosynthetic, or chemosynthetic but I can't remember. If there were big floaty sky jellies then they could either use photosynthesis, or feed of these little blighters floating around too.

I also asked you kind folks regarding this story I read in a reading book while at primary. it revolved around these strange skate or ray like criters that lived in the conpoy of this forest, but would only attack male humans. I think they might have also attacked females but only if they looked up or something. No-one had a clue. It was quite dark for 9 year olds, but it really caught my imagination, and I've been trying to look for info on it. Most of these primary school reading books were made up of exerps of longer stories, sometimes with a full story in them too. I guess the best analogy to these animals would be the ray-like animals on the Xen level of Half Life.

RKD

http://members.tripod.com/burns_mike/a/atmosphericanimals

Here's a fairly interesting write-up on it.

Trying to find some of Bessor's work..

-Madcap

Well...This is just getting interesting... I'll see if I find anything...

This again? These topics are like zombies

Like when you thought it's over, suddenly they grab yout feet again? I agree with you!