# Rod UFOs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-ufos/42563>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 24, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-ufos/42563 "2000-11-24T19:26:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bcullman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bcullman/32/8207_2.png) [@bcullman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bcullman)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-ufos/42563/1 "2000-11-24T19:26:07Z")

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Recently I was watching TLC and they had a story about “Rod UFOs”. They showed some intriguing video of these things. Has anyone come up with a suitable explaination of what these are yet?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-ufos/42563/2 "2000-11-24T19:35:16Z")

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Previous discussions:

[What do you make of the “rods” phenomenon?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=28231)

[Roswell Rods - Seriously!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=14815)

[Rods: Latest Info.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=10839)

It doesn’t appear that anybody’s come up with any evidence to suggest that they are anything besides insects on video.

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**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-ufos/42563/3 "2000-11-24T22:12:34Z")

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**SDSTAFF Doug** on the [subject](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrodhoax.html).