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Jose Escamilla

Jose Escamilla

3 archived appearances · 1999–2001

RodsCryptozoologyFilmAnomalies

Jose Escamilla is a filmmaker and researcher who popularized the phenomenon of "rods" - elongated, rapidly moving objects captured on video that he proposed were an unknown form of aerial life. On Art Bell's programs, he presented his footage and analysis of these anomalous entities, sparking widespread debate about whether they represented a previously undiscovered species.

On the air with Art · 3

  1. May 25, 1999 · 1h 58m

    Rods

    Art Bell presents what he calls broadcast history as researcher Jose Escamilla returns to discuss rods, mysterious elongated creatures captured on video that appear to coexist with humans on Earth. For the first time, Art simultaneously streams Jose's rod footage via internet video while broadcasting the radio discu...
  2. Jul 20, 1999 · 2h 51m

    Rods Update - Jose Escamilla | OBEs - Dr. Albert Taylor

    with Dr. Albert Taylor

    Art Bell opens with the somber news that Father Malachi Martin has suffered a massive stroke and is near death, before turning to updates from Jose Escamilla on his ongoing research into the aerial anomalies known as rods. Escamilla describes new high-velocity footage captured at a cave in Mexico by Fox TV cameras,...
  3. Feb 22, 2001 · 2h 51m

    Invisible Flying Creatures, Rods Revisited

    Jose Escamilla, the researcher who first documented the phenomena known as "rods," joins Art Bell to revisit invisible flying creatures and evidence of an unknown life form coexisting with humanity. Escamilla returns with extensive new video and photographic evidence captured by sources including Fox TV, the Learnin...