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Created by: Hannah Ireland

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The video shown below is believed to be a pair of UFO's creating a crop circle in a matter of seconds. Two orbs of light are seen hovering in circles above the field as the crop circles are forming underneath. The video was taken at Oliver's Castle in Whiltshire, Scotland in 1996. The man who was said to have filmed the video claimed the whole thing was a hoax and even filmed a confession. But this video was never said to be released.

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UFO's Form Crop Circle In Less Than 5 Seconds - Scotland 1996

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The man-made crop circles that have been proven as hoaxes are not as skillfully made as those that are unexplained. Even when there is a large team of ‘expert’ humans who have tried to recreate the complex circles it has taken days for them to finish. The crop circles that are unexplained are formed overnight or even sometimes in seconds. Even when there are cameras or motion sensors on the area the crop circle is made there is still no human activity found.

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Crop Circles Revisited and the Human Intentional Code -by Paul A Philips
These days the crop circle phenomenon is not that well-covered or discussed compared to what it was some years ago. However, crop circles do indeed continue to be formed and to fascinated investigators, this justifies their ongoing investigations.

I remember overhearing a conversation between several people on the subject of crop circles. Not the exact words, but the gist of the short conversation went in the way of: ' How clever those people are, like Doug and Dave, after moon shining late one night, to cure their boredom they played a prank by secretly making a crop circle...' -i.e. the whole subject dismissed with a simple explanation: Crop circles were clever human hoaxes...
Perhaps these people and others like them would not so easily dismiss the subject of crop circles with their hoax theory had they known the following.

1. Crop circles have materialised in areas under close surveillance, sectioned off with infra-red cameras and motion sensor detectors, during which no human activity was found in the field.

2. Even when working swiftly, complex crop circles have taken days and days to complete sometimes by large teams of 'expert' humans, while unexplained (no human claims) complex crop circles have been formed overnight, or even in seconds as witnessed on numerous occasions.

In the unexplained crop circles, it has been found that the crops are not broken but bent. They are bent frequently at the growth nodes, while those claimed to be human made are broken and soon die out.

Forensic analysis of unexplained crop circles has produced interesting results. They have found microwave radiation, high water vapour levels coming from the ground, traces of magnetic particles in soils and micro-spheres of silicone present in stems. Also, geological studies show that most unexplained crop circles (upper 90's %) are found to be made at aquifer (ground water) regions.

Seeds from the crops of unexplained crop circles undergo genetic changes, as research has shown by Dr Levengood et al. ( BLT research).

In early 1990's Britain, an interest in crop circles reached the highest level in government. Soon after, a hoaxing campaign began called 'Operation Blackbird.' The idea was to catch hoaxers at work and ridicule researchers in an an attempt to quash public interest in the whole phenomenon. The manipulative disinformation campaign with its attempts to muddy the waters of truth, credibility and scientific evidence did not dampen public interest. In the 90's, like others, 'Doug and Dave' later confessed to false claims over making certain crop circles: On one occasion they had been caught on camera claiming they made a crop circle that was made before their arrival!

One of many things mainstream media rarely mentions is the fact that most human crop circles are not as skilfully made as those unexplained.

-Yes, there have been both sloppy and elaborate man-made crop circles. However, a number of crop circles formed, with their intricate details, have left researchers or scientists baffled and bewildered:
"Some of these formations are so immense and complex as to defy reason. And after all these decades, none of the perpetrators have been caught in the act of making any of the truly extraordinary formations." -The massive Milk Hill Spiral crop circle (Milk Hill, Wiltshire, England)
In a secluded area, spanning 238 meters (780 feet), highly complex, it comprises 409 intricately interrelated circles. Making up a 3-interlocking spiral motif, it has been named the triskelion. With such a vast complexity and elaborate design who could have made this?

There have been many reports of seeing orbs ( aka lightening balls said to be made up of ionized plasma) in the sky, metallic objects or UFO's during the making of crop circles.

This may sound sceptical to some, but during the making of unexplained crop circles, witnesses have claimed to have reported propagated waves bursting down from the sky causing intense heat and sudden movement in the crops... Rather like a shock wave from an explosion.

Later, insects have been seen stuck in the waxy part of the crops' stems which had melted and then solidified during cooling, while the nodes end up elongated, swollen or exploded...

It has been said that there have been Military helicopter sightings of crop circle making which has been used as evidence to suggest UFO involvement. If crop circles were mere hoaxes why would the military take such an interest?
The human intentional code
Crop circles may be presented as puzzles or codes. Having been geometrically and mathematically analysed, some have been found to have more complex codes than others: Is it because the higher forces who made them want to see a commitment from us as a race to understand their meaning? Do the messages in crop circles convey a deep understanding about our interconnectedness with each other and Earth? Thus, do the messages encourage us to play our responsible part in our spiritual awakening..?

-The crop circle mystery has affected the lives of those who have studied them.
Finally
This video nicely captures the crop circle phenomenon.

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Crop Circles Revisited and the Human Intentional Code

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Crop Circles Revisited and the Human Intentional Code -by Paul A Philips These days the crop circle phenomenon is not that well-covered or discussed compared to what it was some years ago. However, crop circles do indeed continue to be formed and to fascinated investigators, this justifies their ongoing investigations.

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Crop Circles have been described as a worldwide paranormal hoax since the late 1970's. Doug Bower and Dave Chorley confessed in 1991 that they started making the circles to tease the locals who believed UFO's and aliens to be real. They were inspired by a case they heard from Australia where a farmer claimed to have seen a UFO and afterwards the swamp reeds under where he saw this UFO was flattened in the shape of a circle.

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This video explains the origin of the first crop circles and provides an attempt from scientists to provide an explanation of how they are created. Dr. Colin Andrews believes that although approximately 80% of crop circles are fake, 20% are still unexplained. They were first known as 'saucer nests' when they started appearing in Australia in the 1960's.

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Prince Charles has been known to believe in many paranormal phenomenons and to promote multiple different pseudosciences. He also has been vocal about his belief in crop circles. Prince Charles belief in crop circles is an example of the appeal to authority reason for belief because when a celebrity or well known person endorses something, people who follow them are more likely to believe it aswell.

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Mark Rylance and Prince Charles bond over love of crop circles - AOL

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Mark Rylance has dubbed himself the Prince of Wales's "crop circle counsellor" after revealing their shared interest in the phenomena. While Charles is well-known for talking to

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When a crop circle has been man-made using a wooden board and string the crop will be broken at the growth node, but in the usual cases where the circle is unexplained the crop will be bent instead. In the photo shown below the crop on the right is what has been seen in a man-made crop circle and the crop in the middle is what has been seen in an unexplained crop circle. When the wooden board pushes down the crop it breaks the stems.

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In this video former molecular biologist Dr. Horace Drew has claimed to have decoded messages within crop circles that are said to be made my extraterrestrial beings. He says the beings are attempting to establish contact with human through the codes within these crop circles. He also says this may be attempts from time travellers who are using the circles as directional markers.

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Scientist Claims to Have Decoded Crop Circles

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A former molecular biologist who has been studying crop circles for the last 20 years believes that the enigmatic formations contain coded messages and that he has deciphered them. Dr. Horace Drew detailed his findings at a paranormal conference in Australia last week where he explained that his research is akin to how "other mainstream scientists study conventional subjects."

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The author from this website has a strong belief that crop circles are not man-made. He provides more than 10 reasons why crop circles are 'authentic' ranging from the energy fields of the circle to dead insects being stuck to the bent crops. Although the author has bias to the idea of crop circles being made by an alternative source than humans, he states that he does believe a fraction of the circles are man-made. He advocates that the only ones worthy of human attention are the authentic circles.

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L'association " Ecoute la Terre " a pour but de faire mieux connaître la réalité des crop circles et leur signification profonde, ainsi que des OVNIs et autres Manifestations InterDimensionnelles, par des conférences, stages et livres.

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The following image is of a common device used in the making of crop circles. Commonly it is a wooden board with a string attached that allows the person to easily flatten crops. Alternative explanations include weather, animal activity, magnetism, and paranormal activity.