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Facts, Lies and Hypotheses

CROP CIRCLES- An Open Case -

Elisabeth Zollinger


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Content

Preface

I) What are crop circles?

1. Inroducion

2. Some Eye - Openers3. Brief Overview Of Hisory and Developmen of he Crop Circles in England

4. Brief Overview Of Sudies

4.1. Biological Sudies

4.2. Analyses of Geomery, Mahemaics and Music in Crop Circles

4.3. Asronomical Observaions

5. Wha if?

6. The Ligh Phenomenon

II) Reactions Towards the Crop Circle Phenomenon

1. Hoaxing and Hoax-Claiming2. Unprofessional Behaviour

3. The Role of he Media

4. A Remarkable Even: The Sory of he Eas Field Crop Circle 7h July 2007

5. Todays Crop Circle Scene

5.1. In he Fog of Rumours and Debunking

5.2. Analysis of an Abuse: Andrew Pyrkas Inerview wih Andrew Buckley

5.3. Debunking he Woodhay Down Serpen Crop Circle

5.4. Clearing he Sigh: The Cropwach UK Projec

6. Our Behaviour Towards he Unknown

III) Interviews with Crop Circle Researchers

Karen Alexander, Andrew Buckley, Suar Dike, Michael Glickman, Ber Janssen,

Palden Jenkins, Foeke Kooje, Frank Laumen, Charles Mallet, Andreas Mller,

Lucy Pringle, Nancy Talbot, Andy Thomas, Dan Vidler

Appendix: Books, Films and Websies abou Crop Circles

22/7/2008 & 23/7/2008, South Field, near Alton

Priors, Wiltshire, Wheat 450ft. approx.


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WHAT ARE

CROP CIRCLES?

* A Black Swan is an event that lies outside the realm of

regular expectations and it carries an extreme impact.

(Nicholas N. Taleb)

27/7/2005,Avebury Manor, Wiltshire, Wheat, 300ft. approx.

here is no evidence of he possibiliy of large evens, i.e.,

Black Swans*. You are likely o confuse ha saemen, however,

paricularly if you do no pay close atenion, wih he saemen

ha here is evidence of no possible Black Swans Ten days

from now, if you manage o remember he firs saemen a all,

you will be likely o reain he second, inaccurae version ha

here is proof of no Black Swans.

One single observaion can invalidae a general saemen

derived from millennia of confirmaory sighings of whie swans.

All you need is one single black bird.

(Nicholas N. Taleb, The Black Swan, 2007, rev.ed. paperback,

Penguin Books, 2010, p.52)


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4.1. General Remarks

There have been many sudies on crop circles con-

duced in he pas hiry years for example, biophysical

sudies on plan and soil samples and on conrols; sudies

on radiaion; mahemaical and geomerical analyses of

designs in he fields, asronomical observaions, and

more. Since here exis many examples in lieraure and

documenary films abou such sudies, I will confine

myself here o only a brief overview. I will provide se-

veral examples of sudies and research, including he

work of he BLT Research Team (W.C. Levengood, Nancy

Talbot and he lae John Burke), some geomerical

analyses by Michael Glickman, he findings of Gerald

Hawkins and asronomical observaions by Jack Sullivan.

4.2. Biophysical and Radiation

Studies

Over he years, here have been many scienific sudies

invesigaing plan and soil samples from crop circles,

including he monioring of possible radioacive anoma-

lies.

- ADAS, UK, The Agricultural Development and Advi-

sory Service esed several crop formaions in 1995

and found, amongs oher anomalies, an increase in

he nirogen/nirae raio.

Afer he publicaion of hese resuls, he depar -

men of ADAS was closed down.

- BLT-Research Team, Pinelandia Biophysical Labora-

tory, Michigan (W.C. Levengood, John Burke, Nancy

Talbot), USA, did mos sudies unil now:

Levengood, W.C. (M.S. in Biophysics; M.A. in

Bioscience): Anaomical anomalies in crop formaion

plans, Physiologia Planarum, Vol. 92, Issue 2, p.356-

363, Oc 1994

Crop formaions consis of geomerically organized regions

ranging from 2 o 80 m diameer, in which he plans (pri -

marily grain crops) are flatened in a horizonal posiion.

Plans from crop formaions display anaomical aleraions

which canno be accouned for by assuming he formaions

are hoaxes.

Near he soil surface he curved sems ofen form complex

swirls wih vorex ype paterns. In he presen paper, evi-

dence is presened which indicaes ha srucural and

cellular aleraions ake place in plans exposed wihin he

confines of he circle ype formaions, differences which were

4. A Brief Overview of Studies

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deermined o be saisically significan when compared

wih conrol plans aken ouside he formaions.

These ransformaions were manifesed a he macros-

copic-level as abnormal nodal swelling, gross malformaionsduring embryogenesis, and charred epidermal issue. Signi-

fican changes in seed germinaion and developmen were

found, and a he microscopic level differences were observed

in cell wall pi srucures. Affeced plans also have charac-

erisics suggesing he involvemen of ransien high

emperaures.

(onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1399-

3054.1994.b05348.x/absrac)

Levengood, W.C., Burke, J.: Semi-Molen Mee-

oric Iron Associaed wih a Crop Formaion, Journal

of Scienific Exploraion, Vol 9, No 2, pp 191-199, 1995,

1995 Sociey for Scienific Exploraion

We repor he unusual discovery of a naural iron glaze

composed of fused paricles of meeoric origin, concenraed

enirely wihin a crop formaion in England, appearing

shorly afer he inense Perseid meeor shower in Augus

1993. Physical and chemical characerisics as well as spaial

disribuions indicaed reheaing o a semi-molen sae a

he ime of crop impac, suggesing involvemen wih an

iron plasma vorex, a mechanism previoulsy considered he

chief candidae in scienific invesigaions of crop formaions.Abnormaliies in seedling growh was also consisen wih

he usual responses of seeds from numerous crop formaions.

Conrad, Diane (Geologis): Presudy Clay-Mineral

Crysallizaion Case Sudy, 1996

BLT Research Team Inc.: Clay-Mineral Crysalli-

zaion Case Sudy, 1999

Edmonon, Albera, Canada crop formaion.

Online 2004 (blresearch.com/xrd.php)

This Sudy is presened as an example following

his lis in deail.

Levengood, W.C., Talbot, N., (Presiden BLT Team):

Dispersion of Energies in Worldwide Crop Formaions,

Physiologia Planarum, Vol 105, issue 4, pages 615-624,

1999

The findings repored here lend furher suppor o a

decade of research which suggess ha over 95% of world-

wide crop formaions involve organized ion plasma vorices

ha deliver lower amosphere energy componens of sufficien

magniude o produce significan bending, expansion and

he formaion of unique expulsion caviies in plan sem

pulvini, as well as significan changes in seedling develop-

men. Here we demonsraed ha, in a number of formaions,

quaniaive node aleraions can be direcly relaed o

fundamenal conceps of elecromagneic energy absorpion

hrough he amosphere. Also, in a deailed field sudy of

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Apical Nodes

Node bending to SIDE Expulsion Cavity (maize)

(1st or 2nd day)


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simulaed crop formaions, we show ha overferilizaion or

gravioropism canno accoun for observed physiological

aleraions. In addiion, we demonsrae ha deails of

flatened, inerwined crop paterns can be described by heapplicaion of fluid dynamic principles governing he iner-

acion of recilinearly moving vorex pairs.

Talbot, N., BLT Research: FT-IR, ICP-MS & XRD

Analyses Prove Whie Powder in Duch Crop Circle is

99.99% Pure Hydromagnesie

(2010, blresearch.com/robber/2009whiepowder.php)

Addendum o FT-IR and ICP-MS analyses of he

whie powder:

Mineralogis Dr. D.D. Eberl conduced an x-ray diff-

racion analysis of his whie powder: He was able o

confirm boh he chemisry and FTIR we had run previously,

saing ha he whie powder is pure hydromagnesie. He

also expressed he opinion ha i mus be synheic, because

i is so pure.

As Nancy Talbot wries, is chief use seems o be as a

fire reardan, is formule is Mg5 (CO3)4(OH)2 4(H2O).

(blresearch.com/robber/2009whiepowder.php) 2010

Talbot, Nancy: Firs scienific proof of burning

in crop circle plans,

in 2010 seedheads from a Duch formaion which

occurred in he early morning hours of Augus 2nd in a field

in-beween Hoeven and Oudenbosch have provided scienific

proof of acual burningThe laboraory repor clearly

shows ha in his case he blackening is carbon-based

and posiively due o burning, no o he fungus Usilago.

(blresearch.com/robber/seedheads2011.php)

Many laboraory repors and analyses of crop

circles from various counries since he early 1990s

unil oday (see www.blresearch.com)

- Buckley, Andrew, Graphic Designer; Sudies on Ra-

diaion in crop circles (unpublished)

- Burke, John; several aricles, for example The Physics

of Crop Formaions, MUFON Journal, Oc. 1998; wroe

ogeher wih Kay Halberg he book Seeds of Know-

ledge, Sone of Pleny, 2005.John Burke died in 2010.

In conjuncion wih his crop circles work wih Michigan

biopysicis W.C. Levengood, John was insrumenal in

developing he MIR Sressguard process, a echnique which

replicaed he BLT Teams discovery ha seeds aken from

crop circles which had occurred in maure plans grew boh

faser han normal and also produced increased yield while

simulaneously wihsanding ypical plan sressors.

Years of atemps by John o bring his echnology o heworlds seed companies failed, because he financial profis

which could be anicipaed were less han hese garnered by

he curren, geneic, approach.

(Nancy Talbot, blresearch.com/johnburke.php) 2010

- Chorost, Michael, physicis, USA, and

- Dudly, Marshall, nuclear physicis, USA

Dudley, M., Tennelec/Nucleus, Tennesse, USA

and Choros,M., Duke Universiy, Norh Carolina:

The Discovery of Thireen Shor-Lived Radionucleides

in Soil Samples from an English Crop Circle

(execonn.com/cropcircles/isoopes.hml), 1991

- Haselhoff, Eltjo, PhD in Theoreical and Experimenal

Physics, physicis, NL

Haselhoff, E., Opinions and commens on Leven-

good WC, Talbot NP (1999) Dispersion of energies in

worldwide crop formaions,

Eljo Haselhoff confirmed findings of BLT and in-

vesigaed in he connecion beween balls of ligh and

crop circles finding surprising resuls.

Physiologia Planarum Vol. 111, issue 1, p. 123-124,

January 2001, online 7. July 2008

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REACTIONS TOWARDS

THE CROP CIRCLEPHENOMENON

2/8/2004, Silbury Hill,Wiltshire, Wheat,

350ft. approx.

If you can dream and not make dreams your master;

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can bear to hear the truth youve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools

(Rudyard Kipling, If, quoed in: Bes-loved Poems,

ed. Neil Philip; Litle, Brown and Company, 2000)


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Introduction

Andy Thomas wries abou hoaxing in his book Vial

Signs:

Technically, a hoax is only a hoax when masquerading as

something known to be the real thing, and only a very few

formations have ever had their source indisputably proved (eye-

witness accounts of circles forming out of nowhere, or those

known beyond any doubt to be man-made).

In he pas years here have always been (a leas since

he Doug n Dave sory) people allegedly hoaxing crop

circles, or claiming o have hoaxed crop formaions.

Many, if no acually he majoriy of people believe

hese claims o be rue, which seems o me o be raher

surprising.

The reason: here has never been any subsanial evi-

dence o suppor hese claims.

There are no scienific sudies proving ha mos or all

crop circles are man-made, on he conrary: such scienific

sudies do show ha here is somehing very ineresing

and unexplained going on in he fields of Souhern Eng-

land and in oher pars of he world (see chaper A Brief

Overview of Sudies).

And: he CropWachUK Projec, iniiaed by Andrew

Buckley in 2009, wih he suppor of he UK Naional

Farmers Union and inpu from he local police auhoriies

reveals imporan findings (see chaper 5.4. Clearing he

Sigh: The Cropwach UK Projec).

And, as Andy Thomas wries: On paper, just drawing

some of the designs we have seen would take hours. Marking

elaborately huge configurations out in dark fields would require

many more, let alone then laying the crops down with the skill

observed. (A.Thomas, Vial Signs).

Regarding he lay and weaving found in crop circles,

Andy Thomas wries ha Experiments with rollers, planks

and feet have failed to reproduce this effect and, while sometimes

tidy, lack the graceful flow usually seen.

So how come ha hoax-claimans and debunkers have

such a big influence, so ha even long-sanding crop circle

researchers are influenced by hem?

There is no evidence for he claims. Jus saying: We

have done his crop circle las nigh!, or: I know who

has done his crop circle, bu have promised no o ell he

names! or o show a phoograph of people sanding in a

field wih a board, or fooage showing how people samp

plans in a field, is no evidence a all.

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Or would you believe me, if I showed you a phoo-

graph of me sanding besides he Eiffel Tower in Paris,

wih a hammer and oher equipmen, and I hen old you

ha I consruced ha building?

Or showing broken plans and oher damage in forma-

ions and saying: Look is man-made, here are races

of people having been in i! canno sand as evidence for

he crop circle having been made by people. Because,

srangely enough, here are people going ino crop circles

a nigh desroying pars of hem or leaving boards and

oher hings here. These are incidens ha have acually

been observed.

Obviously many people seem o be very gullible. A

researcher wen ino a crop circle once and old he

people here, jus as an experimen, ha he had made his

formaion. They believed him insanly (of course he old

hem himself he ruh laer). However ineresingly, hey

did no ask he researcher for any evidence o suppor his

claims.

Why do hey accep hese claims so easily?

Could i be ha fear of he unknown is in mos of us

oo big o cope wih, and ha here is grea relief if we

can hold on o our world view when old ha here is

nohing srange going on, jus people flatening crop as

Doug n Dave said.

Therefore why does all his claiming and debunking

acually ake place?

Why do hese hoax-claimans and debunkers work so

hard creaing hese sories merely o convince ohers of

heir claims?

For example Mathew Williams on his Circlemakersv

goes o a grea deal of rouble o inerview hoax-claimans

and spread lies and disinformaion, wih ofen libellous

and defamaory remarks.

Anoher example is Andrew Pyrka informing everyone

ha all crop circles are man-made1 wihou providing any

evidence on his websies Repor a Crop Circle Formaion

(Facebook) and CropCircleWisdom.com.

He also is seen sanding in crop circles elling visiors

ha researchers now accep ha all crop circles are man-

made. This is raher srange, as if he is no longer ineres-

ed in he crop circles as a phenomenon, hen why no

leave he subjec alone?

Whaever he agendas of hese hoax-claimans are:

hey are very efficien in spreading heir claims and lies

and influencing many people.Could i be ha rumours abou people geting paid for

debunking crop circles, o keep he public uninformed, are

correc?

Is i hese people jus feel he need o sand ou from

he crowd and need o be he cenre of atenion?

Maybe hey need o le ou some aggression, as is ofen

seen wih some of hem, hreaening researchers for

example, or verbally atacking hem on a very primiive

level? (as examples see he YouTube films of Mathew

Williams atacking researchers as Michael Glickman,

Andy Thomas, Andrew Buckley and farmers, for example

Polly Carson).

However i could be ha hey are so afraid of some-

hing unknown ha hey have o persuade ohers ha

here is nohing unusual going on, jus o be able o calm

hemselves?

Will here be answers o hese quesions one day?

Alhough maybe he answers will no be so imporan

anymore when we jus look a wha is going on, wih

much discernmen and an open mind.

Then all hese claimans and debunkers, whaever

heir agendas may be, will surely lose much of heir

influence.

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3.1. Some general remarks

We assume ha he role of he media is o inform he

public as objecively as possible abou evens, houghs,

heories ec. I is undersandable ha his is especially

difficul regarding a subjec so conroversial as he crop

circles.

As Michael Glickman once remarked: Would you like to

have been the journalist who had to write in a paper that the

earth is round?

All he same: scienific resuls of sudies compleed by

scienifically rained and qualified persons should find a

way ino he media-repors. Unforunaely his does no

happen or if i does, on very rare occasions, i is done

raher in a superficial way. I seems as if mos of he

media have biased views on his phenomenon and are

no ineresed in acually invesigaing he subjec.

Regretably, hey ofen missrepresan collaborae wih

hoax-claimans who have already been known o have

lied abou crop formaions. This resuls in false sories

ha are misleading o people who may be ineresed in

he opic.

There are many, many examples of such incidens. I

could fill a whole book on his subjec: on several

occasions Naional Geographic have been involved in

decepion (for example in he inciden in 2004; see Nancy

Talbots leter o Naional Geographic TVs Mr. Sydney

Suissa and Ber Janssens aricle, www.blresarch.com/

published/nageo_cropcircleshow.php and Sern-TV in

Germany in he year 2002 and ohers).

Here is he analysis of one such example:

3.2. Analysis of The Truth Behind

Crop Circles, a Film by Zig Zag

Productions and National

Geographic; Shown on n-tv,

January 2011

a) Information

In his film several aspecs of he crop circle pheno -

menon are alked abou. Also crop circle researcher Andy

Thomas has his say occasionally, and he circlemakers

(former Team Saan) are shown making a crop circle in

a field. Scieniss (no crop circle researchers) are iner-

viewed on he subjec.

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5.1. In he Fog of Rumours

and Debunking

a) General remarks

In my opinion here is much misrus and confusion

in he crop circle scene, especially in he Unied Kingdom.

I even looks as if some sor of culminaion poin has

been reached in a developmen ha seems o have begun

in he year 1991 wih he Doug-n-Dave decepion sory.

Culminaion poins have one characerisic which could

be a consolaion: ha he direcion of he developmen

could change.

Of course, i could also be differen, maybe he develop-

men is going even more in he same direcion, he

culminaion poin no really having been achieved

already.

So we canno know if here really will be a change

soon, bu we can ry o be of help in a fruiful way in he

developmen of hings o come.

A he momen, and for a considerable ime, hoax-

claimans and debunkers seem o work feverishly

persuading as many people as possible of heir opinion

ha all crop circles are man-made.

Alhough here is no hard evidence for he claims of

hese individuals, hey are aken seriously by many

people.

Maybe i does no make much sense pondering oo

long on he quesion why hese people are doing his.

Bu I hink i is very imporan o look precisely a heir

behaviour and how hey proceed, in order o gain a

clearer picure of he siuaion.

In my opinion, over he pas few years, he siuaion

in he crop circle scene became more and more confused:

Hoax-claimans and debunkers seem o have gained

more influence year afer year, wih increasing suppor

from even some of he serious researchers.

This is raher difficul o undersand. I would be

easier o comprehend people who do no undersand a

grea deal abou crop circles o be aken in.

Rumours have probably always been a dominaing

aspec wihin he crop circle communiy.

The siuaion is hardly ransparen.

I hink a very helpful guideline in discerning honesy

and ruhfulness will be o look a how people behave

owards one anoher. To libel, atack and hreaen oher

people is cerainly no an indicaion of professional

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behaviour, so I recommend ha he reader pay atenion

when cerain individuals behave in his manner.

Unbiased and maure communicaion wih people

showing differen viewpoins is of course a crucial feaurefor professional working researchers.

So, o make ones way hrough his fog of rumour,

hearsay and fighing i is imporan o look a he evi-

dence.

For example, if someone commens abou anoher

person one has o lisen wih much discernmen and look

if here is any evidence for he claim.

And of course one has o speak wih he person in

quesion, oo. I may all urn ou o be very differen frominformaion having obained indirecly (hearsay) and

maybe here are jus big misundersandings.

Many desrucive hings have been done in falsely

accusing hones persons and believing liars, or acceping

he esimony of ofen very gullible, bu oherwise friend-

ly people.

I hope ha in presening some examples of his be -

haviour I will be able o clear away some of he fog.

There would be much o ell, bu for he ime being a

few examples shall be sufficien.

More abou hoaxing, hoax-claiming, debunking and

unprofessional behaviour you find in

his par II) of my book, chaper 1: Hoaxing and Hoax-

Claiming and chaper 2: Unprofessional Behaviour.

A he momen (and for some years now), Mathew

Williams and Andrew Pyrka seem o have gained grea

influence in he crop circle scene. So in his chaper I will

concenrae on he wo of hem.

As hey boh chose o publically broadcas heir sae-

mens I menion hem by name.

b) Mathew Williams and CirclemakersTV

(please noe: episodes of CirclemakersTV are currenly

uploaded ono Mathew Williams websie: Truhseekers666)

Hoax-claiman Mathew Williams is he creaor and

presener of CirclemakersTV. Some of he people who

paricipae in he show are ofen presened in an abusive

and occasionally defamaory manner, paricularly if hey

do no suppor his views on crop circles.

He frequenly makes saemens wihou providing

any hard evidence.

The idea, ha all crop circles are man-made seems

really o have become an ideology for some people: nooher viewpoin is acceped, and people who do see hings

differenly are being atacked.

Mathew Williams ofen resors o expleives as fuck

his and ha in his communicaion.

He has familiar arges, for example, Michael Glickman,

W.C. Levengood, Lucy Pringle, Linda Moulon-Howe

and Andrew Buckley. Ineresingly, many of his vicims

have scienific and/or professional backgrounds wih

degree saus from recognised universiies.

Examples of saemens made by Mathew Williams:

Truhseekers 666, 16/5/2010 (regarding an episode on

he Hisory Channel abou crop circles)

They don menion anyhing abou circlemakers apar

from Doug and Dave, is like a couple of blokes couldn do i,

yeah, bollocks, yeah i has o be conneced wih aliens, i has o

be conneced wih, you know, mysical suff and suff from

spaceSuzanne Taylor was on here, you are no going o ge

any balance here, and here was Linda Moulon Howe, and

ha was i hey even didn boher o speak abou he

circlemakers.. hey even didn boher o do any real research

by he looks of i

The big problem I have wih heir program is ha hey

brough up, ye again Levengoods research. And hey have

said ha is research is from he Dr. Levengood, so one has o

wonder why, when as you know, Linda Moulon Howe,

fairplay, and I believe Suzanne Taylor, do acually refer o

Levengood jus by he ile Levengood, hey don say Dr.

Levengood, hey jus say Levengoodbu I am making in-

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INTERVIEWS

WITH CROP CIRCLERESEARCHERS

25/7/2011, Etchilhampton,near Devizes, Wlitshire,Wheat, 250ft. approx.

To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild Flower,

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour.

(William Blake, in: Bes-loved Poems, ed. Neil Philip;

Litle, Brown and Company, 2000)

Karen Alexander

Andrew Buckley

Suar Dike

Michael Glickman

Ber Janssen

Palden Jenkins

Foeke Kooje

Frank Laumen

Charles Mallet

Andreas Mller

Lucy Pringle

Nancy Talbo

Andy Thomas

Dan Vidler


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Michael Glickman

I know here are man-made circles

and hey are errible, hey are roten,

and i so depresses me, ha people do

no have he discernmen o under-sand.

Is like we offer hem a five course

dinner in Lyon in a five sar Michelin

resauran and hey say, no, no, no we

wan a Big Mac, we prefer ha, or a

Kenucky Fried Chicken.

And his is mad. They say, oh

here is no difference, really. Is he

same.I find his he mos bleakly, depres-

sing hing abou my dear and beloved

fellow human beings, ha hey canno

use heir eyes, canno do i, hey canno

disinguish a miracle from a piece of

shi.

This is depressing.

Why do you think there

are so few people really

interested in this

phenomenon? Mostly they

just laugh compassionately.

Well, why did so few people believe

he earh migh be round?

Why did so few people believe ha

heavier han air machines migh fly?

Why did so few people believe ha

women had souls?

Because we wan oday like yeser-

day and omorrow like oday. And if

someone comes and shakes he boa

we hrow hem ou. And crop circles

are rocking he boa.

And so, crop circles, hey are man-

made, I can go o sleep now and I can

worry abou my new moorcar, and

he elevision program, and my mor-gage. Humaniy bless hem.

What do you think about the

media, how they behave

towards crop circles?

I is he same. I mean, a lo of people

say: Oh here is a conspiracy. There

is no conspiracy. The media are lockedinescapably ino elling he public

wha he public is comforable o hear.

Simple as ha.

I mean: Would you like o be edior

of a newspaper ha firs had o say:

The earh is round!? He would have

been killed.

So hey will never give you he real

news, hey give us wha we expec.

Can you imagine now a newspa-

per, prining a headline saying crop

circles canno be produced by man.

Can you imagine ha?

Not really, no. Would you

like to say what you think

about the crop circles so far

from this year? (July 2010)

I hink hey are wonderful. I hink

hey are absoluely wonderful.

They are enormous and giganic

and complex.

And he hing is his: he design

qualiies are so suble and enigmaic,

mulilayered and complex, ha every

single one of hese formaions is a

maserclass in design and geomery.

There are people who say,

for example, the Milk Hill

is a hoax, because some

geometry doesnt match.

Look, I don wan o alk abou his,

because I have wased weny years,

alking abou his.

And here is he ruh. In 1992 I said:

Everyhing you hear abou a hoax is

a lie. I is rue! There is always some-

one around saying: Oh is a hoax, a

hoax. There is never evidence.

I mean I saw some of he deails of

he Windmill Hill formaion, he litle

ness and he spiders webs.

You would need o bring Belgian

lace-making nuns o do his. Or litle

children from Kandahar, who make

carpes. These hings were so delicae.

Each ime somebody says oh is

man-made, hey are no alking abou

he real exernal mechanical world or

abou evidence.

Wha hey say is: I am go o give

you a window o look ino my fear,

my inabiliy o ake his in.

So when anybody alks abou man-

made hey are alking abou heir own

insecuriy. There is never evidence.


16/17

The angels play on their horns all day,The whole earth in progression seems to pass by.But does anyone hear the music they play,Does anyone even try?

(Bob Dylan, Three Angels, in: Writings and Drawings,

Panter Books 1974)

the lines in the Angels robe alternated between outward and inword sweeps in a continuous line that was over four thousand

feet long

These lines were about six inches wide and looked as though they had been rolled by a magically controlled ball that ran unerringly

straight through the wheat and left the sides of the channel swept upword.

Michael Glickman (Crop Circes. The Bones of God, 2009)

25/7/2001, Great Shelford,Cambridgeshire, Wheat,150ft. approx.


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This book deals with many questions

regarding the crop circle phenomenon:

Wha are crop circles, and wha know-ledge do we have, resuling from scienificsudies, geomerical analyses and repors?

How do we reac owards unknown phe-nomena, for example crop circles and un-explained ligh phenomena?

A view o a roublesome siuaion wherelies are old and unprofessional behaviouris in evidence indicaes wha is going onin he Unied Kingdom in he crop circlescene a his ime.

Inerviews wih 14 crop circle researchersshow ha hey are no lunaics bu juspeople rying commited o undersandingwha is all abou.

Elisabeth Zollinger

Lic phil I in Psychology,(MA Universiy of Zurich), SwierlandSudying he crop circle phenomenonsince 1999

Elisabeh Zollinger

cropcircles anopencase preview

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