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Crop Circles
The Worldwide Field Phenomenon
What are crop circles? Irregular imprints (usually in the shape of circles) that have appeared swirled into farmers' fields across the World, and primarily in England. To this date, there have been over 5000 reported and documented cases of formations throughout the world, with some 90% of them coming from England.
Although the first reported case of the crop circle phenomenon dates back to 1678, crop circles first gained major publicity during the summer of 1980. Many circles appeared in the English countryside at this time. The phenomenon was centered in the land around the town of Warminster (a world-famous UFO Hotspot). In August of 1980, in Wiltshire, England, farmer John Scull of Bratton, Wiltshire, England, discovered a seemingly unexplainable part of his oats field to be flattened in the form of a circle. Every summer, following this well publicized incident, southern England has been inundated with the crop circle phenomenon.
However, these strange occurrences were not limited to European continent.
Later, in December of 1989, an amazing set of circles appeared on land owned by the Jolly family, in the Mallee wheat belt of Victoria, Australia. As many as 90 strange formations in the fields were found. During portions of the experience, witnesses claim that mysterious nocturnal lights appeared in the sky and a "screaming" noise could be heard. As the years passed by, more and more circles appeared each year, and all over the world, usually between the months of May and August in the early morning hours.
Crop Circles are now reported in over 30 countries, including Canada, Hungary, the United States, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. The circles grew more and more mathematically intricate, and now included rings, lines, squares, triangles, as well as the most common circle formations.
Theories generated to explain the circle formations ranged from electrified wind - thus the "Plasma Vortex Theory". A Dr. Terence Meaden hypothesized that electrified air (plasma) forms mini-tornadoes in the area. He believed that these vortexes essentially screw down the fields - causing the imprinted circles. However, this theory does not account for the highly complex recent circles that have appeared. This has led to hoaxes often being blamed for many of the circles.
On September 9, 1991, Doug Bower and David Chorley admitted to hoaxing approximately 250 circles. However, circles that they claimed to have made were already under suspicion of being hoaxed. The sheer large number of their claims, and the worldwide locations of the circles that they took credit for has come to discount them from hoaxing them all. Even if they had been able to hoax all 250 circles, they still do not claim to take credit for thousands of others discovered worldwide.
Extraterrestrial beings and craft are often blamed for the circles. UFO�S , and strange lights have been seen in the presence of circles. Many believe that when UFO�S land in fields, the cause of the circles could be due to the weight and shape of the craft, or may even be caused by advanced alien propulsion systems in operation. With the real cause of the popular crop circle phenomenon unknown, we can question all possible causes and claims of hoaxes. The truth is likely to never be known, or publicized.
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