The Alien Formation of Crop Circles

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Since the 1600’s, crop circles have fascinated millions. Originally from the town of Hertfordshire, UK, the first circle was claimed to be by the “Mowing-Devil”, as found in an English newspaper dated back to 1678. (Gail) The image in the center of the paper depicts a small, devilish creature with a scythe, mowing two rectangular, offset circles. Modern circles form themselves in anything that will take imprint, typically in fields of oats, barley, or corn. (Pringle 5) Since the 1600’s forward, crop circles have dramatically become more complex. Many people believe that they are works of art, while some believe they are an act of vandalism. But who, or what, are forming these beautiful patterns? Some say they are natural, created by the wind, or some strange force beneath the earth’s core¬¬¬. Others believe that they are created as messages for the human race by a species indigenous to earth, namely trolls, gnomes, and fairies, even though there is no real evidence to support this. Contrary to these ideas, however, extraterrestrial life may be the most probable answer.
There is no doubt that somewhere; there is a group of vandals whose sole goal is to destroy farmland to create this “art”. There is even evidence of out there of these vandals with websites such as circlemakers.com. Interestingly enough, it is easy to distinguish a hoaxed circle from a genuine one. To start, all genuine circles have a 90-degree deformation at the stem node of all of the plants in the circle. This creates the “flattened” shape that makes the imprint of the circle; also this effect is only achieved through intense heat applied to the plants, the heat source believed to be plasma, and not through wooden boards. (Burns 22) Many counteract this idea b...

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... of four anomalies none of which were seen whilst the photographs were being taken. The photograph was taken on a 35mm SLR camera using standard 1(00 ASA colour slide film. The exposure was set at 1/125 and 1/250 of a second.“ The images were sent to Ufologist Andy Collins to analyze. (Lundberg) Besides paranormal activity, reasons of no footprints leading to formations, or crushed plants, promote the idea of aerial formation of the circles, aerial formation suggests that the formations are created from above. ¬
Many believe crop circles are recent, but they have existed for hundreds of years, and since then, have transformed to become more creative. Crop formations are an art, and genuine crop circles are, in all likelihood, created by an extraterrestrial source. Although one portion of the mystery is solved, why these beings create them still remains¬¬ a mystery.

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