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Before 1980, only simple
circles were found. Adults remember playing in them as children in the
1930s, '40s, and earlier. A woodcut from the year 1687 depicts the "Mowing
Devil" suggesting that this phenomenon is not new. Recently, the number of
agriglyphs has increased worldwide and the patterns have become amazingly
complex, especially during the last two decades of this century. Why have
the simple circles evolved to patterns of such astounding intricacy
forming ancient symbols, complex geometry, mathematics and fractals and
among other things, depictions of three-dimensional objects that make
sense only if viewed from the air? On top of all of this are growing
numbers of persons who have witnessed the making of the formations. The
reports vary but most typical confirm sightings of mysterious hovering
balls of light and unusual mists and fog. Bodily sensations ranging from
nausea to euphoria, missing time, unusual sounds such as 'trilling',
explosions - and in newly formed circles a snapping, crackling sound such
as static electricity. Equipment malfunctions from cameras and their
batteries to compasses and even the tires of a combine harvester have been
known to burst when attempting to enter inside a crop formation.
Mysterious and powerful energies indeed!
Genuine crop circles have been
imprinted in fields of a great variety of plant types ranging from Wheat,
Rye, Barley, Oats, Oilseed rape, Rice, Linseed, Canola, Corn, Hay, Grass,
vegetables (such as potato plants) and even Snow and Ice! Thanks to the
ongoing crop circle investigations performed by scientists and field
workers of the BLT research team (Burke, Levengood and Talbott), findings
of cellular changes in crop circle plants have been discovered. Their work
helps make it easier for us to rule out the possibility that a formation
in question is the result of simple hoaxers using planks boards or rollers
to flatten the crop. More importantly, these scientists are helping us
unravel the mystery behind it all and generating credibility on a subject
that has been all to easily dismissed by the general public. More than 90%
of the formations studied by BLT show some kind of biophysical plant
alterations on either the macro or microscopic levels. In some cases
unusual concentrations of anomalous substances are also found. Crop circle
soils have revealed the presence of pure iron glazes and micron-sized
magnetic iron beads, many perfectly spherical in shape. Some of these
materials are also found at the site of UADs (unusual animal deaths,
commonly known as 'Cattle Mutilations') and purported UFO landing sites.
The plant alterations do not usually kill the plants and they usually
continue to grow at more or less right angles to the ground. Expulsion
cavities that are blown out at the plant stem nodes and massively
elongated plant stem nodes which result from intense moisture in the plant
stem being rapidly heated indicates exposure of the plants to microwave
radiation. The hypothesis of Michigan bio-physicist William C. Levengood
of BLT Research, is that these microwaves are part of a highly energetic
atmospheric plasma system known as a plasma vortex. These plasma systems
consist of multiple energies. The microwave component of which, produces
the heating agency, which results in the expulsion cavities and/or
elongated nodes, bent nodes and incompletely blown apart nodes. In some
cases it has been documented that crop circle plant stem nodes have been
blown apart completely by an energy jolt so brief that it is not enough
time to burn the plant.
Physical Alterations in Crop
Circle plants include:
(1)
On the microscopic level, enlargement of cell wall pits in bract
(inner seed coat) tissue.
(2)
Grossly enlarged plant stem nodes
(3)
Marked bending of plant stem nodes
(4)
The presence of 'expulsion' cavities at plant stem nodes
(5)
Stunted and malformed seeds in normal appearing seed- heads
(6)
Marked alterations (both depressed and increased) in seed
germination and growth patterns.
None of these physical
alterations have been observed in control studies where man-made crop
circles have been examined. (“A Biophysical Investigation”-BLT Research
Team)
Though crop circles are on the
increase they are, at least, still relatively rare in the United States
because many go unreported. In the year 2000, eleven known formations were
discovered in the US, and of those, only one was reported in Indiana.
Formations were, however, found in nearby states; in Bainbridge, Ohio and
Linesville, Tennessee. The last known report that a crop circle had
appeared in Indiana was in 1996 when three were discovered that year.
Another was found in 1987. All four Indiana agriglyphs were found in the
northeastern portion of our state. Last year's (2000) formation is unusual
in that it happened in South Central Indiana. As far as I know, it is also
unusual in that it is the only one found in maize (corn) this year in the
entire United States. Never before has a series of crop circles this size
(a circle measuring 100 feet) been found in a cornfield. The other Indiana
circles were made in wheat fields. I would imagine that it requires more
energy to down corn stalks due to their thicker stems. Crop circles appear
often in the same fields through the years and tend to evolve into more
complex patterns. Most remarkably it has been documented that whatever is
making these patterns seems to respond to human thought. It is my opinion
that when we study and encourage the phenomenon the more likely it will
continue to manifest.
Interpretation: A Circle is a
two-dimensional shadow of a sphere. It has no beginning or ending point
and is an icon of eternal oneness, and perfection. It is also is a symbol
of equality as each point in its circumference lies equidistant from its
center. Pi, relates the diameter of a circle to its circumference and is
an irrational number that transcends the linear rationality it contains.
A description of the Indiana
Crop Circle formation that occurred in the year 2000:
I believe that the diameter of
the circles being 100,70,60,50,34 and the path 90 by 4 feet was part of an
intentional design. The probability that the measurements for five out of
six diameters just happened to occur in multiples of 10 is very unlikely a
chance event.
The longest axis of the entire
formation points due magnetic east seemingly unaffected by the nearby road
and the northern side of the field, which lie in a more Northwest/west and
Southeast/east angle.
The 100' 70' and 34' diameter
circles all had counterclockwise lays. The 60' and 50' foot circles had a
combination of counterclockwise and clockwise lays. This rare occurrence
is known as contra-rotated swirls. Thus most of the circle floor of the
50'circle is the usual counterclockwise lay and the outer 8-10 feet wide
rim is swirled clockwise. There is no noticeable edge of demarcation that
separates the two planes of rotation. Interestingly enough, the other
circle measuring 60 feet contains this complex lay in reverse orientation
- that is the center lay is clockwise and the outer rim is
counterclockwise!
The corn stems lay tightly to
the ground either with their roots in place or torn from the soil. The
majority of them were found to be in some intermediate condition between
these two extremes. The largest circle has a strange rectangular shaped
swath extending about 12 feet from the circles edge. In this area the corn
stalks contained a series of multiple bent nodes (3 to 4 per stalk) and at
an angle anywhere from 12 to 45 degrees. Most of the nodes had
"expulsion" cavities. This to me is the single strongest point that proves
that the formation is not a hoax. When I consider all other observations
and conclusions pertaining to this formation collectively, I know that
this was not made be any type of ordinary natural phenomenon or human
technological means.
Other isolated areas outside of
the circles show plant stem abnormalities of basically three types. The
first and most commonly noted aberration consisted of corn stalks that
appeared to have been literally blown apart at the lowest node in the
stem. Typically about a foot above the ground these nodes seem as if they
were cleanly sliced in half. I would estimate there to be hundreds of
these. A very significant finding is that in a few localized areas the
nodes had been incompletely severed so that the rest of the stalk was
still attached by a few strands. It appears that whatever energy had cut
the stalks had done so in a directional manner as the top half of the corn
plants all had fallen over in the same direction, all the broken stalks
were oriented to pointing east. It is clear that this occurred some time
ago before I had observed this for the part of the stalk still rooted in
the ground had grown to a larger diameter as compared to the upper
portion. Whatever energy had caused the nodes to separate it was very
clean and accurate. I would not expect that wind could accomplish this for
the neighboring plants just inches away were totally unaffected. Likewise
deer or other animals if they were ever inclined to chew on corn stalks
would not make such a clean and uncrushed slice that ends exactly at the
node.
The second pattern of
aberration in the randomly downed crop was similar to the 12foot swath
located at the edge of the 100-foot circle. This pattern consisted of corn
stalks that were bent over at the base at a 45-degree angle with the
uppermost three nodes bent at 12 to 45 degrees. The lowest nodes had
strange wrinkles on the stem side facing away from the bend as if small
splits and had occurred after being stretched. Also on the side opposite
to the bend were found expulsion cavities that caused the stalk material
to flare outwards.
Yet another pattern found was a
randomly oriented mishmash of completely downed corn plants. This pattern
was the least frequent of the three.
I did not notice any definite
unusual physical sensations or other effects while in the crop formation.
At that time it was October and around dusk about two to four months after
they first appeared so perhaps the residual energies were not as
intense. I do get the feeling that there is a subtle, invisible presence
that resides in and around the circles. I think that at the mind level
there is link of consciousness. This has not been a solid physical
sensation but an almost a knowingness that there is ongoing energy present
reacting to me as we I react to it. To me circles represent a sacredness
that I am inclined to try to respect.
I took photos with a compact
automatic camera (an Olympus Stylus Epic). The lights, orbs and ghostly
fog were not visible at the time. What causes the appearance on developed
film of these orbs and fog? I do not know for sure. For the orbs,
logically I would think of dust on the camera lens- I have cleaned the
camera's lenses to try to see if it made a difference in the amount of
orbs being photographed and yet the orbs continued to appear in the
photos. If dust stuck to the lens were the case then I would expect the
same orbs to appear in the same place on the film in all shots. They are
not in all of photo frames nor do they appear in the same location in the
pictures. I used a flash at night and the flash was built in so each time
the method of photographing was pretty consistent. The number of orbs,
their size, their intensity all vary. In some of the photos I hardly moved
the camera angle from one shot to the next and in most of the shots there
is nothing unusual seen, neither was it raining at the time.
Ted Robertson is AAARC's crop circle specialist. If you
have information concerning crop circle formations, please contact Ted at:
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