Crop Circles
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Ghost Circles: designs reappearing the next year in the same location but different crop
I have to concede that the design of essentially every crop circle so far could potentially be reproduced by man given enough time, since some of the formations that are known to be man made can be very complex and beautiful. Human artists are amazingly talented and are capable of pulling off great designs.
However this concept of ghost circles suggests that in addition to the known man made formations, there is also something anomalous happening in the "genuine" formations. Granted, this ghost phenomenon doesn't happen with every formation. If it did, then we could conclude that the pressure of the planks or rollers used by humans would compact the soil and alter the growth of the next crop planted in that field. But we don't ever see the return of formations that are known to be man made.
So there has to be some kind of energetic or chemical change happening in the soil of the "genuine" formations that affects the plant growth of the next year's crop.
In John Root's fantastic presentation "The Majesty And Mystery of Crop Circles", he shows that this phenomenon doesn't always manifest itself in the same ways. While it can lead to stunted plant growth in the next year's crop:
It can also lead to enhanced plant growth:
And also it can have effects on snow, like delaying the melting of the snow where the formation was:
Or even accelerating the melting of snow:
Here's a few other examples of ghost formations: !
Also more ghost pics of the Cley Hill formation above, taken between the two pics in the pics above
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Physical evidence inside (and outside) of the Crop Circles
If one believes that some of the "real" crop circles are not made by planking (human creation) then there are a number of interesting theories to explain how the crops are bent. Rapeseed, one of the favorite mediums, is a very brittle plant which usually will break if the long narrow stalks are bent. While there are many broken stalks in the crop circles, many plants exhibit a very unusual phenomenon where the "nodes" are bent, not broken.
Just like bamboo grows in segments, rapeseed stalks have segments which are connected by a special formation called a node which has the ability to be somewhat dynamic and orient the growing plant to maximize exposure to the sun. The node is not flexible, but it does have active cells that can grow quicker on one side or the other to change the plants orientation.
In "real" crop circles it has been observed that the nodes are often bent -- sometimes at 90 degrees -- and this accounts for the horizontal positioning that makes the designs of the crop circle. Other nodes exhibit holes in the nodes, while surrounding crops show none of these changes.
One good theory is that some sudden and extreme heat source has cooked the moisture inside the crops, causing the nodes to become soft (as if steamed from the inside) and, in some cases, to pop open under pressure. Indeed this has become the objective method for determining if a crop circle is "real" and samples of the plants are now routinely gathered for this assessment.
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Balls Of Light: What are these unknown objects seen flying over crop circles?
The footage shown in Pierre Beake's presentation above is some of the best I've seen, it shows 3 different objects on film at once.
Renowned crop circle photographer Steve Alexander's footage of a ball of light is also compelling.
There is also of course the famous 1996 Oliver Castle video showing the supposed creation of a crop circle by the balls of light. The jury has been out for years as to the authenticity of this video so take it with a grain of salt.
So what do you think these are? Solid metallic spheres? Or are they somehow made of pure light as some have reported?
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John Root - The Majesty and Mystery of Crop Circles
Fantastic presentation with many little known facts
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Star Dreams documentary
The 2nd best documentary imo, this one gets a little too woo at times though
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The Why Files: Aliens & Espionage - Crop Circles and the CIA Coverup
This is a great summation of the subject, and the rest of the videos on this channel are worth watching too.
