S2F Posted August 14, 2013 #326 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) *dbl post Edited August 14, 2013 by Slave2Fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted August 14, 2013 #327 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I care less about the "how" (so lets ignore for the moment microwaves and metal pellets and the like) and move onto the "why". Why are they made? We have two possible answers: 1) I don't know. 2) For the LOLs. Now, I'm sure "I don't know" is a great place to start a scientific survey (actually, it's not. The place to start a scientific survey is "I think it's X" and testing to see if you're right but anyway, moving on...) however, for me, I abhor not knowing things and for the life of me I cannot see why the aliens are doing this. Beyond "they're doing it for a laugh" which is exactly the same reason humans do it. Therefore I do not subscribe to the alien created cereal graffiti phenomena because I cannot comprehend why they're doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciriuslea Posted August 14, 2013 #328 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Even I who am on the fence about the creators of circles wouldn't say aliens made them, we just don't know...but hoaxers have put up a convincing explanation and proof to some extent..until we see without any doubt proof its extra terrestrial in origins we have to accept they are all hoaxes edit: I say hoax but really they only became hoaxes when people started assuming they were alien in origins, Edited August 14, 2013 by ciriuslea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted August 15, 2013 #329 Share Posted August 15, 2013 To my knowledge we get sod all cereal graffiti here. Australia is known to've had a small rash of some of the earliest crop circles, of the simple circle variety, well before the the more elaborate ones became a phenomenon in the UK. (60's or 70's) Now IIRC, the two old duffers who claim to've started said phenomenon by hoaxing got the idea after reading about the ones in Australia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted August 15, 2013 #330 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Australia is known to've had a small rash of some of the earliest crop circles, of the simple circle variety, well before the the more elaborate ones became a phenomenon in the UK. (60's or 70's) Now IIRC, the two old duffers who claim to've started said phenomenon by hoaxing got the idea after reading about the ones in Australia. Hey Oniomancer, welcome back to the UFO circus! I'm not sure but I seem to recall something along those lines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted August 15, 2013 #331 Share Posted August 15, 2013 To dismiss nearly 40 years of research by typing one sentence into a pc isn't going to impress me one little bit. I cannot speak for others but I won't accept flat out dismissal of dozens of dedicated researchers who have spent months and years on site, categorising, studying and analysing by those who have never seen one themselves or set foot in one. It's exactly like someone who hoaxes UFO images claiming that they and friends are responsible for all sightings. It's just pure crap. For any opinion on this subject to be taken remotely seriously it would have to explain the following enigmas: 1) Spherical balls and soil anomolies. 2) Microwave damage. 3) Balls of light witnessed before and after crop circle formations. 4) EM radiation effects 5) Creation of circles in very short time frames without trace of human intrusion. Then we go back to the experts and those who have spent a long time researching the subject. When you have looked into the above phenomena and reviewed Rob's work maybe an informed discussion would be possible on this thread. All we have at the moment is uninformed casual dismissal. That is arrogant and unscientific. I will not respond to that; please do not be offended. I will just refer people back to this post. In reverse order: 5. As near as I can ascertain, the short time frame claim is based on the best time manageable by one of the aforementioned old duffers, who, being an old duffer, could hardly be expected to move very quickly on foot under the described conditions at the time. Nor did he or his companion appear to have access to night vision equipment, which would've allowed considerable ease of navigation without drawing attention. 4. I'm not personally aware of any independent verification of these magnetic readings which would tend to question there validity though I could be mistaken on that point. I did however notice you charitable refrained from mentioning the similar measurements obtained by dousing. 3. Second hand accounts and therefore unverifiable 2. We have a plausible natural explanation for the blown and stretched nodes being the result of solar heating and regrowth of damaged stalks post-flattening. The estimated interval between creation and discovery might be worth examining for any correlation. Which just leaves 1. Here again we have limited verification. There is as yet no reason to suppose the samples aren't legitimate. The question becomes then how hard would this be to fake? On the surface, not hard at all. In theory one needs only to go to a region where such material is common and run a magnet over the ground to collect it, then broadcast it over the site in a significant manner. The incrusted and imbedded material is more difficult to account for, though when you're looking for anomalies, they tend to turn up, regardless of their origin. A couldn't help but notice though how a slight soil encrustation suddenly became a covering of melted material, which I shouldn't have to tell you is not particularly good for plant tissue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted August 15, 2013 #332 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Only one: When are you going to look into this phenomena in a thorough way? I thought this thread was about Hackpen Hill? Has any of the phenomena associated with "real" crop circles been documented at Hackpen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted August 15, 2013 #333 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Someone did raise an interesting point about the metal spheres - the farm owners taking potshots at birds (or the circle makers). So if we accept that as an (note Zoser, I used AN not "the", I'm spitballing a theory) explanation for the metal spheres, and we say the circle makers have invested in night vision gear, the fact the circles are in fairly uninhabited/unvisited areas (so "it wasn't there the last time I was here" could have been weeks before) and fairly flat areas (so hard to see the circles without some serious elevation) then the only unexplained thing going is "electromagnetic energy" which hasn't been identified by anyone other then cerealolgists, fringe ones at that. A working theory with enough variables to be tested emerges. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoser Posted August 15, 2013 #334 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I thought this thread was about Hackpen Hill? Has any of the phenomena associated with "real" crop circles been documented at Hackpen? I think it's all related; the OP was questioning how was it created? OM's post above addresses the issue. He's wrong of course though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoser Posted August 15, 2013 #335 Share Posted August 15, 2013 In reverse order: 5. As near as I can ascertain, the short time frame claim is based on the best time manageable by one of the aforementioned old duffers, who, being an old duffer, could hardly be expected to move very quickly on foot under the described conditions at the time. Nor did he or his companion appear to have access to night vision equipment, which would've allowed considerable ease of navigation without drawing attention. 4. I'm not personally aware of any independent verification of these magnetic readings which would tend to question there validity though I could be mistaken on that point. I did however notice you charitable refrained from mentioning the similar measurements obtained by dousing. 3. Second hand accounts and therefore unverifiable 2. We have a plausible natural explanation for the blown and stretched nodes being the result of solar heating and regrowth of damaged stalks post-flattening. The estimated interval between creation and discovery might be worth examining for any correlation. Which just leaves 1. Here again we have limited verification. There is as yet no reason to suppose the samples aren't legitimate. The question becomes then how hard would this be to fake? On the surface, not hard at all. In theory one needs only to go to a region where such material is common and run a magnet over the ground to collect it, then broadcast it over the site in a significant manner. The incrusted and imbedded material is more difficult to account for, though when you're looking for anomalies, they tend to turn up, regardless of their origin. A couldn't help but notice though how a slight soil encrustation suddenly became a covering of melted material, which I shouldn't have to tell you is not particularly good for plant tissue. OK but none of the above stands as anything like a proof that the CC's are all the hand of man. It's just your gut feeling. Until the footage of the balls of light for example (and I mean all of them) can be explained then this phenomena will continue remain a complete mystery. It was a mystery from the outset until two old codgers turned up claiming complete responsibility. In hindsight it's blatantly obvious that this was nothing but a put job to silence the public; the evidence was never there to support their claims. In the main however the plot worked. The public did lose interest. Then CC's became more complex. Then more circle makers appeared claiming the same thing. Then the phenomena was examined in more detail; balls of light, microwaved nodes, spherical balls, EM effects, and circles where no human intrusion had occurred. Some crop circle specialists now claim that 80% are man made and 20% are genuine. That's OK and that same ratio probably tallies closely with UFO hoaxes against genuine sightings. The mystery continues.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 15, 2013 #336 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The mystery continues.............. Only in your head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 15, 2013 #337 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Please refrain from trolling. You have been directed already to the research and the investigators involved. http://en.wikipedia....roll_(Internet) Here is the link to the research on spheres. Follow the research from there. http://www.unexplain...55#entry4875321 Please also update yourself on the CC phenomena in posts 307 and 308. Youre just plain ridiculous, but you know that right? You'll argue for anything so long as someone responds to you wont you? I totally debunked Levenwood already, or should I say, Dr Levenwood, ha. And now you offer up another non descript web page for ....yeh for what? To prove to me that someone 'more official' has studied the alleged phenomena? Plain stupid. Youre clutching at straws once again. NO aliens are making patterns in the fields, and why would they. Its people, and boards, and bits of string. ONly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted August 15, 2013 #338 Share Posted August 15, 2013 In the main however the plot worked. The public did lose interest. I can tell you why I'm losing interest in the ETH side of UFOlogy. It's purely because the 'I, with my limited understanding, can't figure it out so it must be aliens' argument is quite possibly the most asinine and idiotic thing I've ever heard. Hearing it repeated ad nauseum for every case that comes by is getting really really old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoser Posted August 15, 2013 #339 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Youre just plain ridiculous, but you know that right? You'll argue for anything so long as someone responds to you wont you? I totally debunked Levenwood already, or should I say, Dr Levenwood, ha. And now you offer up another non descript web page for ....yeh for what? To prove to me that someone 'more official' has studied the alleged phenomena? Plain stupid. Youre clutching at straws once again. NO aliens are making patterns in the fields, and why would they. Its people, and boards, and bits of string. ONly Just because you found what you perceive to be an irregularity in Levengood's credentials in no way counts as a debunk for the work itself. I would remind you that you were supplied with two more investigators associated with the sphere phenomena. Regarding the webpage, I did suggest that you follow the leads from there. The images are in the public domain along with the research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoser Posted August 15, 2013 #340 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I can tell you why I'm losing interest in the ETH side of UFOlogy. It's purely because the 'I, with my limited understanding, can't figure it out so it must be aliens' argument is quite possibly the most asinine and idiotic thing I've ever heard. Hearing it repeated ad nauseum for every case that comes by is getting really really old. If you would allow me to offer a counsel: There is nothing wrong with your interest or commitment to the subject. There never was. Your only mistake that you continue to make is that you don't seem to be able to piece things together to deduce what the whole picture is telling you. Instead you approach things with a belligerent 'show me the alien bodies' attitude that you (and others) have been programmed with by the modern scientific culture. The UFO phenomena never will be able to be unlocked like that for two main reasons: 1) They do not operate in our everyday dimension; they are just too fast and elusive. 2) When on the rare occasion things have gone wrong for ET's and crashes have occurred, the scene is totally and rapidly sanitised. Try a different approach. Try being a collector of pieces of the jigsaw. Try using other faculties. You have them. Then when you have a dozen pieces, take a step back and see what the picture looks like. Stop trying to get that hard evidence in your hand. It will never happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted August 15, 2013 #341 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted August 21, 2013 #342 Share Posted August 21, 2013 DieChecker, on 14 August 2013 - 07:48 PM, said:I thought this thread was about Hackpen Hill? Has any of the phenomena associated with "real" crop circles been documented at Hackpen? I think it's all related; the OP was questioning how was it created? OM's post above addresses the issue. He's wrong of course though. Yes, but has any of the signs of a "real" crop circle been found at Hackpen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchronomy Posted August 21, 2013 #343 Share Posted August 21, 2013 If you would allow me to offer a counsel: There is nothing wrong with your interest or commitment to the subject. There never was. Your only mistake that you continue to make is that you don't seem to be able to piece things together to deduce what the whole picture is telling you. Instead you approach things with a belligerent 'show me the alien bodies' attitude that you (and others) have been programmed with by the modern scientific culture. The UFO phenomena never will be able to be unlocked like that for two main reasons: 1) They do not operate in our everyday dimension; they are just too fast and elusive. 2) When on the rare occasion things have gone wrong for ET's and crashes have occurred, the scene is totally and rapidly sanitised. Try a different approach. Try being a collector of pieces of the jigsaw. Try using other faculties. You have them. Then when you have a dozen pieces, take a step back and see what the picture looks like. Stop trying to get that hard evidence in your hand. It will never happen. I will agree with point 1) ...but point 2)...crashes are speculation...and who "sanitises" the site? Are you one of these folks that believes the government and military operate at some higher level? They are people and they live among us...they tell their family friends and loved ones what they do at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoser Posted August 21, 2013 #344 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Are you one of these folks that believes the government and military operate at some higher level? They are people and they live among us...they tell their family friends and loved ones what they do at work. Well I think the early days of crash retrieval it could well have been the ordinary military. As time went on and the USAF and the CIA became a lot more interested I think there is a large probability that covert departments were set up to deal with it. So the idea of people that are untraceable becomes a very real and feasible idea. Think of the MIB as an example. I am not sure if some of these are ET and some are human. Now please read what is below on everyone one of my posts. Edited August 21, 2013 by zoser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted August 22, 2013 #345 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Here's a new one, more pics in the link: http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2013/Etchilhampton/Etchilhampton2013a.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted August 23, 2013 #346 Share Posted August 23, 2013 OK but none of the above stands as anything like a proof that the CC's are all the hand of man. It's just your gut feeling. Until the footage of the balls of light for example (and I mean all of them) can be explained then this phenomena will continue remain a complete mystery. Ah. The videos. Forgot about those. Well, The one showing a circle being "created" has all the earmarks of some sort of animation even if it wasn't admitted to be a hoax, which it was. I haven't really dug through the others as yet but the first one that came up in a search really stood out. Hmmm...small mysterious flickering white object moving erratically against the wind right at the limits of the camera's focus... It's. A. Bird. It's too far away for the camera to pick out clearly so it comes off as a spherical blob. The size and pattern of motion fits though, right down to where it hovers a moment and descends into a break between rows. The flashing matches the frequency of wingbeats for a large, slower bird like a seagull. Every time it flaps, you see the shaded part under the wings. It was a mystery from the outset until two old codgers turned up claiming complete responsibility. In hindsight it's blatantly obvious that this was nothing but a put job to silence the public; the evidence was never there to support their claims. In the main however the plot worked. The public did lose interest. Then CC's became more complex. Then more circle makers appeared claiming the same thing. Then the phenomena was examined in more detail; balls of light, microwaved nodes, spherical balls, EM effects, and circles where no human intrusion had occurred. Which again are either unverified or have alternate explanations, like the nodes. If the progession does indeed follow that timeline, then one can as easily observe that as public interest waned, new details were added to help make them special again. Some crop circle specialists now claim that 80% are man made and 20% are genuine. That's OK and that same ratio probably tallies closely with UFO hoaxes against genuine sightings. The mystery continues.............. If a high proportion, or any for that matter, of those 80% fall into the "unreasonably complex" category though, that casts a pall over the claim they're too complex to be created by humans, by the specialists' own admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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