Ep 208: Crop Circles Part 3

“A researcher is more than an investigator, and a crop circle-maker is more than an artist. They are counterparts in an intuitive exchange and the interaction between them is where truth lies.”

– Colin Andrews, from his book with Synthia Andrews, On the Edge of Reality

Description:

So, as we close out our three-part series on Crop Circles, what have we all learned so far? Well, we've learned that Crop Circles are not just another fad from the 1980s and 90s. Generations of farmers going back at least to the turn of the last century have found them, and probably long before that if written accounts are accurate. They may have been the template or the inspiration for Standing Stone formations such as Stonehenge and rock paintings like the Gwion Gwion, often found in the sacred sites of our earliest ancestors. And they continue to be discovered to this day. While hoaxers have gotten more sophisticated with their designs and prodigious with their efforts over the years, simple logic and reason would suggest they couldn't have made all the now thousands that have been found all over the world. And many of these showing no signs of human touch. It applies especially to the massive and intricate patterns discovered within hours or less of their creation. Even more perplexing is the claim by many hoaxers that they felt strangely compelled to create their formations as if they had no choice. Some circle makers revealed a mysterious fog had shrouded their activities or aided by a sudden clearing of the weather or an alteration of perception by onlookers. And if an unknown entity made just one Crop Circle, then isn't the phenomenon genuine? But what is the point of all this effort and secrecy? If they are merely human-made decorations, they serve to nourish us the way all art does. Suppose they are messages from an otherworldly source. In that case, they contain a level of cleverness in their multiple layers of meaning functioning all at once, as we would expect from higher intellect. They speak to us with a mesmerizing beauty, using elements of Sacred Geometry that have always captured our imagination, with their deeper meaning residing in our unconscious. Each circle may have a particular message, with all of them combined to form an instructive narrative, and the key to unlocking this enigma may be in the circles themselves. If this is a new form of language or communication, then perhaps one clear and simple message is that the researchers, the hoaxers, the curious, and the clueless; our minds, bodies, and spirits are all connected along with the earth. Maybe it's the result of global human consciousness, an unseen intelligence, or a combination of both. Whatever the force behind Crop Circles, could it be that something tells us we need to evolve our awareness and understanding to take better care of all of it before we lose our way for good?

This design appeared in Crabwood, UK in 2002. Lucy Pringle: “Crabwood message consists of two parts. An alien picture and a picture representing spiral-like bit sequence starting from the center of the picture and proceeding counterclockwise. It has been proposed [59, 60] that the message is coded using 9-bit code and that 8-bit portions obey ASCII code. With this assumption the message reads as: ‘Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but still time. EELI!UVE. There is GOOD out there. We OPpose DECEPTION. Conduit CLOSING\’

The “Julia Set” opposite Stonehenge, Wiltshire, July 7, 1996. Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

A 780-foot (238 meters) which appeared in 2001 in the remote area of Milk Hill in Wiltshire, England. This crop circle is composed of 409 circles that form a pattern called a double, or six-sided, triskelion, consisting of three interlocking spirals. Image credit: Handy Marks

Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, 11th Jul 1990. “A huge pictogram, possibly the most famous crop circle of all, and featured on the Led Zeppelin album cover. It consisted of a number of circles, rings, paths, and various appendages to the rings.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, July 7, 1994. “An elaborate formation resembling a huge 'Bee'. Visible from the castle.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Bishop Cannings, Wiltshire, July 15, 1994. The “Scorpion” formation. Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

East Field, Wiltshire, July 21, 1994. The 'Eye of Horus' formation. Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Uffington, Oxfordshire, July 1994. “A huge formation nearly 1/2 mile long.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Litchfield, Hampshire, July 6, 1995. “A complex 'brain' formation consisting of a wide curving outer path and 7 rings around a central circle.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Henwood, Hampshire, mid-July 1995. “Three nested crescents within a wide ring with two smaller rings within the inner crescent. Outside the formation lie four small grapeshot circles.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Brockwood Park, Hampshire, July 1995. “A circle with two semi-circular paths inside it. Four outlying circles form a quintuplet with the inner circle and a ring surrounds the whole formation. A small circle lies outside the ring.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Winterbourne Bassett, Wiltshire, July 23, 1995. “A complex '3D hypercube' formation consisting of a central ring with three lines forming an equilateral triangle inside it.” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

Close up of the “Julia Set” opposite Stonehenge, Wiltshire, July 7, 1996. “A complex 'Julia Set' formation (915.2'x508')” Photo: © Lucy Pringle 1990

 

Location:

Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, two miles (3 km) west of Amesbury, where the intricate “Julia Set” Crop Circle appeared in July of 1996 across the road from it, during a 45 minute period, in full daylight and on a very busy major highway, the A303 London to Exeter Road. It may be that faint traces of it can still be seen in this Google Maps aerial photo.

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• Shot Tower

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• Golden Ball Hill – ancient human settlement and earthwork

• Albion

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• The Uffington White Horse

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Episode 208: Crop Circles Part 3. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2021 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.