Knock Knock...

I was informed by national media years ago that crop circles were an elaborate hoax and after the expose in the Skeptical Inquirer, well, what's left to think about? Clearly nothing as all the interpretation and thinking had been done for me. Ooh, let me pinch myself.
There are no doubt lots of hucksters out there predominantly in England who get a kick out of imitating these odd formations. Some give themselves names like 'Team Satan' and other sophomoric giveaways and it's seems clear after just some cursory investigation that one can easily distinguish between a forgery, and a non-forgery.

Crop Circles tend to just 'pop up' such as the one near Stonehenge which was developed, fully formed and flawless, in roughly 45 minutes. The reason the timing is so accurate is due to the man who first noticed it from his plane. He had left the airport, flew over Stonehenge seeing nothing but returned 45 minutes later to notify the authorities about the peculiar formation. It seems this would be a maximum time of assembly for structures of this complexity and likely develop much more quickly.


Arecibo

In 1974 SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intellignece) broadcast a radio signal boldly into space hoping to receive a reply by anyone, or anything that may be listening. As the image shows we listed our location in the galaxy, DNA structure, height, most prolific atoms, and current population. It was sent in the direction of the M13 star cluster since these were considered some of the oldest stars in the galaxy. It's a staggering 21,000 light years away near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

A glyph has appeared in apparent response to the Arecibo Message we had sent and its authenticity is still being debated. It would not surprise me in the least that should it be a bona fide acknowledgment of our communique it would still be silenced, and discredited. The crop circle design features two images. The first is a pixelated halftone image of a face resembling either a grey or the face on Mars, which could be the same. The second image resembles the original Arecibo message though changed in a number of key elements, said by Ufologists to be a reply sent to Earth by an alien species. Interestingly there seems to be a 3rd strand in their DNA made of silicon as opposed to our double-helix. Tit-for-tat the reply is just as bland as the original message and it strikes me that the response is mocking us, a form of interstellar humor. Is that all we had to say for our species amongst all the complexity of being human?


1000 Words



As with all crop circles, the origin of the Arecibo reply is highly debated. Known crop circle designers have not replicated the image at this stage as it clearly would be quite an undertaking. Despite its questionable authenticity this is an incredible feat, artwork even. Who would go through the time and effort to give a detailed response, error-free implementation on someone else's property, and then get no credit?

Here are some more wondrous works:



The circle, roughly 66 yards wide, was discovered by a Swiss army pilot, Francois Blanchoud in the northwestern town of Payerne, in a corn field just outside of the military base there.


Crop Circles have been reported as far back as the mid-1600's.
This image is of the famous 'Crabwood Alien' in reference to it's discovery in 2001 at the Crabwood Farm House in Witshire, England

As 2012 approaches, the graphic displays, sightings, and psychic awakenings worldwide seem to be becoming more accessible and bold in their presentation. Refraining from the never to be humble opinion of this writer, you may decide for yourself if we as a society have been presented with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth vis-a-vis Crop Circles.