Crop Circles

Since then, hundreds have taken inspiration and started a worldwide interest in man-made crop circle formations. Contests have sprung up in order to determine the best crop circle designs. The website, circlemakers.org, was created in light of this growing number of crop circle-making enthusiasts. Large corporations also jumped on the bandwagon, hiring circlemakers.org to advertise their services by creating crop circle formations flaunting company logos.

In light of the growing number of man-made circles, the supporters of paranormal phenomenon still stand by their belief that some of the circles are alien in origin. The leading argument stands that the pair Bower and Chorley could not have managed to produce all the circles, some appearing internationally, that have occurred prior to their media coverage. Also, some attributes have been found in some circles that are not present in man-made ones namely: elongated stem-nodes, expulsed stem cavities, and the presence of magnetized iron spheres distributed linearly around the area. Although a team of scientists have successfully recreated to an extent the above attributes using current technology, it’s still argued that such technology could not have been present in the past decades when some of these circles have occurred. Research has been conducted in England to determine whether the circles there are man-made, and the final output has determined that 80% of the crop circles are man-made due to visible traces of human activity around it, and 20% apparently do not contain any signs of human involvement. Circles found near sacred sites such as Stonehenge, Tumulus, and the hill figures in the United Kingdom have inspired beliefs that the crop circles give off energy and can be used as a means of being contacted, and contacting, otherworldly beings.

The debate still stands today, with neither side the conclusive victor. The important thing, though, regardless of the origin of the circles, is that they represent a facet of the ever-changing richness of the world we live in. The crop circles display the dynamic truth of reality, never the same, never in stasis. Whether it inspires the soul of so many believers knowing that there are other forces in the universe, or whether it serves as means of expression in so many hearts craving for an ideal form in which to display their longings, crop circles have been a blessing in disguise for both sides, united in the same playing field.