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16 Circular Sighting Tough to Explain 16 Circular Sighting Tough to Explain CIRCULAR SIGHTING OUGH TO EXPLAIN Did You Miss Did You Miss CIRCULAR SIGHTING T TOUGH TO EXPLAIN The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show? Swath of Crop Circles Leaves Experts Pondering Their A A Swath of Crop Circles Leaves Experts Pondering Their The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show? Cause Cause By Bede Moore number unaccounted for. "We found a lot of evidence that really for a first time separated the nonsense of man- made circles from the real phenomenon," he said. According to Andrews, crop circles not made by humans exhibit a number of peculiar traits. He says that the soil from these circles has a higher magnetic reading and that the position of the circle in the field will relate to the color or V Visit Our Archices Page isit Our Archices Page nutritional value of the individual plants. www.xzone-radio.com/archives.htm www.xzone-radio.com/archives.htm Still skeptical? Think aliens have invaded the ABC offices? "We know that a great number of people are doing these with great sophistication, and For centuries they've puzzled people by they enjoy putting a spanner in the works," their curious appearance. Andrews said. They crop up in fields across the globe, "They do it because they want people in patterns ranging from the simple circle to the like myself to believe that UFOs were leaving DNA double helix. landing marks." Right now in America, it's that time of Another crop circle expert, Jeff Wilson, year again. the director of the Independent Crop Circle That's right, it's crop circle season. Researchers Association, concurs with This year they're popping up all over the Andrews. Midwest, with recent sightings in Geneseo, Ill.; "Over the years we've had a bit of Sandyville, Ohio; and Huntingburg, Ind. experience in evaluating all kinds of crop And the list goes on. circles," Wilson said. "But the real question that comes up is, "There are telltale signs to help us what exactly are they?" said Stan Friedman, a determine whether they're man-made or not. nuclear physicist and author of the book "Crash There are typical hoaxer tools, which leave at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell marks on the ground and so you have to look at Incident." how the plants are laid down or broken." People in Kelowna, People in Kelowna, That's the question that always has Like his fellow crop circle researchers, British Columbia, Canada everyone talking. Wilson would not say that the circles were British Columbia, Canada listen to From crop circle designers and top-level made by aliens. listen to researchers to the baffled farmers who usually "I don't think there's enough evidence to The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show find them, nobody really knows the origin of say what the source cause for crop circles is with Rob McConnell on with Rob McConnell on crop circles. because it's still a lingering question," he said. AM 630 CKOV Remember, as the Gallup Polls tell, Still, many experts are unprepared to AM 630 CKOV three-fourths of people in this country believe in rule out aliens. paranormal activity. "I have no qualms about the possibility Just in case that affects whom you that aliens are appearing," Friedman said. choose to believe. "The fact that people can fake [crop "There's still a massive amount of circles] doesn't mean that there aren't real ones. people out there who really believe that these It's in my gray basket." things are made by aliens," said John Lundberg, As for Wilson, he's not so sure. HMMMMMMM....... HMMMMMMM....... a world-renowned crop circle architect from the "Aliens as a source cause for making United Kingdom. crop circles are really a media-generated, "The crop circle phenomenon obviously sensationalized kind of a thing. It's not to say If the government has no knowledge of aliens, feeds off other cultural mythologies." it's not possible. It's just that there's no evidence then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Lundberg has been building crop circles for it," he said. Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on for more than a decade in southern England. "If you're looking for an angle to sell, July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens Trained in fine art, he says he began the mystery is still out there." to have any contact with extraterrestrials or building circles as an extension of his artwork. their vehicles? "When I first went out to start making them, I also sort of thought there might be some If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. extraterrestrial explanation," he said. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture Others, including Colin Andrews, a a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If world-leading crop circle expert — yes, such a you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop thing does exist — have done extensive out. research that they say proves that not all crop circles come from humans. In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of Andrews and his team conducted a study 80 years, no one reported a single case where in central-southern England during 1999-2000, an ostrich buried its head in the sand. which assessed more than 200 circles. That study showed around 80 percent of A snail can sleep for three years. crop circles to be man-made with the remaining