Are Crop Circles A Hoax - Or Something Else?

Crop circles are nothing new! As far back as 1678 - and perhaps much farther - they have been appearing in farmers’ fields. At that time it was believed that they were the work of the devil. Many suggestions have been made for their natural appearances - whirlwinds are frequently mentioned, but there was no reasonable explanation until 1991 when Doug Bowers and Dave Chorley of Wiltshire, England confessed that they had been creating crop circles for fifteen years.

Bowers and Chorley aid that they had one this with only the aid of a plank and. a piece of rope. So the crop circle mystery has been solved. Or has it? While I don’t necessarily believe in aliens and space ships. I do know that Bowers and Chorley haven’t travelled to Alberta and Australia to create their crop circles, so they must have many copy cats, some of them very knowledgeable about math and algorhythms.

I’ve been very interested in the Aricebo message. In 1974, a group SETI (Search for extraterrestrial Intelligence) scientists including Carl Sagan broadcast a message from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. It was a message telling any who could read it where we are, who we are and what we look like. were also some binary messages for superior intellects. So far, no reply has been received, and none is expected because the telescope has collapsed and is no longer in operation.

However, in 2001 a crop circle appeared near Chibolton, Wiltshire. It was almost a replica of the SETI message. Nearly, but not quite. The folks at SETI did not believe it was a reply to their 1974 message. Now we will never know if there have been any more replies, as in 2020 the Aricebo telescope collapsed due to failure of the zinc i the struts holding it in place. It is not going to be replaced.

While making crop circles may be fun for jokesters, it is not a fun for farmers. The circles destroy a large portion of their crops and the trampling by sight-seers does more damage to their fields. Please let the crop circle craze rest, until someone photographs an alien aircraft actually making a crop circle.