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Excellent film on crop circles (Original Post) NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 OP
Why ignore the title? arcane1 Aug 2013 #1
please watch the film. thanks. NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #7
Why not just share the "evidence" here? arcane1 Aug 2013 #8
Here's a typical example of the evidence: William Seger Aug 2013 #14
Thanks for taking one for the team :) arcane1 Aug 2013 #16
Goofy title for goofy bullshit. zappaman Aug 2013 #2
If you are a farmer in England and this keeps happening on your land will you sell it at a loss? Jeffersons Ghost Oct 2013 #27
Making crop circles is a growing business in England, frogmarch Oct 2013 #28
They are made by Earthlings. frogmarch Aug 2013 #3
people do not account for all the circles. NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #5
Watched it. frogmarch Aug 2013 #11
"clever disinfo" jberryhill Aug 2013 #13
I believe the circle makers are trying to communicate a hidden message William Seger Aug 2013 #15
Yes they do! n-t Logical Sep 2013 #19
Hm, space aliens travel millions of light years to flatten our crops in nice patterns. SwissTony Aug 2013 #4
please watch the film. thanks. NoMoreWarNow Aug 2013 #6
Their advanced hyperspace tech relies on himans inventing agriculture in order for it to work. arcane1 Aug 2013 #9
And also to autopsy cattle. Weird. Always wondered why not just take a cow back home. n-t Logical Sep 2013 #21
I watched the film. Thanks. zappaman Aug 2013 #10
LOL! Classic! n-t Logical Sep 2013 #20
Yay, thank you for posting this video! I love shit like this. Quantess Aug 2013 #12
Thank you Berlum Aug 2013 #17
LOL, yes they are 100% man made! Wow, this is still debatable? n-t Logical Sep 2013 #18
Illogical Berlum Sep 2013 #22
I am sure you are wrong! I know women take part in the crop sabotage; but reply to the REAL issue Jeffersons Ghost Oct 2013 #25
Practice! n-t Logical Oct 2013 #26
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #23
Don't be silly; of course they are made by humans, probably men, but women can be sneaky too... Jeffersons Ghost Oct 2013 #24
This is the best look at CC I've seen. Not that I've seen a lot but it goes into snagglepuss Nov 2013 #29
CC DRAEGER Mar 2014 #30
One quote from the vid... CanSocDem Apr 2014 #31
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
8. Why not just share the "evidence" here?
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 12:32 PM
Aug 2013


Does the film actually show crop circles being made without human intervention?

William Seger

(11,046 posts)
14. Here's a typical example of the evidence:
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 08:56 AM
Aug 2013

A private plane pilot didn't see a crop circle near Stonehenge at 5:30pm but then did see one on the return flight at 6:15pm. The video concludes that the circle must have appeared in broad daylight during that 45-minute window, without even mentioning the more plausible explanation: He didn't see it because he simply didn't notice it.

The video does show a crop circle appearing within seconds while balls of light fly around the area -- mentioning, but then completely ignoring that that video is an admitted hoax.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
27. If you are a farmer in England and this keeps happening on your land will you sell it at a loss?
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 09:52 PM
Oct 2013

The issue is not associated with a UFO from a distant planet. What we see here is organized crime syndicates somehow coordinating people to conduct illegal activity with no chance for them to obtain personal gain, as they work all night to facilitate a hoax. These crop circle makers do not get paid to perpetuate this hoax, which has enormous potential to cause owners of large, valuable farms in the United Kingdom to sell their land at fire-sale prices. For a change, let's discuss real issues; like money.

frogmarch

(12,226 posts)
28. Making crop circles is a growing business in England,
Fri Oct 4, 2013, 06:35 PM
Oct 2013

and it benefits landowners too. This article focuses on the circle-making team of John Lundberg, Rod Dickinson and Wil Russell.

http://www.circlemakers.org/sunday_telegraph.txt

snips:

The list of clients and commissions is impressive. Last year the team went to
America to do a series of projects for AMD, a multibillion-pound computer-chip
company. They created the eye logo for Big Brother, the "reality television"
programme; a car-shaped pattern for a Mitsubishi publicity campaign; logos for
the album covers of dance bands; advertisements for Orange, the mobile phone
company; and an image of Dawn French, Steve Coogan and David Jason for a digital
television company.

They have branched out from wheat fields and now also work on sand and grass.
They recently won a commission for Hello Kitty to produce the face of the
Japanese company's cartoon cat in a wheat field in Wiltshire, and are
considering a project in Costa Rica.
...
Landowners are benefiting too, receiving payments - from the companies or
circle-makers - for allowing their fields to be used for the work. The income
easily covers the damage to crops, leaving farmers with a profit.

frogmarch

(12,226 posts)
3. They are made by Earthlings.
Sun Aug 25, 2013, 01:10 PM
Aug 2013

A longtime friend of mine in England is a member of the crop circle artist group named Circlemakers. Marty comes to visit me here in the States every summer, which is always a lot of fun, even though we don't make any crop circles. My middle granddaughter was Marty's house guest in England a year ago and was thrilled when she was invited to help Marty's team design and make a crop circle.

Circlemakers:

http://www.circlemakers.org/perpetrators.html

Circlemakers timelapse crop circle:

 

NoMoreWarNow

(1,259 posts)
5. people do not account for all the circles.
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 06:08 AM
Aug 2013

that clip you show is clever disinfo, as are the circlemaker people.
please watch the film. thanks.

frogmarch

(12,226 posts)
11. Watched it.
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 02:00 PM
Aug 2013

I now believe that my friend Marty and the other members of Circlemakers, as well as the members of all the other crop-circle-maker groups in UK and elsewhere in the world, are ETs.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
13. "clever disinfo"
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 08:26 AM
Aug 2013

I am having a hard time figuring out which proposition is more utterly stupid - (a) that extraterrestrials are traveling vast distances to muck about in the grass, or (b) that people who know about it are trying to cover it up.

William Seger

(11,046 posts)
15. I believe the circle makers are trying to communicate a hidden message
Tue Aug 27, 2013, 09:07 AM
Aug 2013

I translate it as: "Some humans are incredibly gullible."

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
4. Hm, space aliens travel millions of light years to flatten our crops in nice patterns.
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 05:10 AM
Aug 2013

Yeah, I can live with that.

Why don't they do something useful like show us a cure for cancer.

Although to be fair to the aliens, they have shown signs of improvement over time. Their first circles were just that - simple circles. Nothing elaborate. Then they started going for more complicated, but still simple, designs - adding a second circle with a straight line which would pass through the centres of the circles. And so it went on. And now look what we've got. Shows the value of experience, forethought and planning.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
12. Yay, thank you for posting this video! I love shit like this.
Mon Aug 26, 2013, 03:57 PM
Aug 2013

I haven't watched it but I will, when I'm in the right mood.

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
25. I am sure you are wrong! I know women take part in the crop sabotage; but reply to the REAL issue
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 09:16 PM
Oct 2013

How are people able to conduct physically challenging, widespread, precise maneuvers - at night - in such a short period of time without being detected? Do farmers in England have dogs that actually bark?

Response to NoMoreWarNow (Original post)

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
24. Don't be silly; of course they are made by humans, probably men, but women can be sneaky too...
Thu Oct 3, 2013, 09:06 PM
Oct 2013

The real question is how can these people be so precise in such a short period of time without using expensive LASER survey equipment, which is easily detectable. BTW, I recommended this OP; but I doubt a farmer in England would recommend the activity.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
29. This is the best look at CC I've seen. Not that I've seen a lot but it goes into
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 07:54 PM
Nov 2013

historical CC which I didn't know about and the exploded and stretched nodes on the stems. Thanks for posting.

 

DRAEGER

(11 posts)
30. CC
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 07:43 PM
Mar 2014

I believe the vast majority of the circles are a hoax and the rest could some how be natural anomaly. But one fact is that they have been seen and documented for century's. I forget who, but someone once said that if just ONE Crop circle or Alien sighting is prove to be true it will forever change the face of Mankind.

 

CanSocDem

(3,286 posts)
31. One quote from the vid...
Sun Apr 6, 2014, 10:50 AM
Apr 2014


...sums up the usual response to the unexplainable phenomenon in our world.

"...usually the ridicule comes from fear rather than respect."

It's amazing how eagerly people display their complete devotion to the myths of modern society, proudly proclaiming their utter lack of imagination and vision.


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