Fake Crop Circle Exposed
17-Jul-2009
Update -
Nancy Talbot of the
BLT
Research Team has announced that the National Geographic
has refused to affirm that it will provide an unbiased
approach to the crop circle phenomenon in its upcoming
documentary. The National Geographic has had a documentary
crew in the
fields of England this summer, apparently attempting to
prove that
crop
formations are manmade by commissioning one or more to be
made by artists. Researchers entering the circle pictured
here, which was commissioned by the National Geographic
and is, indeed, manmade, were immediately aware of the fact
that the lay of the plants was shoddy and the plants
themselves were full of clear evidence of mechanical
manipulation.
This crop
circle season has exhibited many extraordinary formations,
but because crop formations in southern England have
become such a tourist attraction, researchers are now having
difficulty getting into them before the crowds, to get
a good idea of whether or not the lay is genuine.
Early in the
season, though, it was much easier, and an example of a
formation that is almost certainly anomalous is the "flaring
sun" formation that appeared in a field of blooming rapeseed
on April 23. Researchers, including Lucy Pringle, were able to
reach the formation without any disturbance from tourists,
and the only marks in it come from their movements. This
crop would be all but impossible to create a formation in
using conventional techniques, because the stems are so
tough and brittle.
Like a number of other formations, this one has been related
by researchers to possible intense solar activity in the
future.
At present, there is no evidence that any such activity will
take place, and solar scientists are not able to predict solar
activity with more than a few days accuracy.
In June
when a formation appeared at Mill Hill representing a Phoenix
and pointing in the direction of sunset on July 7, many
researchers incorrectly predicted that there would be a
solar event that day. In fact, there was a substantial
one
on July 4, which faded away on the 7th, disappearing at
about
the time the sun set in England. While the formation was
being laid down on June 12, a meeting of solar scientists
was taking
place in Denver asking the question: is the sun going into
hibernation? The only suggestion that this might not be the
case seemed connected to this formation.
There are many proficient hoaxers in the fields of England.
Crop formations have become a valuable tourist industry. But
the hoaxed formations can usually still be detected if
researchers have time to enter them before the inevitable
stampede. Nevertheless, as the National Geographic
formation reveals, many of the hoaxed articles are obvious to
a trained eye.
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Photos copyright Lucy Pringle
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