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England's crop circle controversy
bbc ^ | 23 aUG 2021 | Daniel Stables

Posted on 08/23/2021 5:18:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Although these mysterious formations have appeared worldwide, south-west England is the unlikely world capital of crop circles, baffling locals and farmers alike.

Was this the nexus for some kind of potent Earth energy? Or, terrifyingly, a target for extra-terrestrial weaponry? In this instance, something more mundane. "That's the logo of the Barge Inn down in Honeystreet," chuckled a fellow visitor, a potbellied man in a Dark Side of the Moon T-shirt. "Probably man-made, this one."

The intricacy and size of the formations, coupled with the fact that they would appear overnight, seemingly out of nowhere, baffled locals and farmers alike. In 1996, a crop circle appeared opposite Stonehenge depicting a mathematical fractal called a Julia set; a similar formation that emerged on Milk Hill in 2001 was one of the largest ever, stretching 900ft. A 2008 formation near the Iron Age hill fort of Barbury Castle required decoding by an astrophysicist, who concluded that it was a geometric representation of the first 10 digits of pi.

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Unlike team Jamoke, it is PLAN, PLAN, PLAN...PRACTICE, PRACTICE, EXECUTE.

And if they lure in a herd of sightseers enjoying the local economy, so much the better.

1 posted on 08/23/2021 5:18:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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Hey and if the big guy gets 10% of what the ChiComs pay Tollybonn for deserted US military tech, well, that was the plan.


2 posted on 08/23/2021 5:21:27 PM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There was a time when certain people on FR actually took this rubbish seriously. While progress here has been inconsistent, this risible fraud at least has largely been relegated to the dumpster where it belongs.


3 posted on 08/23/2021 5:24:46 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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Yes.

I have found it amazing how easily people believe something to be "impossible" except for alien technology, when a little imagination and planning explains it all.

4 posted on 08/23/2021 5:30:05 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: hinckley buzzard

No doubt a large number of the crop circles, particularly in England, were total frauds.

But there are a few very cool highly complex fractals that are a bit harder to explain....

The truly amazing ones could be military psychological warfare/disinformation/population testing though—I would not totally rule that out...


5 posted on 08/23/2021 5:30:13 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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“A 2008 formation near the Iron Age hill fort of Barbury Castle required decoding by an astrophysicist, who concluded that it” said....
DRINK
YOUR
OVALTINE


6 posted on 08/23/2021 5:34:10 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Trulli
7 posted on 08/23/2021 5:45:25 PM PDT by Do_Tar
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To: ifinnegan

—” the ChiComs pay Tollybonn for deserted US military tech,”

Just a guess, the market price might be higher in Iran?


8 posted on 08/23/2021 5:47:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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—” the dumpster where it belongs.”

Please no?

This is fun stuff.

Years back there were fun articles on just how the work was completed.
Now the patterns are larger and more complex to the point the farmer has to be involved (paid), because of the area of crop removed from harvesting?


9 posted on 08/23/2021 5:54:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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The timing of this post is uncanny. Was just talking to Mom about her old friend and acquaintance who publishes Circular Times.


10 posted on 08/23/2021 5:56:48 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audits. No peace.)
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—”DRINK YOUR OVALTINE”

Does that message seem to crop up more often than random chance?


11 posted on 08/23/2021 5:59:54 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

crop circles by the stick and rope crew


12 posted on 08/23/2021 6:00:00 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Do_Tar

Simply the best!


13 posted on 08/23/2021 6:00:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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The mystery has already been solved.


14 posted on 08/23/2021 6:02:34 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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south-west England is the unlikely world capital of crop circles, baffling locals and farmers alike

Well duh. That's where the hoax began.

When Doug Bower and his co-conspirator Dave Chorley first created a representation of a “flying saucer nest” in a wheat field in Wiltshire, England, in 1976, they could not have foreseen that their work would become a cultural phenomenon.

15 posted on 08/23/2021 6:04:43 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Anyone who has seen the TV series Time Team will see crop circles everywhere — they are iron age burial sites.


16 posted on 08/23/2021 6:11:26 PM PDT by Kevmo ( 600 political prisoners in Washington, DC. You cannot comply your way out of tyranny.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

pretty sure its covid


17 posted on 08/23/2021 6:11:47 PM PDT by Craftmore
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To: butlerweave
--"crop circles by the stick and rope crew"

And planks for compressing the vegetation in one direction.

IMO the newer ones will need lots of string? GIS and GPS would help.

18 posted on 08/23/2021 6:13:06 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

—”The timing of this post is uncanny”

Synchronicity!


19 posted on 08/23/2021 6:14:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: Kevmo

I’m not sure those are the same kind of circles.


20 posted on 08/23/2021 6:17:46 PM PDT by x
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