Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mysterious Suburban Chicago Crop Circles
NBC 5 Chicago ^ | 7/26/02 | NBC 5 Chicago

Posted on 07/26/2002 11:24:55 AM PDT by Dengar01

Timing Suspicious On Mysterious Suburban Crop Circles
Could Eerie Mystery Have To Do With Movie Release?

Is it a case of mysterious crop circles -- or an elaborate movie hoax?

A soybean farmer in Naperville said the broken, concentric rings that appeared in a field off Diehl Road left him scratching his head.

"Have you ever heard of something so crazy?" Steve Berning said. "Unbelievable."

Berning said the circles appeared last weekend and damaged more than 10 percent of his 8-acre field.

The circles do resemble similar ones seen in England, but in this case, the timing of their appearance in the western suburb is a bit suspicious.

Two weeks from now, "Signs" hits the big screen. The movie starring Mel Gibson involves -- you guessed it -- mysterious crop circles.

William Leone, an investigator with the Mutual UFO Network, said soil analysis could determine whether the circles have human or extraterrestrial origins.

But Illinois Farm Bureau spokesman Dennis Vercler scoffed at that idea.

"Since I don't believe in UFOs -- at least not soybean-destroying UFOs -- I have to assume whoever did this did it intentionally as a malicious prank," Vercler said.

Meanwhile, Berning doesn't seem overly upset about the circles.

"There's some damage, which upsets me," Berning said. "But I'm more curious than anything. I"ll always be asking questions."


TOPICS: UFO's
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 721-740741-760761-780781-787 last
To: Momaw Nadon
Some crop circle researchers have studied the image and have decoded what they claim to be a binary message:
WHICH binary code:

Did it utilize a fixed number of bits/baud per 'character'?

Then it would fit in with these codes:

And what ISO alphabet character-set did they transliterate to

Or did it use a variable number of bits per character - like Morse code uses?

What?

Was it decoded in a uniform manner - or did the researchers 'cheat' and skip around some in order to get the bits to "fit a pattern"?

781 posted on 09/10/2002 3:46:12 PM PDT by _Jim
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 777 | View Replies]

To: FormerLurker
Don't forget the MAGNETOMETER....
All you're going to see with that is a *static* magnetic field - NOT an EM wave! (You really DON'T know your physics, do you?)

And the biggest 'field' you'll see with that is the one produced by Mother Earth!

But, while you're on the subject of measuring static (or non-changing fields as opposed to dynamic or 'changing' fileds) -

- how about I bring along an Electrometer like one of the fine models built by JCI (John Chubb Instrumentation)?

Note: JCI builds devices using field-mill (rotary chopper and DC restoration) techniques, not like the cheap 'field meters' meters sold by most firms ...

782 posted on 09/10/2002 3:57:58 PM PDT by _Jim
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 278 | View Replies]

To: _Jim
All you're going to see with that is a *static* magnetic field - NOT an EM wave!

No kidding _Jim bob. Whoever said that a magnetometer WOULD "see" a EM wave? What was said is that within arguably REAL crop circles, the magnetic field is ELEVATED in relation to the Earth's magnetic field. Apparently, the magnetic field abnomality follows the geometry of the formation.

As far as the EM irregularities, I'm not sure what they used to detect that phenomenon, but I'd guess that it was a spectrum analyzer...

(You really DON'T know your physics, do you?)

Why don't you tell me a little about the following equation and what it demonstrates...

B . dA = 0

783 posted on 09/11/2002 8:47:00 AM PDT by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 782 | View Replies]

To: _Jim
Cat got your keyboard _Jim, or don't you know enough about Physics to answer the question?
784 posted on 09/11/2002 6:55:50 PM PDT by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 783 | View Replies]

To: _Jim
Gee whiz _Jim, I'm STILL waiting for an answer....
785 posted on 09/12/2002 6:08:00 PM PDT by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 783 | View Replies]

To: _Jim; Dengar01; Jedi Master Yoda; PatrickHenry; balrog666; discostu; Lx; Momaw Nadon
Ok _Jim, I'm giving you until the morning. If you can't answer the question, I'll answer it myself, and it'll be known for sure that you don't know Physics at all...

Regards,

FL

786 posted on 09/12/2002 7:41:35 PM PDT by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 783 | View Replies]

To: _Jim; Dengar01; Jedi Master Yoda; PatrickHenry; balrog666; discostu; Lx; Momaw Nadon
Ok _Jim, I've given you over three whole days to answer my question. I would have to assume you are unable to answer it, and that you have no idea as to what the equation that I had asked you about relates to.

It is known as Gauss's Law for Magnetism, and is also one of Maxwell's Equations.

The equation demonstrates that there are no magnetic monopoles. You DO know the difference between a dipole and a monopole, don't you _Jim? A bit rusty on your Physics?

BTW, you DO know what type of integral that is, don't you _Jim? Or are you a little rusty on your Math as well?

787 posted on 09/14/2002 12:05:28 PM PDT by FormerLurker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 786 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 721-740741-760761-780781-787 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson