An Intro To Crop Circles

Crop circles are formations usually found in grain crops, where crops have been systematically flattened to form geometric patterns that mysteriously appeared overnight. Crop circles and formations are thought to be phenomena of the 20th century, however, records show that these phenomena have been around for a very long time.

In 1678, a well known crop circle depiction was found in a woodcut entitled, 'Strange News out of Hartford-shire'. The woodcut depicts a devil-like creature cutting out a pattern in a crop with a scythe. The text that has found in the woodcut suggests that a mower has told a greedy farmer that he would rather have the Devil do the job of reaping the oats after being refused to pay a reasonable rate. The farmer awoke on the following morning to find that his crop had been harvested with exact rounded circles that no human could have done the same overnight.

Cryptologists and other people suggest that crop circles are depicted in prehistoric stone and wall carvings. One example is the spiral patterns carved in a stone found at Newgrange in Ireland. Some paranormal enthusiasts say that the carvings depicted in some Egyptian pictures are reasonable recorded proof that crop circles are paranormal phenomena that are created by extra-terrestrials in spacecraft.

Although a few depiction of crop circles are recorded in earlier times, incidence of this phenomenon grown over time in the early 20th century. A remarkable increase of incidence was recorded in 1960s which leads to a dramatic rise in the 1990s. In 1999, at least 190 formations were discovered and documented.

Crop circles are prevalent in Great Britain than elsewhere in the world, but countless examples are also apparent all over the world. From 1920 formations are found in the U.S., from the mid 20th century in Europe, Australia, Africa, Canada, Central and Southern America, Russia in 1970, and Japan in the late 1970s.

With all these formations recorded in the 20th century, we can't help but wonder what and where would the crop circles of the next millennium be?

Reference: aquarius-project.blogspot.com