Crop Circles, man made? Or.........

[Texasgal]

Did anyone catch national geographic special on crop circles last night?

They showed proof that they could be man-made, but they also provided a video of a strange "orb" that made one in minutes.

Discuss.

[Obviousman]

1. I've always been interested in a good UFO story

Where are Mulder and Scully when you need them?

[DrWeird]

2. Discuss? OK.

Isn't it a shame what's become of National Geographic?

[Texasgal]

3. Yeah....agreed....

But the program was actually pretty good for a sunday night with nothing on.

[KittyWampus]

8. And 120 Years Ago You'd Laugh At Anyone Who Said Man Could Fly

after all there was no such thing as aerodynamics.

[DrWeird]

16. 120 years ago...

you'd have an awfully big supply of snake oil.

:evilgrin:

[personman]

4. I think some are man made.

But on some documentaries I've seen some that look so complex and so perfect, it's hard to believe a couple rednecks with a stick and too much spare time made them.

[Texasgal]

11. Actually,,,many of them

are artists and architects. To create a crop circle it's pretty mathematical.

[KittyWampus]

5. No Question SOME Are Hoaxed Or That Some Are Natural.

Wonder what the natural phenomena is that causes them.

[Texasgal]

7. The program had some atmospheric dude on there

that said that crop circles could be made from some weird atmospheric conditions. Weird I know...

[Merlot]

10. Maybe we're looking in the wrong direction

It seems obvious that the circles are made from something above them that causes the crop to lay down. But what if it were some pull from underneath the ground? Or what if the crops themselves were mutated somehow to drop down on a certain pre-arranged time?

Ok, I'm just having some fun here...don't put me in the WaPo next to the "tsunami caused by underwater nuclear testing" posts!

[Texasgal]

12. LMAO!!!

Yeah.... exactly!

[Mojambo]

6. 99% of them are art projects n/t

[Texasgal]

9. NG said that alot of them that are art projects

and that some farmers actually "hire" these guys to help perpetuate the "myth".... or whatever it is.

[Democrat Dragon]

13. The theories I know are

1. Aliens and their spacecraft
2. Natural Phenomina
3. Man-made
4. Earth forces-"mother nature" is talking to you
5. Elvis
6. El Chupacabra
7. Ann Coulter
8. Talking trashcans

I think it's all eight.

[Wat_Tyler]

14. All fakes.

[BigMcLargehuge]

18. I'm with you there

and the only Cerealogist I'm interested in hearing from is Count Chocula.

[Taxloss]

15. Hedgehogs.

It's the hedgehogs. Trust me on this.

[Heyo]

17. Mystery solved...

It's these people, and other artists like them who make crop circles.

There are amateurs out there, but these are the pros.

www.circlemakers.org

The way they get the designs down is pretty cool, and all they yse mostly are pre-measured lengths of rope, and of course their stalk-stomper thing.

Heyo

[KittyWampus]

19. They've Never Done One That Compares With The More Exact Ones

honestly, everytime they show how they do it... it's never exact.

[Heyo]

20. I'm sure that the circlemakers

.. arent the only ones who do them. It is an art form, after all.

Heyo

[Texasgal]

21. I don't know about that

They showed ( on the NG program) the circle makers making one that was very precise. They used surveying materials, it looked pretty darn exact to me. But then again....