Unexplained Elements of Crop Circles

Weaving - researchers claim that the plants in genuine circles are woven together in a particular way when they are flattened. Hoaxers have supposedly not been able to duplicate this pattern.

Dried ground - the soil beneath crop circles often appears inexplicably dehydrated, even after heavy rain.

Increased size - Dr. Eltjo H. Haselhoff, Ph.D., a former employee of Los Alamos National Laboratories, noted these alterations in crop circle plants in his research: ‘It was discovered that the plant stems inside these formations had increased in diameter, as an effect of intensive heating, with an astonishing circular symmetry. Moreover, this effect perfectly matched the radiation pattern of an electromagnetic point source at a height of six feet and six inches above that field.’ This finding, he says, supports the contention that the formations were created by the ‘balls of light’ that witnesses have claimed to see at crop circles.

Bent unbendable plants - some plants just should not be able to be bent, say some researchers. As an example crop circle formations often appear in oil seed rape fields, a plant that has a consistency like celery. If the stalk is bent more than about 45-degrees, it snaps apart. Yet, in a 'genuine' crop circle formation, the stalks are often bent flat at 90-degrees.

Altered seeds. Tests by some researchers have shown that seeds planted from crops that were part of crop circles grow abnormally. ‘Biophysical Effects found in Crop Formation Plants’ by BLT Research says that the seed-heads from the 1992 formation at Barbury Castle are ‘stunted and seedless.’ Some crop circle plants also produce seeds that are noticeably smaller than normal plants.

Unexplained Elements of Crop Circles

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