Crop Circles,

Just my opinion...
I actually don't believe in aliens so it's hard for me to wrap my head around the thought of some other kind of life form creating these crop circles. However, I don't really have an explanation as to how they appear but the videos did not justify (to me), that some other life form created them. Especially the author, Michael, who says, "it's not with the trim line and it’s in an exact east to west alignment and so it really drives me to the conclusion that we have a real phenomenon…” That statement doesn't really provide much or any proof. The first video doesn’t show any proof, just someone talking and it shows the same clips over. Like I said before I don’t know how they got there but I don’t think its aliens. Could it be something radioactive beneath the earth’s surface that is causing these patterns of ancient Celtic times to appear? I don’t know and I’m not sure I ever will.

Here is a couple ideas on how crop circles could possibly be made:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/ufo/circles1.htm
This page gives a kind of out there look at how crop circles can be made. It is not saying they are made by UFO's but it's also not saying they are not made by UFO's. It's quite interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_opN9ghPKQ&feature=related
This video has no sound and is in black and white but it is very interesting and shows how a crop circle can be made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNTm7rn-_s
This video is a little long and explains everything over and over.

Circles and Circles of Crops, Oh My!

This is one of those subjects that I always just brush off during a conversation. I will be the first to argue that yes, there probably are other forms of life in our universe. It would just be ignorant to think otherwise, but I don't think that is what causes crop circles. It seems like some prankster pulled this off once, maybe 20-30 years ago, and people fell for it. Now, all the 'conspirist' seem to assure themselves, that this is the work of a alien creature, or something absurd like that. I'm sure there is a race of aliens out there who just get their kick out of making the silly humans believe in these crop circles. Makes me feel like watching that old Dan Akroyd show, you know which one I'm talking about.

Anyways, those interested can take a look at this for some entertainment:

Crop Circles Mystery Solved

Crop Circles

I believe that there is a possibility that theses circles were created by life outside of earth. They is a lot of proof covering this, as well as some video footage. It is hard to believe that they have been made by UFOs, but it seems impossible for a human to create such a large crop circle in such little time. A a result i am left to believe that it has been UFOs making these crop circles.

Paige Doty

crop circles

Watching the video on crop circles was very interesting. I am interested in this topic as it is a very mysterious subject. I don't really have a strong opinion on the subject as others may, I am not sure whether i believe in 'alien crop circles' or whether i believe it is just a hoax. I don't really think it makes any sense for so many people to create crop circles in their own fields, wasting their hard work and grown produce, just to try to convince people that there are aliens. Then again who says that the field owners are making these clearings? Still, making a crop clearing takes a lot of work, if you put a lot of effort to do such a thing would you not take credit for your 'art work'? I can't really find any reason why anyone would want to make random crop circles, yet I can't really believe aliens come to earth to draw circles in our fields. Why on earth, if aliens do exist, would they spend their time drawing circles?! Regardless the answer, I do find the subject and stories about crop circles very captivating. Crop circles are just a mystery to me I suppose.

This youtube clip seems to sum up my views on the subject. Informative with no conclusions, with a lot of neat images!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvBv0_pZ2SY

First Post

Hi guys,

This is the class blog. It will be an ongoing class project until the end of the semester. Have fun with it, and don't forget to do the bonus blog assignments.

Best,
Paul