Many people accept that every crop circle is made by people. Some certainly are. Here are five reasons to doubt that all of them are.
1. Strange events in and around the formations
Light orbs, odd fogs and patterns that return faintly in the same field the following year. Crops are bent at the growth nodes rather than broken, with neat weaves in the lay. Some designs carry a beauty that is hard to explain as a weekend prank.
2. No good reason to make them
Making a complex formation takes days of planning and hours of work at night, every summer, for no pay. Teams would need to get it right first time, in the dark. Some series of designs have appeared across several countries. Why would so many people do this, year after year?
3. No practice runs or signatures
If people made them, we would expect to find practice circles and failed attempts. We would also expect a team clever enough to make them to leave a hidden signature they could later prove. We very rarely find either.
4. Restricted land
There are millions of fields to choose from. Yet formations often appear on restricted land or near sites where the farmer is hostile and the risk of being caught is high.
5. Your own judgement
Look at the best formations side by side. Many people feel these are more than art. Trust your own reaction.
Two phenomena
The most likely answer is that there are two things going on. Some formations are made by people. Others are genuine signals from a higher intelligence. The aim of this catalogue is to tell them apart and to record what the genuine signals might be saying.
