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Originally posted by Julie Washington
That's all you have. Fail
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
Well then, allow me to do some private investigating of my own.
1) Can you provide your real name and some tangible work you have performed in the field in this area?
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
2) What are your associations with respected researchers in the field? Have you met them?
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
3) As Julie asked before, what formations have you visited, what are the tools used, what tests were performed, and do you possess any photos and videos on the subject?
With many pondering the possibility the designs are the work of aliens from outer space, the recent discovery is bringing people in droves to Solano County, Calif.
Nearby businesses are cashing in on all the attention, with one eatery thinking about putting an alien omelet on the menu.
"We went from a usual $900 day to a $2,000 day," Jessica Godoy, an employee of Valley Cafe, told the Daily Republic. "We are seeing people we've never seen before and people we haven't seen in a long time."
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
4) When did you start your research into this subject?
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
5) Do you have a website? Perfomed any radio interviews we can listen to? Written any articles for acknowledged E-Zines or periodicals?
Originally posted by xynephadyn
If the crop circles are man made, and are being created by drunk englishmen from a pub OR highly intelligent engineers and designers- then why geometric designs? Why not messages at this point- "take me to your leader" "you are not alone" in Language. Why are they all geometric designs? Because they want to stay consistent?, because they want to keep on wasting their time fooling the world with their geometric designs that most cannot be understood? Because they want to spend night after night creating BS that the majority of the human population does not pay attention too?
Originally posted by xynephadyn
How can you be so blind? Have you NEVER experienced the paranormal?
Have you never believed in something, by putting all the pieces together, and realizing that you were wrong? Belief in your parents, in law, or religion?
Originally posted by xynephadyn
Your Agenda- sounds to me, to be either a disinfo agent yourself or to prove to yourself that your are right, self fulfilling the ego.
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
Real? Try these:
1 - Bent and blown nodes.
The entire reason for crops to have nodes is so it can bend towards the sunlight to get better reception. It's like an elbo... of course they are going to bend on the nodes.
When you stomp down on the crops to flatten them, the nodes burst open from the weight of the person or device flattening them.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
2 - Millions of tiny iron spheres throughout the formation.
...are created by the iron machines that till that soil year after year, over and over. The soil contains small amounts of iron too, and magnetic particles. When you constantly till the soil year after year, it starts to smoothen out these particles into a more round object, like a sphere.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
3 - Bent swirl formations within the centers of each or most of the circles.
...takes a man like 3 minutes to do with his hands. It's a new trick they are doing too help fool the masses, or to add some flavor. I think it shows them do it in the last video I posted.
After flattening the crops from the outside inwards, they are left with a few crops in the center, and they just twist them... Some even braid it like hair.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
4 - Electrostatic energy readings
...electrostatic exists in unlimited quantities throughout the entire universe.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
5 - Active Geiger counter readings.
Another uncontrolled experiment that wasn't independently verified. To many variables to account for. Most likely incorrect instrument operation, or calibration, which hasn't been verified either.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
6 - Quickly formed within one night.
You would be surprised to find out that a LOT of crop circles are said to be made in one night (rumors on the internet), only later for people to find out it took several days.
Some crop circles are made in one night, but one night is about 12 hours. That is plenty of time to make a crop circle.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
The more people you have helping, the faster it will go.
Watch men make a crop circle, you will see that one man can flatten about an acre of crops in one hour. You can calculate the width of the device multiplied by the average size step of a man, and calculate the square footage of the crops a man makes in a given time. It's about one acre an hour at a casual pace, no rush.
With more people, it's even faster.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Originally posted by DigitalSentinal
7 - Healthy, unbroken stalks that grow more rapidly than ones found outside the formations.
Another claim that hasn't been independently verified.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by ALLis0NE
Sure some videos have UFO's next to crop circles, but correlation does not prove causation.
[edit on 8-5-2010 by ALLis0NE]
Originally posted by micpsi
Totally wrong. Nodes do NOT burst due to mechanical pressure. They burst because moisture inside them was heated until the build up of pressure burst the walls of the node. And you miss the point about the nodes. They are ABNORMALLY swollen.
Originally posted by micpsi
The particles of iron inside crop circles are far more concentrated than those outside it. You ignore the statistically significant differences.
Originally posted by micpsi
Your scenario does not explain why a circle of crops can be interwoven within ANY sign of crushed or snapped stalks caused by the feet of people as they moved around, supposedly weaving them whilst tramping over them.
Originally posted by micpsi
Again, you are ignoring the fact that the electrostatic fields that have been reported inside crop circles are far stronger than the background levels outside them. That was why they were noticed. Your debunking is absurd.
Originally posted by micpsi
How arrogant to dismiss ALL measurements that conflict with your beliefs. You have no evidence to support your allegations of sloppy measurements even by experienced researchers like Nancy Talbot and her team.
You should re-calibrate your Geiger counter as often as your regulations require, or in any case, at least once a year.
Originally posted by micpsi
Totally wrong. A night in Britain in summer does NOT last 12 hours. Darkness last only for about seven hours - too short for even a team to build the most complex crop circles.
Originally posted by micpsi
The issue is not only whether there is enough time. You ignore the fact that no one is ever seen making them.
Originally posted by reject
Originally posted by _SilentAssassin_
reply to post by _SilentAssassin_
Good Pictures right here!!
Can somebody please embed them in the thread. I don't know how to do it.
[edit on 6-5-2010 by _SilentAssassin_]
[edit on 6-5-2010 by reject]
Originally posted by micpsi
Oh yes it has! Try doing some research before exposing your prejudice and ignorance.
Originally posted by micpsi
Oh! I suppose the UFOs are just watching the crop circle hoaxers, are they?