CCC: What are Crop Circles? Crop Circles are unexplained designs that are imprinted over the span of usually one night in fields of mostly wheat & corn, but have also occured in barley, oats, rape (canola), grass, trees, and even snow. In other words, any organic material in which a distinguishable impression can be made. They occur in crops during the spring & summer seasons throughout various regions of the world, such as in the U.S., Canada, throughout Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. In fact, the only two countries where crop circle have never been reported are China and South Africa. For the thousands reported every year, the vast majority go completely undetected. Most of the complex formations occur in the United Kingdom and they are also more likely to be detected because of the country's smaller land mass , therefore a large majority of researchers head to England every summer to conduct their independent research. But worldwide there are individuals in various countries, including the United States, that are recording the appearances of crop formations in their respective country in an attempt to learn more about their mysterious nature.

The earliest known formation was in 1647 in England, from which a carving (see below left) of the current day theory on how it was created can be seen. Yet, they began to appear in significant numbers in the early 70's as individual circles that swired either clockwise, or counter-clockwise. A major transformation occured in 1990 when the circles became complex pictograms composed of straight lines, angles and spiral rings (see Barbury Castle formation below right).

There are many various theories of how these images are formed, but the mystery is far from being solved. Many people attribute them offhandedly to hoaxers without being aware of the complexities that are characteristic of genuine formations. And those who associate them with UFOs often believe that their reality is as debatable as those little green men, but as you will see here... they are very real. The best way to verify this is to physically stand in a crop circle yourself.

On this web page, you will see compelling reasons for why the entire crop circle phenomenon should not be simply dismissed as a hoax or science fiction. It's by no means a complete reference source, but rather an introduction to the world of crop circles that hopefully will ignite a spark of curiosity in everyone who visits Crop Circle Central.

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