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  Enigma Issue 21: 80% Controversy, 20% Mystery

Paul Vigay considers the implications of Colins statement
<n-18082000.html> | Septemer 2000

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Probably the most controversial topic of crop circle research during the
2000 season was Colin Andrews statement that he believes 80% of crop
circles are hoaxed.

Of course, as usual the media took this out of context and reported on
the numerical value of his comment, rather than focusing on the genuine
mystery surrounding the 20% of 'unexplained' formations.

So what of these 'human' values; 80 and 20. By arguing about whether it
should be 70/30, 60/40 or even 20/80 - with only 20% of formations being
hoaxed, we are missing the fundamental point - that a genuine mystery
continues to exist.

As researchers countered the Doug and Dave argument, back in 1991, just
because you can forge £20 notes, doesn't mean they're all hoaxed.
Indeed, you only need a single, genuine formation for there to be
something worthy of continued research and investigations.

As far as I'm concerned, just a single, non man-made formation has
incredible implications for mankind. And if we consider that just one,
single, lonely crop circle, somewhere from all the years of reported
crop circles is a genuine event then, considering that I currently have
in excess of 2000 recorded formations in my database (see http://www.
cropcircleresearch.com/database/), that makes for a percentage genuine
of only 0.05% - that's half of one percent.

I personally believe that the percentage is a lot larger than this, but
by arguing figures and percentages, we're completely missing the point -
but hoaxers and the media would probably prefer researchers to be
arguing about semantics rather than the implications of those 20% of
formations.

After all, hoaxers and sceptics fear things they can't understand and
explain away!

Of course, 2000 was a year in which anyone even vaguely researching the
subject can't possibly have missed the politics and petty arguing going
on around the fringes of research - not that I would see egos and
politics being even remotely relevant to research.

Unfortunately, as with any controversial subject, there are those who
have a vested interest in keeping the subject alive and a mystery -
those making a living from selling merchandise and not even bothering to
find out about real research - that of what causes the real crop
circles, or what their meaning is.

It's a sad fact, but one I think needs airing, that many so-called
researchers are no more than charlatans or 'evangelical preachers'
indoctrinating their 'followers' with false evidence and pseudo
research. Indeed, some 'believers' are so deluded that they fail to even
realise that any hoaxing goes on at all, instantly denouncing anyone who
dares to even refer to the 'H' word.
Sadly, I see this type of person as more dangerous to the serious,
scientific research of the subject than those who are out and out sceptics.

By evangelizing about how genuine, even the most dubious of formations
is, they are not only alienating the subject in the eyes of the general
public, but also making a mockery of genuine research when interviewed
on television and given the media treatment of "Here's another NewAge
nutcase who believes in genuine crop circles", then cutting to a
rational, logical thinking but sceptical "scientist". The public are
sub-consciously being programmed to associate any claim of genuineness
as coming from some 'New Age evangelist'.

Until the media portray circle researchers as scientific and rational
people, then public opinion won't be swayed from the "Oh it's all a
hoax" way of thinking.

Until some researchers can stop sticking their heads in the sand to
avoid listening to evidence that may destroy their own 'pet theory', and
actually INVESTIGATE the subject, we will never move forward in our
understanding of the subject.

For this reason I admire Colin Andrews honesty in announcing what he
predicted would cause a storm. Whilst I don't necessarily agree with all
of his findings or even his 80:20 conclusions, he is one of the few
people who has actually done lengthy, painstaking ground research into
the subject. He has spent almost 20 years trying to seek the truth and
meaning behind the crop formations.

In 1989 he and Pat Delgado published the first detailed investigative
book on the subject. Entitled "Circular Evidence", it soon reached the
best sellers list and with it, the responsibility of being an 'expert'
on the subject - first port of call for newspaper editors and TV
producers seeking that perennial 'silly season' story.

It would also not have escaped the eyes of the British Intelligence
services, especially as the army has always shown an interest in the
subject - even if only demonstrating their involvement by spending tax
payers money on carrying out numerous helicopter reconnaissance flights
over crop formations and public land.
In fact, someone ought to carry out an enquiry into the safety aspect of
low level flying and manoeuvring over and around public highways, as I
have in my possession a video tape of a very near accident involving the
harassment of a circle watcher by a military helicopter.

In the echelons of power there are those who deem anything which could
cause a threat to 'established thinking' and 'orthodox science' to be
off-limits - something that needs to be suppressed and covered up. Of
course, if something is so obvious, so public, that you can't cover it
up, the only remaining option is to ridicule it or to manipulate public
opinion into thinking it's irrelevant to their everyday lives.

I've always said that the best way of hiding the truth is to conceal it
between two lies. Confusion and arguing will ensure that people miss the
real point. Crop circle research demonstrates this theory admirably.
Evangelical believers immediately criticized Colin for announcing the
extent of hoaxing without giving any irrefutable evidence, let alone
actually giving numbers and percentages. People who actually examined
the evidence agreed that a percentage of formations were indeed hoaxed -
but argued about the numbers, whilst hard-core sceptics still denounced
him as a believer because he hadn't said that all crop circles were hoaxed.

One important aspect that many people overlooked, during the confusion
and arguing was that Colin's announcement only applied to crop circles
investigated during 1999 and 2000 - not all crop circles since their
origins. In this sense, I conclude from my own personal research
projects that Colins conclusion is pretty accurate - even if 'believers'
don't wish to face the evidence.

However, I don't believe that we can extrapolate from this percentage
that the same percentage applies to formations before 1999, or indeed
any formations which may appear in the future. Again, from my personal
investigations I believe that the actual ratio of hoaxed formations to
genuine formations fluctuates from year to year, probably determined by
media/general public interest. During years of little publicity,
research projects have continued to find anomalies linked to crop
circles. This, coupled with the fact crop circles continue to appear -
despite statements from hoaxers saying they are giving up or retiring
from making them - re-arouses public interest every few years. As public
interest and curiosity rises (is there still a mystery?), so hoaxers or
disinformation merchants have to come forward and be seen to either make
claims or to stage reconstructions for TV etc.
This goes on, almost following a predictable cycle - public loses
interest but research continues, research yields more anomalies, public
starts becoming intrigued again, hoaxers have to dampen public opinion etc.
Don't forget that the government would rather you worry yourself with
what people are getting up to in the latest soap opera than to actually
examine things going on in the world around you, let alone question what
you've been taught or conditioned to believe by 'society'.

The year 2000 was also the year that we started to see numerous errors
in construction (see fig.1, below). The hoaxers appeared to be getting
sloppy, or perhaps even bored of having to go out every year. This is
further evidence pointing to the extent of hoaxing.

fig1a 	fig1b
fig1c 	fig1d
*/Fig.1 - Errors and Mistakes/*

Of course, some people observed that some of the alleged mistakes were
so obvious, that they were perhaps riddles by the genuine circle makers.
Again, I tend to think that this is fanciful thinking. I remain
convinced that there is so much elegant and sacred geometry embedded
within the genuine ones, that such obvious mistakes would only occur in
amateurish hoaxed formations.

*But what of the genuine anomalies?*
Colin claims to have found magnetic anomalies within a number of
formations. Again, the media muddied the waters here, to ensure that no
one really knew what these magnetic anomalies were. In fact, from a
personal viewpoint I found this the most interesting part of his whole
announcement, as I myself have been researching the electromagnetic and
radio frequency (RF) anomalies found in and around crop circles since 1991.

According to Colin, the results of his four-year study of the Earth's
Magnetic field indicated that the magnetic field pattern has rotated in
relation to the crop circle design (fig.2). The amount by which the
field seems to rotate usually seems to be around 2.5° to 3° about the
centre point of the formation.

fig2
*/Fig.2 - Colins interpretation/*

Some TV stations even got this wrong, and reported it as rotating
relative to some external origin (fig.3) which would yield completely
different results and lead to a different conclusion as to the cause of
this anomaly. Indeed, this latter conclusion wouldn't make sense as far
as my own research goes, as there would be no way of detecting where the
actual origin was, or the significance of it.

fig3
*/Fig.3 - wrong interpretation given by the media./*

However, Colin's own diagram interested me because it ties in with a
number of my own findings, both using electronic measuring equipment and
by carrying out dowsing experiments with researchers such as Freddy Silva.

My own experiments carried out over the past few years in conjunction
with Freddy Silva indicate a scientific backup for dowsing, in that when
we've taken careful measurements of the electromagnetic field across a
field, a momentary increase in the background frequency exactly mirrors
a reaction in the dowsing rods. Freddy and I usually walk into a field,
each using a parallel tramline. Just as Freddy's rods swing outwards, I
get an increased reading of around 200-300MHz, relative to the
background readings, on my electronic detector (an Opto Electronics
Scout RF detector).

Indeed, by careful measurements we can detect many rings surrounding a
formation - not just the obvious radii of the component circles and
elements making the design (fig.4).

fig4
*/Fig.4 - A single circle showing the dowsable rings around it (shown in
grey)./*


Coupled with some of the RF anomalies I've been detecting over the
years, I believe that whatever creates the crop circles is creating a
temporary vortex in the localized space/time continuum in the vicinity
of the crop circle.

Although this sounds complicated, it can be imagined if you visualize
water spiralling down a plug hole, rotating as it does. Another analogy
would be the wake left behind as a speed boat travels through the water
- only instead of leaving a two dimensional pattern eminating from the
hull of the boat, we can imagine a three dimensional vortex passing
through our dimension.

If any of you have seen the popular TV series Stargate SG1, then you can
imagine the ripples spiralling round when they activate the stargate.

I'm excited by Colin's findings because they back up my own theory of
'something' spiralling through our three dimensional space, but out of
view to our ordinary senses. The physical by-product of this event is
the crop circle design left behind in the field, which I speculated was
based on a higher dimensional shape back in 1992 (issue 1
<../enigma/e001-contents.html>).

Indeed, this is not so far removed from Terence Meaden's vortex theory,
which he publicized in 1991 (Circles From The Sky, ISBN 0 285 63036 9),
although my own thoughts are that it's some kind of hyper-dimensional
vortex created by some unknown entity, rather than a meteorological event.
The BLT Research Team Inc. also believe that crop formations are the
result of some hitherto unknown vortex effect. I hope to share results
and ideas with them over the coming months.

If we look back to figure 4, showing additional invisible rings around a
simple circle, we can also look on these dowsable energy ripples as
harmonics from some form of electromagnetic resonance vibrating out from
the actual crop formation. It is my personal view that everything in the
universe is linked via harmonic resonances and vibrations.

Each one of us also has our own harmonic field, which some people refer
to as our 'aura'. Indeed, a few people even claim to be able to see
these aura patterns around others - of course we are all capable of
seeing auras, simply by conditioning our own senses and vibrational
levels to resonate with the auras around us and other people.

Because everything in the universe has it's own harmonic signature, we
get interactions when we come into contact with other vibrational
energies - which explains why we can feel certain vibes in certain
places, or immediately feel attraction or 'bad vibes' towards others.
I believe that this can help to explain the human effects that have been
reported when visiting crop formations, and currently being investigated
by researcher, Lucy Pringle.

There is no such thing as a positive or negative crop circle, in the
same way there is no such thing as a good or bad person. All we are
feeling is the interaction of external harmonics in relation to our own
vibrational level.
You can imagine this by playing a note on a piano - any note. Pick one
at random.
If someone else now plays a second, random, note even though you may not
know what note is being played, you can immediately tell if it's higher
or lower than the note you originally played.

Now imagine that high notes give you a headache and low notes make you
feel relaxed.... When you hear the second note, you'll immediately feel
a reaction, either good or bad. Now, do you understand there is nothing
inherently good or bad about any of the notes, yet you're feeling a
reaction.
Someone else may have picked a different initial note to play (imagine
that's their own personal frequency) and if the second note played was
the same note played as before, there will be a different relationship
between them and the second note and yourself and the second note.

If you now elevate this scenario to imagine all the component waveforms
and harmonics in your complete being, you can start to imagine when you
visit a crop formation and feel elated or lively, someone else may have
a completely different reaction. This is not caused by the crop circle
itself being positive or negative, but rather the relationship between
your own harmonics and the crop circle and someone else's harmonics and
the crop circle.

Our reaction to harmonics and subtle energy fields around us, can have
all manner of effects on our mind and body. even to the extent of
causing physical illness or disease. It's my belief that by
understanding the reaction between different energy frequencies and
harmonics we may learn to cure and heal illness and disease. Indeed,
this is the topic of my current and ongoing research projects - not only
investigating sound and vibration for healing purposes, but also trying
to analyse the varying magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies found in
the crop fields.

To this end, I applaud Colin's research into magnetic fields around crop
circles. I just wish he hadn't mentioned percentages, which would have
prevented the media arguing over numbers instead of seeing the
underlying theories and benefits of continued research into this mystery.

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