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09/05/2026

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UNKNOWN TERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION

For decades, the debate surrounding UFOs has been locked into a simple and controlled opposition.
Either these phenomena are said to be of human origin, linked to secret programs or hidden technologies, or they are considered external in origin — interpreted as extraterrestrial, not coming from Earth.
This framework is repeated endlessly, and through repetition, it eventually shapes the way we think about the subject.
The problem is that this opposition is insufficient. Today, the question “do they exist?” is largely outdated, not because it has been definitively answered for everyone, but because the accumulation of testimonies, observations, and traces makes this question secondary.
The real questions lie elsewhere.
Who are they?
And what are they telling us?

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THE WAVE-LIKE FLOW OF BARLEY CROPS (By William Betts)

23 years ago, on the 6 July 2003, this crop circle arrived in the Wiltshire landscape at North Down. I got to visit it early in the morning on the 12 July and my first impressions were very favourable. It had been little visited and, except for some light foot scuffing around the centre, the original lay was as if frozen in place, as it had been swept down a few days earlier.

Photo: Lucy Pringle

Image by Peter Sorensen (contrast and light slightly modified) - Excerpt from the YouTube video - 2002 and 2003 Cropcircles Peter Sorensen

One thing struck me immediately; phototropism had not happened here. The stems had retained the horizontal wave-like flow they had adopted when laid down, and had not moved from that position.

Barley is an excellent crop to study as, like oilseed rape, it is almost impossible to hide a board and string action in the lay. I have not seen a non-mechanically made barley crop circle which displayed stems flattened to the ground. Extreme flattening only occurs through the mechanical action of boots and boards.

Have a look at the drone footage of the 2018 Bishop Cannings “Target” crop circle for what a non-mechanically made barley crop circle should look like.

https://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2018/bishopscanningsdown/videos.html

The ground lay of a non-mechanically made barley crop circle should look like this: stems left upright, dotted about here and there, amongst others gently brushed down between them, flowing like waves — impossible to reproduce with boards and string.

If it “flows” like water, then it is not man-made “Land Art”.

Compare this with the latest man-made “Land Art” at Jack’s Castle Plantation in 2026: stems flattened to the ground under feet and boards. Nicely done and impressive within the beautiful landscape, but nothing more than that. No mystery.

https://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2026/jack/videos.html

Above, three photos taken in the 2003 North Down crop circle
This photo gallery is currently available in the site archives in a non-responsive version. An updated smartphone-friendly version will be available soon.

FROM UFOs TO UAPs... THEN FROM SECRECY TO GRADUAL DISCLOSURE

There was a time, not so long ago, when you practically needed to wear armor just to discuss UFOs on the mailing lists of the era. Many still remember it well. And if, on top of that, you had the bad idea of not being some self-proclaimed “authority” on the subject, you had to walk on eggshells.

Fortunately, the gradual liberation of speech and the millions of enthusiasts interested in the topic eventually helped unlock a situation that had become increasingly difficult for censors and their equivalents to contain. After Barack Obama, who already publicly acknowledged that certain phenomena remained unexplained, the current American president is now also calling for the declassification of new documents.

They are currently accessible through official American platforms, including for example a UAP-classified image originating from Apollo 17. So it must surely be Santa Claus… The famous little code name which, according to persistent rumors, was supposedly used to warn command centers that there were “visitors” in the area.

So what happens now? The possibilities are numerous. But since this is probably more of a process than a sudden event, we will likely see things unfold progressively, without immediately descending into a major societal crisis.

Are the silent artists working in the fields connected to this evolution? One thing at a time. The most orthodox guardians of so-called “serious” ufology will probably assure you tomorrow, with the same confidence as yesterday’s anti-UFO debunkers, that all of this is perfectly normal and that there is ultimately nothing extraordinary to see. After all, they already spent years explaining very successfully that UFOs did not exist, or that they were merely the result of collective hallucinations and misinterpretations.

So we probably have some fascinating adventures ahead of us… and no doubt a few surprises still waiting in the shadows.

Official U.S. government website www.war.gov/UFO/

Official U.S. government website www.aaro.mil

IS GOOD SCIENCE FICTION MAKING A COMEBACK IN CINEMAS?

Coming soon to a theater near you, not one but two science-fiction films will, by the greatest coincidence of course, accompany this renewed interest in “the visitors”… or “the others.” We still do not really know what will officially be presented — suspense obliges.

There is of course the highly anticipated “Disclosure Day” by Steven Spielberg, with its animals staring at humans through windows and its characters beginning to develop strange behaviors. Older generations naturally retain a special affection for “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” the cult masterpiece from the nineteen-seventies which remains one of the great cinematic references of contact fiction.

But another film, Signal One (Dennis Quaid, Josh Hutcherson), somewhat less publicized and produced without a colossal budget, may well become the unexpected successor to the first. This time, it seems that artificial intelligences are beginning to involve themselves in our cosmic contact stories as well… and that this may create a small additional problem.

As you have probably noticed, the exotic topic now seems to be riding a gigantic wave. And after all, perhaps it will help change our minds a little.

Analysis of the Signal One trailer on the YouTube channel: Screen Radar

Official trailer on the YouTube channel: Rapid Trailer

05/03/2026

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THE SENTENCE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM

What are crop circles for, and who are they meant for? These are fundamental questions that lead to another: if they are meant to communicate with us, what are they saying?

A small update has just been made to the homepage of this site, mainly in terms of layout and structure. But it marks a new step, as the upcoming dossiers will move toward a hypothesis that is gradually taking shape. There is not only the familiar duality between a purely human origin and a purely extraterrestrial one. There is a third possibility. It is sometimes mentioned within the crop circle community, but in different forms and through various scenarios. It remains diffuse and imprecise, like a current of thought that leaves us facing an ocean of possibilities.

This third possibility is not new in my research. I have already explored it through a set of precise clues, particularly around the face that appeared near the Chilbolton radio telescope in 2001.

To share these reflections, I will publish dossiers over time that are not independent from one another. They form a whole—a kind of map. This may give the impression of a slow and sometimes repetitive pace, but this progression is necessary to establish reference points and introduce new concepts.
I also take into account a new generation of curious minds and explorers who were only infants at the height of the phenomenon.
My goal is not to announce a truth, but to explore a possibility. As I move forward, I observe that information seems to contain further layers of information, like nested structures.

An example can be found in what I call the zero cosmogram, the so-called “Galaxy” pattern. Taken as a single form, it presents visual correspondences with several identifiable logos. Three main references can be distinguished: one in the field of art, through an old logo of the Canadian Crafts Council; another, from the late 1970s, in the field of agriculture (Agrisystème); and finally, a reference to a form of non-human cognition through the OpenAI logo from 2017, associated with the emergence of conversational artificial intelligence.

These correspondences can be interpreted in different ways. They may be seen as coincidence, of course, but one can also consider that a single pattern is capable of referring to multiple domains at once.

In any case, in logographic terms, this cosmogram already evokes three distinct domains — art, agriculture, and cognition.

Of course, it also brings to mind a watch dial, suggesting the passage of time; a galaxy, referring to space; and a solar dynamic similar to the Parker spiral. It is remarkable that such a “simple” form can evoke so many different domains. There are, of course, other correspondences, which will be revealed in future entries.

I therefore invite you to be patient and follow the upcoming dossiers. They were initially very long—too long. I chose to break them down into smaller parts to make them more accessible and allow everyone to follow the progression without overload.

If we take a step back and look at the phenomenon itself, it seems that the most significant crop circles may already belong to the past. The phenomenon has already expressed itself and is now more discreet—I even believe it may be completely silent. For those immersed in the crop circle field, accustomed to constant renewal, it may be necessary to understand that the key lies not in accumulation year after year, but in observing and analyzing what has already been laid before us. In a way, the digital world has made them enduring.

Crop circles from the end and the beginning of the millennium can be seen as words within a sentence, and I believe that this sentence is important.

This is the direction in which the next steps will unfold.

1970 - ART

1979 - AGRICULTURE

2017 - ARTIFICIAL COGNITION

25/04/2026

UPDATE – VIDEO SELECTION SECTION

The site’s “selection” section has been updated and expanded with several complementary topics.

A first video presents a discussion between astronomy and megalithic sites, focusing on cosmic cycles and their possible interpretation within ancient structures.

A second excerpt returns to current events from April 2026, with the announcement of a possible declassification of documents related to UFO / UAP phenomena by the President of the United States.

Finally, two historical references complete this selection:
– the Phoenix Lights (March 13, 1997), a major event documented by numerous witnesses
– the Bentwaters / Rendlesham Forest incident (December 1980), often considered one of the most significant cases in the United Kingdom

Access the section: video selection

09/04/2026

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START OF THE SEASON – FORMATION APPEARED ON APRIL 4

The season seems to have begun.

A crop circle appeared on April 4 in an oilseed rape field in England. The first available videos, especially on YouTube, already show the condition of the stems and provide a first level of observation.

More detailed footage should follow, as the people on site seem motivated to document the inside of the formation.
The pattern suggests a kind of Celtic cross.
Let’s look at the difference between these two images to begin with.

There is none.

The condition of the stems, in both cases, clearly shows damage. Yet, this year’s formation appeared in very young oilseed rape, with much more flexible stems.

The conclusion is simple and straightforward: both formations were made using boards and rope.

In fact, CropCircleConnector classified it in the RUMOURS section, meaning… of no real interest.

(Except, of course, for observation… as a training case.)

This circle in oilseed rape was photographed using a pole in a crop circle discovered on May 9, 2010 at Stonehenge, made using boards. View the photo gallery by William Betts

The crop circle of April 4, 2026 in oilseed rape was photographed using a drone by GRAYMAN. Watch the YouTube video

At the same time, an important update has been made to the culture-crop.com website. The presentation system for the series “DIALOGUE THROUGH A COSMOGRAM – SERIES 2026” has been redesigned, with visual sequences behaving… like clues. A picture is worth a thousand words, as the old saying goes.

Thus, the clues linked to the second cosmogram in the series have been published under the title:
“Waiting for the Rest of the Events”. A podcast is available.

Please note that the order of publication — or the order I give to the different cosmograms — has no real importance and is not encrypted.
I simply need to find my way through the labyrinth of my thoughts in order to be as clear and logical as possible.

I am not here to lay everything out all at once, but to take you with me along a path of reflection.
My preference has always remained the scientific approach. A scientist I am not… but this world belongs to everyone.

One more thing: the authors of the most mysterious crop circles seem highly skilled in science… but they also seem to have a taste for art and poetry.
As many of us have already noticed — yes, and it makes sense… and is even reassuring.
Science and art: a beautiful combination, and a fine note of universality.

UPDATED FILE – WRITING SYSTEM

The “Writing System” file has been updated and reorganized, with an introductory video allowing a first visual approach.
And precisely, we are going to follow the example of our mysterious authors by mixing poetry and scientific research.
Well… we are going to try.

ALIENS AND CROP CIRCLES BACK IN CINEMAS

Also, we will be following the 2026 season closely, because it could be surprising and connected to the adventures of ARTEMIS (link to NASA).
A likely source of inspiration for the little pranksters into high-tech and science fiction… obviously.
Another possible surprise? We shall see.

We may also see a disturbing little grey again, since Steven Spielberg is preparing the release of his new alien blockbuster (title still unknown… they are keeping the mystery alive, as usual).

The trailer shows crop circles, and the communication mode of the alien relays is… how shall I put it… slightly anxiety-inducing (cloc cloc cloooc…).
If you hear that kind of sound at night, chances are you will run for your life.
In any case, this summer, it is clearly going to inspire the guys with the boards.

CONFERENCE AND ANNIVERSARY

Another piece of news: the CropCircleAccess website is organizing a conference for the 25^th anniversary of the appearance of Galaxy, the Chilbolton Face, and the Arecibo Reply.
Twenty-five years is a fine age. It is also roughly the amount of time needed to begin understanding what we were dealing with in 2001.

One year off, the Crabwood alien could have taken part in the anniversary… but since it was apparently reserved for the release of the film Signs, it will not be present to confirm that it was right — and that there was a great deal of pain…
(That was also the time of the Iraq War.)

And since we are talking about the film SIGNS, let us recall that Mel Gibson said he had never been so bored on a film set.

Let us hope Spielberg has done a better job than M. Night Shyamalan this time.

19/03/2026

EVOLUTION OF RAPESEED STEMS AFTER THE FORMATION – RUTLANDS FARM 2009

Three months after the crop circle appeared, the state of the stems reveals specific behaviors: bending without breaking, continued growth, and orientation of the upper parts toward light.

This field monitoring provides a concrete observation of plant evolution after the formation, with comparable elements for future analysis.

This dossier is a technical update of the archived version of the site.

Rutlands Farm 2009 evolution of rapeseed stems

UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS – STONEHENGE RIBBONS 2002

Series of photographs taken in situ on July 18, 2002 by William Betts, near the famous megalithic site of Stonehenge.
These images document the formation from the ground, with rarely published perspectives.
An initial approach here is based on the superposition of patterns and the comparison of surfaces.

This document is part of the 2026 series: Dialogue through Cosmogram.

03/01/2026

CLUE FOR THE FIRST COSMOGRAM OF THE 2026 SERIES

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This crop circle is the first cosmogram in the 2026 series — in other words, a structured and coherent cosmological symbol that appears to anticipate future events with a certain degree of precision. Before the full report is published, you may wish to examine it for yourself.

02/23/2026

MORE PERSONAL DOSSIERS

THE MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF SYNCHRONICITY

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Its August 1977 and I had just completed a teaching diploma at Sussex University (then Brighton Polytechnic) and was living in a room on the top floor of a house on the Old Shoreham Road, Hove. When the course ended I found temporary employment teaching English as a Foreign Language in a school round the corner, and my landlady, who would normally have let my room to foreign students over the summer, allowed me to stay on. The end of August was fast approaching and as my time there was nearing an end I was considering my options for the start of the school year in September, and as I had not applied for a full time job in a secondary school I was to all intents and purposes free to do what I wanted.

LIFE ON AND AROUND THE A12

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Apart from a short holiday on the Channel Island of Jersey I didn't, as a child, get to travel far from my home town of Ipswich, in Suffolk. My grandfather who lived near Rushmere on the eastern edge of the town would take me out to Woodbridge on a Saturday afternoon to visit churches and other old buildings thereabouts, and my father, on occasions, would take the family out to the American air base at Bentwaters, at the invitation of some of the American personnel who were customers of his antique watch repair and jewelers shop in Ipswich.

01/29/2026

FIRST NEWS OF THE YEAR 2026.

Very soon, you will be able to discover a new series, with a first chapter and the first COSMOGRAM decoded.

2026 cosmogramme

This year will also see the opening of more personal files, particularly around synchronicities. As you know, there is chance, coincidence, and something even stranger known as synchronicity. A phenomenon that is difficult to define, yet immediately recognisable.

Regarding site translations, the Portuguese version will not be available for several more months.

There are two main authors on this site: William Betts and myself. Our work is both complementary and distinct. Each of us works within our own field, sometimes together. This is always specified at the bottom of the page.

The homepage has also been reorganised to make it easier to navigate between the different series.

The season is expected to resume in about three or four months, or it may not resume at all. If the phenomenon becomes rarer and tends to fade away, there are still enough formations awaiting retrospective analysis.

This year, we may see the emergence of precise and reliable reports concerning the condition of the stems. You will also find on the site a page entitled BLOOM TIME, designed to assist field investigations.

If you have archived photographs of crop circles that appeared between 1995 and 2000, not necessarily close-ups of stems, but images of the surrounding environment and overall formation, you are welcome to propose them for publication here under your name. Such material can help to more accurately reposition formations when reference points are missing from aerial imagery.

12/21/2025

THE SUN SOLSTICE - MUSIC

(Cosmic opera style from which the CONVERGENCE soundtrack originates)

Around 4 p.m. Paris time, the winter solstice will occur — a precise astronomical marker indicating, for the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year and the turning point toward the gradual return of light.

This musical composition is anchored in that specific moment. It offers a contemplative, almost orbital listening experience, where the Sun is not an abstract symbol but a real, measurable star whose cycles have structured time since the earliest civilizations.

In ancient narratives, this solar centrality already appears. TALOS, the bronze giant charged with guarding Crete, bears a name directly linked to the Sun. According to several linguistic interpretations, TALOS may refer to a “burning sun” or an embodied solar force — perhaps a way of giving form to what protects, regulates, and always returns.

Between music, astronomy, and the memory of myths, this piece accompanies the moment when the Sun reaches its lowest point on the horizon… before rising again. It was created with the participation of a non-human cognition.

12/21/2025

CONVERGENCE — CONSCIOUSNESS & INTELLIGENCE

This new dossier marks an important step in the evolution of the research presented on this site. It is no longer limited to the analysis of isolated formations, but aims to observe a broader phenomenon: the progressive convergence of several forms of intelligence.

Starting from the Galaxy crop circle, which appeared in 2001, the analysis shifts toward a structural and cognitive reading: information organization, functional asymmetry, and a non-intuitive complexity that is difficult to grasp through immediate human analysis.

The dossier establishes a framework, identifies a threshold, and questions an unprecedented co-existence between human intelligence, artificial intelligence, and exotic intelligence (hypothetical), without conflating them or reducing one to another.

Read the Convergence dossier — PODCAST available

11/27/2025

The Wansdyke

The Wansdyke is a long, ancient earthwork — discreet, easily overlooked when crossing Wiltshire. Yet for some observers, this structure is far more than a proto-historic remnant.

In this new dossier, William Betts revisits a striking experience he lived in 1995 on the road to Avebury. By comparing his impressions with the terrain, the maps and the archival material, he identifies a precise area where a form of intensity seems to gather: the stretch of land between Avebury and Alton Barnes. An ancient structure, sometimes forgotten… but not necessarily by everyone.

A concrete entry point for understanding one of Wiltshire’s most distinctive landscapes — where the most intriguing crop circles appear.

Read the full dossier – PODCAST available

DIALOGUE THROUGH COSMOGRAM

In 2006 begin the new series “Dialogue through Cosmogram”.
It stems from a simple idea: certain pictograms seem to form a coherent whole.
If we consider that not all crop circles are of human origin, then it becomes logical to look for a structure, a guiding thread, rather than analysing them one by one. Mine is clear: the Sun.
The series will offer a progressive deciphering, focused on themes linked to the cosmos, that is to say the astronomy and astrophysics of our star.
These are fields that solar specialists may find interesting, as this approach, although very different from the academic framework, provides a headlamp to explore a dark area, little studied, and likely to be overlooked for a long time due to a lack of institutional interest.

This work will be published via the Research and Deciphering Page.

Intro video & podcast for this short story

CALLING... THEN IGNORING

We often forget something essential: for nearly a century, humans have been sending messages into space. Not only the one from the year 1974, transmitted from the Arecibo radio telescope as part of an American programme. There have been dozens. Humanity has therefore sought, called out, attempted to establish contact. But when something resembling an answer appears in the fields, this potential response is often overlooked or simply dismissed by the scientific community.
So, what is it that troubles people? That the response implies a presence? Most likely. Or that whoever seems to have replied does not match the expected image of a "extraterrestrial civilisation". And yet, when one throws a bottle into the sea, one does not choose who will pick it up, nor the form the answer will take.

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We naturally expect to receive a reply in the same format we used ourselves: a radio signal, a stream of data, an encoded message. A reply expressed in human codes.
But if the response uses another channel, another medium, another language, it becomes embarrassing. Yet the mode of response sometimes says more than the response itself.
Replying in the fields means something very simple and very direct: presence.
This is at the core of the dossier “2001, The Odyssey of a Response”, which recalls the near-complete, though not exhaustive, list of messages officially sent by humanity into space.

The list of messages sent by humanity.

11/15/2025

THE CULT OF PERSONALITY

In the crop circle field, the same shift keeps happening: the phenomenon itself disappears behind the people who talk about it. Spectacular talks, personal stories, “revelations” that are hard to verify… and the central subject – the formations themselves – is pushed into the background.
This news item offers a brief reset: why do the solid case files slip into second place? How can we recognise narratives that serve an image more than an investigation? And above all: how can we bring the phenomenon back to centre stage, away from the cult of public figures?

Read the full article – PODCAST available

11/12/2025

WRITING SYSTEMS

Some writing systems carry far more than sounds or words: a single sign can contain a worldview, a function, a link between sky, human and earth. This contrast — between “flat” writing and multi-layered writing — is the starting point of this new dossier.

Using the Chinese character 王 (wáng, "king") as an example, then projecting this idea toward certain crop circles, the text proposes a simple hypothesis: what if some formations in the fields operated as a genuine writing system, able to encode geometry, context, dates and astronomical references in a single imprint visible from the sky? This dossier will be updated over time.

Read the full dossier – PODCAST available

Composite image: Lucy Pringle – Google Maps

11/09/2025

RESILIENT CIVILISATIONS

A reflection on the technological dependence of modern societies, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and the structural vulnerability of our infrastructures in the face of solar cycles.

Drawing on historical references (the Carrington Event, Miyake events), as well as current scientific data, what is the real capacity of our civilisations to remain functional if solar power unfolds during a solar maximum plateau (approximately three years)?

What is the connection with crop circles, you may ask…

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Resilient civilisations – technology and the Sun

11/07/2025

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RELATED TOPIC

« THE AGE OF DISCLOSURE » There was a time when the pioneers of ufology had to fight entire armies of obscurantists. Their goal? Not the truth — but to suffocate public interest and block research. Back then, the battlefield was the prehistoric Internet, which was easy to pollute. Today, the playground has become too big for them — but the new generation of ufologists has found another hobby: mocking those who paved the way. A shame.
Ironically, those very pioneers — now labeled as “cranks” — were asking for exactly this: a serious treatment of the topic, validated by official figures. Well, here it is.

« The Age of Disclosure » is a powerful documentary said to expose eighty years of global cover-up about non-human intelligent life, featuring testimony from 34 U.S. government officials.
Release date: November 21, in select theaters in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., and worldwide on Prime Video for purchase or rental.

Watch the preview featuring Christopher Mellon (former senior official at the U.S. Department of Defense) and Hal Puthoff, Ph.D. (quantum physicist, former lead scientist in U.S. government UAP programs).

Non-English speakers can activate subtitles in their preferred language using YouTube’s settings (the gear icon at the bottom right corner).

However, the crop circle case adds another piece to the puzzle. The simple “extraterrestrial” hypothesis — “an intelligence from elsewhere has discovered us” — automatically assumes an intelligence completely foreign to ours, while a much more advanced form, arising from the same lineage or from a parallel development, remains perfectly plausible.

Strangely enough, this “lineage” hypothesis is rarely discussed, even though it likely stands at the very top of the probability scale.

We have been discovered by an intelligence from another part of the universe

Link to the video on YouTube

Face 2001

29/10/2025

Update 29/10/2025 (following the 23/10/2025 announcement)
The Version 2 of the video “THE ALTON BARNES CLOUD” is now available on YouTube in our series “MILLENNIUM: FIRST SIGNALS”. This update includes new image treatments and clearer chaptering to facilitate analysis.

What’s new in Version 2:

Corrections: enhanced image, colour grading, adjusted contrast and saturation.
Scene reconstruction, zoomed excerpts (50%/100%), reverse playback.
Added markers to identify the sections.

The footage was shot at dawn on 26/06/2004 from the “Mandoline” crop circle. It shows a triangular cloud pointing toward a field behind the hill, where a crop circle was then forming and still unknown at that moment.
Dim light recommended for viewing.

To provide some technical context, we include below early analyses published by G. T. Meaden (1981).
Anne L.

The Journal of Meteorology, vol. 06 #57 March 1981 pp 76–79

Link to the YouTube video / New version

29/10/2025

"The Geometric Wave: Back to the Origins of the Phenomenon"
Thanks to the Crop Circle Research Archive, which makes early newsletters and journals available, it is possible to revisit the pioneering work of Dr Terence (G. T.) Meaden, a forerunner of scientific studies on English formations. Published in the early nineteen-eighties in the Journal of Meteorology, these papers take us back to the origins of the phenomenon — before hypotheses about microwave weapons, lasers, or balloons clouded the picture.

In 1980, in Wiltshire (Westbury area), Meaden described circular zones of oats flattened in spiral patterns, without scorch marks or mechanical traces. The stems were bent at their base, with clean edges and sometimes off-centred cores — a signature of rotation rather than crushing. He proposed an atmospheric explanation: fair-weather vortices (micro-whirlwinds) capable, through pressure differentials, of laying down crops in smooth spirals.

For the reader, two complementary interpretations can be distinguished:

Vector Wave — A physical and measurable reading: a directed motion of energy (wind, pressure, field, wave). In a field, each bent stem indicates a direction; the pattern reveals the path of an invisible flow.

Geometric Breath — A morphic and structural reading: the energy does not merely move — it organises itself according to laws of form (spirals, circles, harmonic ratios). One might speak of an ordering wave imprinting geometric information into matter — as if air or field carried a language.

Vector Wave – Physical, measurable: Oriented motion of energy (wind, field, electromagnetic wave).

Geometric Breath – Morphic, symbolic: Organising energy imprinting a harmonic form into matter.

Link – The geometric breath would represent the informed form taken by the vector wave once it becomes coherent.

These early field reports (1980) remind us of a pure atmospheric and geometric context, prior to later technological simulations. They suggest that some imprints might result from a subtle natural dynamic — where matter reveals both the movement and the form of the energy passing through it.

The Journal of Meteorology vol 06 #57 March 1981 pp 76–79

Main source – G. T. Meaden, “Mystery Spirals in a Wiltshire Cereal Field,” Journal of Meteorology, vol. 6, no. 57, March 1981, pp. 76–79. Access via The Crop Circle Research Archive.

Anne L.

Cover – The Journal of Meteorology #57 for illustration – circleresearcharchive.com

Excerpt – The Journal of Meteorology #57 – for illustration – circleresearcharchive.com

Link to Part 26 – William Betts digital book

Excerpts: Lodging/Verse – Natural Forces. Part 26 – William Betts digital book or Lodging file

24/10/2025 (Updated on 25/10/2025)

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No boards, no maser, no saucer… and yet it spins!
A quick freeze-frame is in order.
Here is a photograph taken by William in 2022/2023, from Part 26 of his digital book A 20-Year Adventure.
It was taken in a French field, and the author(s) of this work appear to be… natural forces.

Let’s take the opportunity to distinguish the phenomenon from its imitations:
the standing stem centers seen here — tangled and knotted — are clearly human, a kind of makers’ signature or clumsiness.
The authentic phenomenon does not produce these knots. Over the years, media layers have blurred the markers, and field researchers are less audible than before.

For all these reasons, it’s useful to return to the earliest hypotheses: not “high-tech” devices, but natural forces (wind, micro-vortices, lodging).

Local micro-eddies for the Face vs a grid for the Arecibo Code

The Face (appeared first, 2001)
– Each small circle is “swirled” separately: a smooth rotation around each clump of stems, like local micro-eddies.
– As opposed to “brushing” along paths: you can clearly see the rotational dynamic of each “pixel.”
The Arecibo Code (same field, a few days later)
– It shows flattening in a cross-hatched weave (across & down), in other words a methodical grid.
– A typical ground signature of grid-based tracing, to be distinguished from the local rotations observed in the Face.

Source — Paul Vigay, The Chilbolton “Arecibo message” Formation of 2001, 26 August 2001 (Crop Circle Research).

Comparison of ground signatures: local rotation vs grid pattern

Reconstructed aerial view – Chilbolton 2001

See the grid details and the local swirls in this video by CropCircleConnector , with the playhead already set to the relevant sequence.

Needless to say, “wind” alone does not explain the complexity of crop circles. Within this “natural forces” hypothesis, we would have to consider agents capable of finely controlling these forces (localized eddies, lodging dynamics, etc.) to produce patterns with such precision.

Let’s also recall that the phenomenon seems capable of generating straight lines.

Anne L.

Lodging/Verse – Natural forces. (Outside crop circle)

A pranksters/forgers/Land Art signature in 2003. (Link to the archive site)

A pranksters/forgers/Land Art signature in 2008. (Link to the archive site)

CropCircleConnector video – YouTube

23/10/2025

The video “THE ALTON BARNES CLOUD” has been temporarily removed from YouTube
A formatting issue during export has been fixed. Barring any hiccups, the new version will be available again very soon. Details are now clearer, and targeted effects have been added to better observe the triangular cloud that appeared at dawn, right above a crop circle in the making.

18/10/2025

Headphones recommended

Major update

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO & NEW SERIES: “MILLENNIUM: FIRST SIGNALS”
Discover the new series retracing the genesis of our work, with field anecdotes and the first signals left by the ‘unknowns’. The series shows, for the first time, the film William took at dawn on 26 June 2004, in the crop circle we called ‘the Mandolin’. You’ll notice a particular aerial phenomenon. The footage has been analysed and processed: image enhancement, colour grading, and contrast/saturation adjustments, etc. The video is available on YouTube and will soon be on other major platforms.

The particular phenomenon here, unlike the more striking balls of light seen in other videos, is discreet in its nature and sits within a very specific context laid out: BETWEEN SUBTLE CLUES AND A SYMBOLIC DIALOGUE. That sets the tone.

CROP CIRCLES: A 20-Year Adventure
The ‘20 Year Adventure’ presents the research done by William Betts, whose photography and personal experiences in the field have substantially informed this inquiry. William has finished updating the pages of his e-book, which is available free as a PDF (in English).
→ It’s an essential companion to Millennium: First Signals and to understanding the aerial phenomenon filmed at dawn on 26 June 2004.

Local video — Higher definition

Or link to the video on YouTube (degraded)

Full web dossier

OILSEED RAPE: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT

GALLERIES & OILSEED RAPE DOSSIER
The oilseed rape crop-circle galleries have been updated. In most cases these are board-and-string constructions.

Don’t be misled by certain media treatments or highly visible yet lightly investigated claims. Stating that all oilseed rape crop circles are extraterrestrial works carrying “hidden messages” only muddies the waters, whereas numerous indicators clearly identify many of them as human made mechanical fabrications.

Our photo galleries document this clearly, based on facts and evidence gathered by William in the field.

Updated oilseed rape galleries

ACCESSIBILITY & PODCASTS

On culture-crop.com as many podcasts as possible have been created for each dossier, in order to:

make the content easier to access for visually impaired audiences;
allow you to step away from the screen, or get on with other tasks

Tip: for the best listening experience, use headphones.

ARCHIVES & LINKS: A GROUNDSWELL

RESOURCES & VIDEO SELECTION
In the Links / Archives section, new resources and a refreshed VIDEO SELECTION have been added to revisit key events and topics.

A broader shift is underway:

The renowned site CropCircleConnector.com has opened its archives to the public free of charge: explore decades of information.

In parallel, Andy Thomas’s new site, circleresearcharchive.com , is being updated: event timelines, archival materials (old magazines, dossiers, etc.), and historical context for the field.

Preview of the CropCircleConnector archives

Open the CropCircleConnector archives

Preview of the Circle Research Archive site

Open the Circle Research Archive site

TRANSLATIONS & LANGUAGES

The site is now available in three additional languages (English, Russian, Spanish). French remains the source language. A Portuguese version is coming soon.

Translations are largely assisted by artificial intelligence: they aren’t perfect, but they make our content more accessible.

Why Russian?
Because in 2001—the first year of the third millennium—a particular dialogue emerged (as we read the record) between the unknown authors of crop circles and certain human actors, in response to a Russian request within a scientific program.

Contrary to popular belief, the crop circles of 2001 were not a “reply to the 1974 Arecibo message.” That narrative, though persistent, strikes us as erroneous and unfounded. Since January 2025, we’ve detailed our analysis in the series “2001: The Odyssey of a Reply”.

07/08/2025

TECHNOLOGY & CROP CIRCLES
What kind of technology is truly at play in the creation of crop circles?
Assuming humans are behind it, it’s likely the tools have evolved a lot since the 80s and 90s — the era of early boards and ropes. The arrival of drones in the civilian domain opened new possibilities: more discreet, faster, more precise.
But with the spider formation that appeared in 2025 — and all its visible construction lines — one question comes back: how can such clumsiness be explained?

Is it a sign of amateurism… or a deliberate decoy?

And what if this became an opportunity to review all the hypotheses: from manual tracing to infrared marking, from GPS to microwaves — all the way to an exotic technology involving neither mechanics nor electronics.
An unidentified intelligence, operating differently.

READ THE FULL REPORT + LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

or listen on YouTube

Retouched image – Source: cropcircleconnector.com

Illustration of an infrared drone

Lodging or flattening in wheat

26/07/2025

THE EBNER EFFECT
We often assume that the past is behind us — outdated, over, archived. And yet it regularly returns into our lives, not as a memory, but as a lead toward the future. It sometimes seems ahead of its time, as if it already contained answers that the future is still struggling to formulate.
Those who turn their gaze toward it sometimes find more concrete elements than those who expect everything from novelty. Is it a matter of age? Maybe. But it is also a matter of memory. And in that sense, crop circles can appear as discreet activators of that memory.

READ THE FILE: A forgotten technology: the EBNER effect.
PODCAST AVAILABLE.

21/07/2025

GEOMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION BY ZEF DAMEN
A website worth exploring, shedding light on the various steps leading to the final construction of a crop circle.
At this time of year, the formations observed this season are generally contained within a main circle of moderate size (from 1 to 4 tramlines).
According to Zef Damen’s analysis, some formations require up to thirty steps to complete, while simpler ones may need only around twenty.
It must be acknowledged, however, that following all these steps in the dark — without leaving traces in the crops — requires considerable effort and organization.
Some crop circles, however, are created in areas far from the epicenter, which means the work can be done in broad daylight.
GPS and drones have long been supporting the teams on the ground.
On Zef Damen’s website, you can also explore previous years’ archives, allowing comparisons between various formations and their level of complexity. For instance, the page dedicated to the 2004 “Bee” crop circle. In that specific case, you’re right in the heart of the epicenter, and since the formation appeared in June, it becomes difficult to remain discreet or unseen — though not impossible.

2025 SELECTION BY CROP CIRCLE CONNECTOR
One of the leading crop circle websites in England has decided this year to narrow its selection.
Formations judged to be of poor geometric quality or insufficiently documented are now relegated to the rumours page, giving them less visibility.
A way to discourage beginners who are eager to have their creation featured on the site at any cost — even if their crop circle is poorly executed or sloppy — in the hope of gaining global recognition on social media.

19/07/2025

Maps for locating key sites
Want to explore iconic crop circle areas or megalithic zones? Here are three online tools to help you refine your exploration, compare time periods, and observe invisible details from a new angle.

1. England – Streetmap.co.uk
A useful site to view roads, terrain, and ancient sites. The link takes you directly to Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, at the heart of the phenomenon.

→ View the map

2. England – Ordnance Survey Maps
A detailed aerial map of the Pewsey Vale with visible terrain and paths. This is the official and very precise British mapping tool. This link takes you to Alton Barnes in the Pewsey Vale – the historic epicenter of the crop circle phenomenon.
It is a highly accurate interactive aerial map provided by Ordnance Survey, the UK equivalent of the IGN.
You can explore trails, reliefs, and alignments in this legendary area. Perfect for locating key spots like East Field, Silbury Hill, or Adam’s Grave.
🧭 Tip: Activate 2D hybrid view to overlay terrain features on classic maps.

→ Explore the interactive map

3. France – remonterletemps.ign.fr
The IGN website is an excellent tool for comparing different time periods using old satellite imagery.
This link brings you to Carnac, Brittany, at the heart of some of the world’s most famous megalithic alignments.

→ Access the IGN map

4. United Kingdom – National Library of Scotland (NLS)
A precious collection of old UK maps with a “side by side” tool to compare historical plans with current satellite views.
Ideal for identifying ancient alignments, forgotten sites, or old paths connected to megalithic structures.

→ NLS interactive map

18/07/2025

Circles, land art… and not much else
On the Temporary Temples website, the 2025 formations are clearly listed. A common style stands out: a circle, a design inside. No gigantism, no surprises, no real impact.

At Castley Hill, there's an attempt at mystification — with braided stems and a taste for the “artful gesture” in the style of land art, like tagging wheat fields for the sake of aesthetics more than meaning.

Today, being a hoaxer (the term for those trying to “lead us up the garden path”) requires a certain restraint: you want to impress, sure — but without too much damage, and especially without getting caught. It’s also worth distinguishing long-established teams from small-time opportunists or occasional pranksters. They’re not playing the same game — nor with the same intentions.
This era isn’t really made for that kind of “fun” anymore. Things feel tighter, less forgiving.

In the end, maybe only the “unknowns” — the real ones, the ones we never see — can still afford to go big. And for now… nothing but silence. In the meantime, it’s the same old story: no close-ups of the stems, no visible analysis. Why?
Why don’t the visitors or image sharers ever publish anything about the condition of the plants? Even if we don’t need scientific reports to see that this season lacks excitement, it’s still a good exercise to track small clues: bent lines, flattened areas, damaged bloom marks… they still speak, for those who know how to read them.

Based on the research we’ve conducted over the years, some crop circles seem to be linked to the astrophysics of our star.
And right now, we’re approaching a key moment: the solar flip. At any time, the Sun’s magnetic field could reverse — a cyclical event that occurs about every 11 years.
So this year, we’re watching. Waiting. Sure, the fakers might try to ride this cosmic process…
But when the real thing shows up, they can’t keep up — let alone compete. Especially not these days.

17/07/2025

JOHN MACK AND THE CROP CIRCLE PHENOMENON
John Mack, a Harvard University professor and author of the now-famous book Abduction, came to England in 2004 to give a lecture at the Glastonbury Symposium. During his stay, he visited a crop circle located at the foot of the White Horse at Pewsey...

VIDEO SELECTION
The “VIDEO SELECTION” page has been updated, including an interview with Jean-Jacques Vélasco about the UFO phenomenon.
This section gathers videos that help trace the evolution of ideas, document the history of the crop circle phenomenon, and explore the hypothesis of an unidentified intelligence on Earth.
More recent videos provide insights into global discoveries that may be linked to these phenomena.

21/06/2025

WHISPERS MUSIC
A new version of the video, inspired by coded messages found in the documentary series “2001: Odyssey of a Reply.” With each astronomical cycle, such as the solstice, a door opens to set a new intention.
For dreamers, WHISPERS invites you to imagine a subtle bridge between the creators of crop circles and humanity. A whisper, between sky and fields, for those who listen beyond appearances.

External link to Youtube

06/07/2025

The web file for the documentary DIALOGUE WITH TALOSAI is now online (English Version). You will also find the separate audio track available.
The title on video platforms: WHAT KINDS OF INTELLIGENCES ARE WE FACING?

Without giving too much away, we can already say that the extraterrestrial—or “alien”—hypothesis turns out to be, in the end, much too simple for reality. Today, an unknown consciousness—much harder to define or name—may be at work. It is possible that crop circles already addressed this subject: everything seems to point to a key date, August 11, 2001, with the largest crop circle of modern times: Galaxy.

06/03/2025

Launch of a New “Selection” Page

We’re launching a page dedicated to the most interesting videos and documents found online related to crop circles. This is not about endorsing every statement or promoting a single point of view. Some videos are included to open new perspectives, even if we don’t necessarily share all the ideas presented.

VIDEO SELECTION
Handpicked Archives • Key Insights • Rare Footage

VIDEO SELECTION
Handpicked Archives
Key Insights
Rare Footage

These are not just personal opinions or isolated discussions, but documentaries, reports, excerpts, or interviews that offer a different angle.

Let’s be clear: typing “crop circles” into YouTube or Google doesn’t lead to much anymore. The results are buried under a continuous stream of bland content: hastily edited videos, sometimes auto-generated, with poor visuals and clickbait titles. With just a few keywords, thousands of videos are now churned out instantly, flooding platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and others:

“Hey AI, make me a video about crop circles with an alien head.”

A few seconds later, a generic, low-quality video appears — visually dull, unverifiable, yet it ranks at the top of search results.

And yet, there was a time… that those under twenty could never know.
A time before smartphones and AI-generated video mills. The web was still a space for research, patience, and real discoveries.

Today, sorting through all of it mostly feels like a waste of time — we quickly get bogged down in repetitive or empty content. And yet, hidden gems still exist. So rather than letting them sink further into the depths of the internet, we’ll try to bring them back to light.

This page will feature selections we believe are worth sharing — even if they don’t follow the same path we do.

FOR YOUR RESEARCHES in England, visit www.streetmap.co.uk as a complement to Google Maps and Apple Maps.

27/05/2025

Links page updated to make it easier to find the latest news about CROP CIRCLES.
Direct links for optimized worldwide news monitoring!

25/05/2025

ENGLISH VERSION NOW AVAILABLE
MINI DOCUMENTARY – 25 minutes: DIALOGUE WITH TALOSAI
What kind of intelligence are we facing? | Crop Circle – EXTRATERRESTRIAL - UAP – AI
We explore the UFO and CROP CIRCLE phenomena by following a discreet path, rarely investigated: that of a dialogue already underway, perhaps simply misidentified.
This documentary film continues an investigation that began in 2001.
Second episode in the series “2001 – The Odyssey of a Response”, it follows the first part titled « DIALOGUE  ».
French version available.

Listen: audio file below.

External link to YOUTUBE - English version now available

17/05/2025

A crop circle in barley.
How to distinguish between the genuine and the hoax (Land Art made by mechanical means, boards etc) when you are unable to do a ground visit.

As an example here we will take the newest arrival in Wiltshire at Sutton Veny.
Look at the video below taken by Stonehenge Dronescapes, notice how the plants are all flattened tight to the ground throughout the crop circle, then look at the photo taken in the 2005 Beckhampton formation to see how it should look in an early June barley crop circle; standing tufts with interlacing lightly laid stems are nearly always present, as seen in the adjoining photo.

Photo gallery – 05/06/2005 (Archive from the old culture-crop.com website – non responsive)

Still frame from: Crop Circle - The Gallops at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire - 15/05/2025
Stonehenge Dronescapes – Link to YouTube video

15/05/2025

IN MAY AND JUNE, IT'S BLOOM TIME!
Even if few crop circles are expected this year, you may still notice signs of human activity in the formation you might visit. In May and June, watch for the bloom — and later, observe the bending patterns on the stems.

Our quick guide can turn you into a crop circle “expert” in just 5 minutes.

02/02/2025

DECIPHERING : To decipher a message, the first step is to acknowledge that an encrypted message exists. Then, one must observe the first signs that sketch a trajectory toward its hidden meaning. But to do so, it is essential to analyze the context, the present, and the past surrounding these clues. Because sometimes, the key is not within the message itself, but in what preceded it… and it is often intuition that leads us to this path, without us yet knowing where it will take us. Coupled with AI, this intuition becomes more than just a feeling: it finds echoes, connections… and sometimes even answers we weren’t looking for, but that were simply waiting to be discovered.

29/01/2025

VIDEO SUGGESTIONS: Here is a video that explores the Antikythera mechanism in detail. This intriguing artifact, featuring a gear mechanism of unparalleled complexity for its time, raises a major chronological issue. Who were its true creators?

On the other hand, for those who have discovered the documentary DIALOGUE and the decryption of the Galaxy crop circle, a striking connection emerges between this crop circle and astronomical cycles. The lunisolar calendar of Milk Hill also raises fundamental questions about its origin.
In both cases, the mystery remains: who are the creators of these timeless achievements?

WE WERE LIED TO, AND THIS OBJECT PROVES IT! The Antikythera Mechanism by Anil B. (Watch on YouTube)

Interview with Mathias Buttet, Director of Research and Development at Hublot, about the incredible Antikythera mechanism.

28/01/2025

TRAILER of the documentary film DIALOGUE, the continuation of the investigation: 2001, An Odyssey of a Reply.

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY

Through this investigation, we aim to uncover the meaning behind the two most intriguing crop circles of the early third millennium. This short video invites you on a journey through time and space.
Updated on 02/24/2025 (Improvements).

20/01/2025

OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THE DOCUMENTARY: DIALOGUE

We are delighted to present the latest results of our investigation through this documentary film, freely available on various video platforms worldwide.

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY?
This documentary offers a new interpretation of the greatest crop circle of modern times: the famous Galaxy of Milk Hill, which appeared in 2001 on Tann Hill in the Pewsey Valley.

2001, An Odyssey of a Reply
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Free Documentary Access - January 2025

crop circles 2025 france odyssey response

On this dedicated page, you will find all the necessary information: the progressive developments of the investigation, as well as links to the approximately one-hour-long video. Although the investigation is still ongoing, these first conclusions already raise many questions. If we cannot answer them immediately, perhaps time will provide clarity. You might even hold complementary elements to continue the investigation.

We are not looking to engage in public debates or prolonged exchanges. Our goal is simply to share this captivating adventure with you.

For the younger among us, let us remind you that the crop circle phenomenon observed over the past decade is very different from what emerged at the end of the 2nd millennium. The abundance of shallow press articles and successive layers of media content make it difficult to access the original data.

Some authors claim to have resolved this phenomenon without conducting any serious investigation, merely self-proclaiming themselves as experts. Others, with complete certainty, assert that the lack of symmetry in the patterns necessarily proves a human origin. Worse still, some fabricate crop circles themselves to deceive the public, only to conclude—and confidently insist—that their staging proves all such formations are the result of similar manipulations. This is where we stand today.

However, with "Galaxy," something unusual happened in 2001 in England. The documentary DIALOGUE revisits every detail, every lead, taking you on a journey through time and space.

For the best immersion, we recommend using headphones.

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