Barbra Hesson

Crop Circles

From Wikipedia:

Crop circles are patterns created by the flattening of crops such as wheat, barley, rapeseed (also called “canola”), rye, corn, linseed and soy.

The term was first used by researcher Colin Andrews to describe simple circles he was researching. Although since 1990 the circles have evolved into complex geometries, the term “circle” has stuck. Various hypotheses have been offered to explain their formation, ranging from the naturalistic to the paranormal.

Naturalistic explanations include man-made hoaxes or geological anomalies, while paranormal explanations include formation by UFOs. Many circles are known to be man-made,^[6][7][8] such as those created by Doug Bower, Dave Chorley, and John Lundberg,^[9] and a 2000 study into circle hoaxing concluded that 80 percent of UK circles were totally man-made.^[6]

Bower and Chorley were awarded an Ig Nobel Prize in 1992 for their crop circle hoaxing.