I came across some cogent comments about crop circles o­n cropcirclenews.com . The site is in development by Allen Branson, a new listmember who got activated to the croppie cause by seeing the movie, “CROP CIRCLES: Quest for Truth” — you can buy a video or DVD o­n his site. If things go well for Allen, the site will be a central source for all things crop circle related, including conversation.

In England, military helicopters are frequently seen above crop circles, and Allen has some interesting reflections about the military being involved in making them:

The possibility has been raised that what's creating crop circles is a satellite technology being tested by the military — that precision masers (the microwave version of a laser) are fired from satellites, “cooking” the plants and causing the formations. Although we have those masers, which could be fired from o­n high in a tightly focused beam into the fields, and microwave energy is a credible explanation for what affects the plants, still there are unanswered questions concerning the application of such technology. How could the beam be precisely focused through cloud cover (a great many formations come in very bad weather)? Given the height of the crops in fields in which formations are found, and that the beam would have to be shot at an angle to hit the base of the plants, how could this be done without also “cooking” the tops of the plants nearby? And how, for instance, would such a device selectively flatten o­nly o­ne species of plant, leaving others standing (given that fields of crops usually have a few brightly colored poppies in them, and sometimes thistles or other extraneous plants which do not flatten with the crop that goes down)? Also, how about formations with several layers of floors that are patterned differently?

There's another obvious question, given any explanation for the crop circle phenomenon that involves the military. Why would they test this technology out in the open, taking such pains to create beautiful art work that incorporates very sophisticated geometry? Is this what Sun Tzu meant by The Art of War?

PS: When I was working o­n the filming of the movie, in England, someone interviewed me o­n video. Here's the video interview  — it's about 10 minutes. It was shot where I was staying, and includes footage of the researcher community that I hosted all summer. The video o­n the Net is choppy, but the voice is smooth, with me giving some of my favorite opinions.

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