Experts prove newest crop circle is not work of aliens
2:29pm Wednesday 13th June 2012 in News
The crop circle at Manton Drove
THE latest crop circle that appeared in a field at Manton Drove, near Marlborough, last week has been dismissed as a man-made creation.
Experts examining aerial photos of the formation have concluded that there is evidence of human activity from marks made by the wooden boards employed by crop circle makers.
Dr Horace R Drew, writing on the Crop Circle Connector website, claims he has found a foolproof way of working out which formations are of human origin and which may be the work of ‘non-human forces’.
He said: “It is often hard to tell whether a new crop picture might be paranormal or human-made. Recently I found a new method to detect human ‘board marks’ from aerial images, by using a standard Photoshop program to reduce midtone contrast.
“This method allowed for easy detection of regular board marks in several human-made crop pictures from the past, for example the ‘dolphins’ at Golden Ball Hill in July of 2004.
“A crop picture at Manton Drove on June 2, 2012 also shows a series of regularly striped features, which could perhaps be human board marks.”
He added: “Nor was the imagery of this crop picture particularly clever: just a ‘Polar Clock 3’ screensaver that can be downloaded free off the web. The crop picture shows a polar-clock date of Saturday, August 4, sometime in the evening from 6–7pm.
“Would this be something which we might expect our paranormal friends to say?”
Comments(16)
davesopinion
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4:26pm Wed 13 Jun 12
Granti
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4:50pm Wed 13 Jun 12
mjhudston
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6:11pm Wed 13 Jun 12
Mon Cheri
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9:16pm Wed 13 Jun 12
WorldClass
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8:20am Thu 14 Jun 12
People do make me laugh...
truthseekers
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10:46am Thu 14 Jun 12
Yer Tis
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2:19pm Thu 14 Jun 12
I just think they look king of cool, and that is all that matters to me!
tebo52
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3:41pm Thu 14 Jun 12
Second, this one looks for me like a final countdown. (I do really thanks so).
Bamber72
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2:15pm Fri 15 Jun 12
Granti
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3:48pm Fri 15 Jun 12
She's got to have something to show the suckers that pay £1,000 for a weeks tour....
notscot
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7:19pm Fri 15 Jun 12
Bamber72 wrote:what?!!! A woman? Are you crazy?!!!!!
Dolphins at Golden Ball Hill in 2004?? Nah, I think you'll find it was August 2002..... and they're not all man made... some are woman made too....
Daedalus
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8:35pm Fri 15 Jun 12
Harold Shand
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11:27am Mon 18 Jun 12
Granti wrote:What sort of life would you recommend? Perhaps he should start getting all overexcited about whimsical articled on newpaper websites?
they are ALL made by people you idiot! Get a job (and a life) and stop encouraging morons to stamp down crops!
Granti
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7:35pm Mon 18 Jun 12
Harold Shand
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8:16am Tue 19 Jun 12
Granti wrote:Thank you for the recommendation. There was me wondering why people were getting all worked up about a story that has ‘silly season’ stamped all over it but missing the point that superior intellects were using it as a platform to educate and enlighten the rest of us. I thank you again.
a life where you learnt how to spell!
Granti says...
2:56pm Wed 13 Jun 12
Get a job (and a life) and stop encouraging morons to stamp down crops!