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10/08/2026

We don't know each other, but...
I know they know that I know... they don't know who made these crop circles.
And that's just for starters.

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09/08/2026

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THE AMBASSADOR

In just a few days, we will be marking the 25th anniversary of the appearance of Galaxy and the Chilbolton Face. The latter has always remained somewhat in the background. Yet it may be precisely the one that matters most.

It could represent those with whom we are in contact — in other words, the civilisation that may have made contact with us through the crop circles. Its human appearance is undeniable. Even so, we cannot be certain that it is actually human. It could even belong to a civilisation related to humanity, perhaps one of our distant relatives.

Galaxy, which appeared a few days earlier, may serve an entirely different purpose. It could be a symbolic representation of what we now call artificial intelligence. But that term is probably far too limited. It would not necessarily be AI in the sense in which we understand it in 2026, but rather something fulfilling a very different role within this hypothetical civilisation — a role or function that we ourselves may not yet have even begun to glimpse.

It was with this idea in mind that, for my 2025 documentary, I created the entity Talosia. Her name comes from Talos, the famous bronze giant of Greek mythology charged with protecting Crete, to which I added IA, or AI if you prefer: Talos + IA = Talosia.

It is no doubt merely a coincidence that, in the ancient Cretan dialect, Talos was associated with the Sun, to the point of being given as its equivalent in certain ancient sources. There is also the more evocative interpretation of “burning sun”.

Twenty-five years after Galaxy, we might therefore consider the possibility that it was not merely a sign or a code, but the interface itself — the one through which contact could be established; in other words, their ambassador.

The visual resemblance between Galaxy and the OpenAI logo — the company whose AI played a major part in bringing this technology into everyday public life in the early 2020s — offers an intriguing clue. Two decades separate them. Almost as though, symbolically, those with whom we are in contact had left us this indication: “We are not alone; we are accompanied by a non-biological cognition.”

Many researchers and authors have long considered the possibility that a technologically advanced civilisation might also have developed forms of intelligence of this kind, perhaps even forms of consciousness. Such an intelligence would probably be known by other names and might have reached a level that we are not even capable of imagining for our own civilisation. If it were capable of assuming the role of ambassador, then it would have moved far beyond the status of a mere tool. It would be an integral part of that civilisation — of the way it thinks, communicates and establishes relationships with other forms of intelligence.

America is finally taking extraterrestrials seriously...

TIME magazine has published an extensive feature examining the changing attitude in the United States towards unidentified anomalous phenomena. Congressional hearings, the creation of AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon office responsible for investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena), the publication of official reports and the establishment of a scientific council led by astrophysicist Avi Loeb all reflect a striking change: a subject long pushed to the margins is now being treated as a genuine scientific and national-security issue.

The article also highlights a remarkable shift in public opinion: 84% of Americans surveyed want the government to release more information about UAP, while 69% regard their reality as established. The origin of these phenomena, however, remains unresolved: advanced human technology, misinterpretation, or an exotic origin.

As the director of AARO points out, evidence sufficient to establish an extraterrestrial origin has still not been found.

Note the rather judicious use of the term exotic rather than extraterrestrial.
In the end, our decision to use this term as far back as 2001 made sense.
It leaves room for adjustment. Thus, the sentence “evidence sufficient to establish an extraterrestrial origin has still not been found” could one day be replaced by: “evidence pointing towards a terrestrial origin, but one that does not belong to our civilisation, is beginning to emerge.”

Note: not to be confused: TIME is an American magazine, whereas The Times is a British daily newspaper.

TIME 2026 America taking extraterrestrials seriously

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Official source: https://www.war.gov/News/

→ View the fifth release published by the US Department of War on 7 July 2026
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The Video Selection page has been updated. Among the new additions is a video devoted to the Rendlesham Forest case. The case is fairly complex and the video is in English, but those particularly interested in the subject can, where necessary, make use of AI-generated audio translation.

The other featured video is an interview with Bruno Mignot, a French Air Force general and former fighter pilot, available on The Paranormal Show. The interview is particularly relevant to the UFO/UAP dossier.

As a reminder, Culture-Crop may select, present or share videos because of their documentary value without necessarily endorsing all the views expressed by their authors or guests. Party-political considerations are not the subject here. What interests us is the UFO/UAP dossier, how it is evolving, and the way in which information surrounding it is handled.

William Betts's digital book and its PDF files have also been considerably reduced in size. I should have done this sooner, but it is now sorted. The files can now be downloaded very quickly, including on mobile phones. Please note, however, that PDF remains less comfortable to read on a small screen.

02/08/2026

The STS-80 triangle: human (Aurora), non-human terrestrial, or extraterrestrial?

What they knew then, what they are publishing today
UAP/UFO – Three photographs from the STS-80 mission released by the U.S. Department of War

In November 1996, the Space Shuttle Columbia carried out the scientific STS-80 mission, during which it spent more than 17 days orbiting the Earth.

Three photographs taken on board show a luminous object with a triangular appearance, visible between the shuttle and our planet. Released on July 10, 2026, the original photographs are presented here alongside clearly identified versions enhanced using artificial intelligence, in order to make them easier to examine without confusing them with the official source images.

From one photograph to the next, the appearance and orientation of the triangular form seem to change. In the absence of precise information concerning the interval between the photographs, the position of the camera, and Columbia’s attitude, it remains impossible to determine whether this variation resulted from the object’s own movement or from a change in the observer’s viewpoint.

Official source: → View the official publication from the U.S. Department of War

Official U.S. government page presenting NASA-UAP-D032 from the STS-80 mission in 1996

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23/07/2026

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More basket weaving...

In my opinion, this new formation, which appeared on July 21, 2026, perfectly illustrates a trend that emerged just over twenty years ago: adding basket-weave patterns simply to impress the public.

Back then, some observers, dazzled by this detail, confidently told TV cameras that such weaving could never, under any circumstances, have been made by human hands. Needless to say, the crop makers weren't about to miss such a golden opportunity. They started weaving many of their creations, delighted by the dramatic effect it had on people's imagination.

Image: video excerpt from Stonehenge Dronescapes

The trick was woven. In fact, they no longer hide it today and openly admit that they deliberately used this type of weaving to create the illusion.
The problem is this: if a crop circle genuinely contains an exotic message, why would anyone deliberately make it even more confusing? Wasn't it already difficult enough? By adding decorative basket weaving or fancy textures, you only make the analysis harder. From the perspective of a genuine attempt at communication, it simply makes no sense.

Since the 1970s, we have apparently been unable to understand any possible message anyway. At least, nothing has ever emerged that could lead to a scientific consensus or even trigger a serious public debate. We can safely say that, to this day, the meaning of crop circles is simply not an issue for governments. So why would our supposed correspondent decide to throw an extra puzzle into the mix with decorative weaving? As you will soon discover—or rediscover—these textures have absolutely no meaning when compared with the surrounding landscape and environment. This aspect has been largely overlooked, especially by younger generations, whereas longtime researchers have always paid close attention to the region's megalithic sites.

Among the formations that have genuinely caught my attention—mostly the older ones—you simply never see this kind of basket weaving. Never.

My advice—whether you take it or not—is simple: ignore it.

The moment you spot basket weaving in bundled stems, remember one thing: it's their signature. The signature of the crop makers.

Now, if one day we were to discover a crop circle woven entirely stem by stem over a large area... that would be a completely different story. Interestingly, there appears to have been one such case in the past, in an otherwise very simple formation: a narrow border whose weaving could only be seen up close, each individual stem genuinely interlaced with another directly on the ground.

That kind of feature deserves careful attention. But these large decorative bundles? You're looking at a piece of human land art.

And to be fair, if the crop makers had the farmer's permission, then it really is art.

By the way, have you noticed how active and motivated they are this year? It almost feels as if they've all come out of hibernation. Unless they've simply multiplied.

Perhaps this renewed enthusiasm has something to do with Steven Spielberg's upcoming film Disclosure Day, which quietly chose to feature Galaxy.

Out of every crop circle he could have selected, that's the one he reproduced—without altering it. The only difference is that, instead of placing it on top of a hill as it is in reality, he relocated it to a field bordered by green trees, giving it more of a Normandy feel. That suggests he fully understood the importance of this giant formation announcing both the beginning of the third millennium... and contact itself. And the timing couldn't be better: Galaxy is about to celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary. Quite a remarkable convergence:

- UAP declassification
- The major film Disclosure Day, inspired by real events
- Galaxy's symbolic twenty-fifth anniversary
- Exceptionally good weather, perfect for plank-made creations

Put all those elements together and it's hardly surprising that interest has surged again. As for the return of the UI (Unidentified Intelligence)? According to my own criteria, not yet. But every new formation still deserves to be archived for future analysis.

ARE CROP CIRCLES THE SECOND CHAPTER?

A question.
Why did flying saucer sightings come before modern crop circles? Why in that particular order?
If the two phenomena are completely unrelated, then the question doesn't even arise. But if they are part of the same communication strategy, then the chronology becomes very interesting.

First, you realize that we are probably not alone. Only then does a form of dialogue begin.

UAPs attract attention. Crop circles do the same, but they add a written dimension.

It's almost as if the two phenomena were answering each other. One unfolds in the sky—briefly, discreetly, sometimes spectacularly—before disappearing. The other remains on the ground, sometimes for several months, giving us time to observe it, measure it, photograph it... and perhaps begin to understand it.

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Thus, where UAPs are fleeting, crop circles are exactly the opposite. Permanent, to a certain extent, since crops themselves are temporary. Where the former come and go, the latter remain, waiting for us to examine them. It's almost as if, assuming the same intelligence lies behind both phenomena, it were pointing out the connection itself. First, it arrives. Then, it lands.

It is also worth noting that UAP sightings very often involve pilots, military personnel, or surveillance systems. Recent revelations in the United States have illustrated this perfectly. Crop circles, on the other hand, are accessible to everyone, whether in the field or on our screens. It's almost as if the centre of gravity of observation had gradually shifted.

Of course—and I'm speaking from experience—I should remind younger generations that there has always been a divide. When crop circles first entered the world of ufology, they were met with considerable scepticism. That's perfectly normal. New ideas almost always require time before they are taken seriously.

But today, a new question naturally arises: could crop circles actually be the second chapter of a collective first contact?
That still doesn't tell us who—or what—is behind all this, although I suspect most of us already have our own favourite theory...

For my part, this sequence has seemed remarkably logical ever since I began investigating the phenomenon. The only thing left is to understand what is actually being written.
And perhaps that's exactly why you're visiting websites devoted to crop circles... unless, of course, you're simply looking for inspiration before creating your next masterpiece in a wheat field!

Original image: Stonehenge Dronescapes

22/07/2026

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JOURNALISM 2001 VS JOURNALISM 2026:
A CASE STUDY

In 2001, just a few months before Galaxy appeared, the BBC openly mocked UFOs. A handful of familiar science-fiction clichés, a few delightfully stereotypical little green aliens, and a sarcastic closing remark were apparently enough to dismiss the subject as little more than modern folklore.

The best part is undoubtedly the journalist's conclusion. He was absolutely convinced that the US Congress would probably take no interest in the subject... EVER. Unless, of course, a flying saucer happened to land on Capitol Hill—or at the very least somewhere within his own field of vision. (Even then, one wonders...)

Read the BBC article published in 2001

Twenty-five years later, UFOs have become UAPs and are now the subject of official investigations, as well as congressional hearings in the United States. And yet, not a single flying saucer has landed on Capitol Hill.

That BBC article has not aged well. Because unidentified flying objects do, after all, exist as an officially recognised phenomenon today—whatever explanation one ultimately favours.

The BBC's journalists must be feeling rather uncomfortable these days. Now that UAPs have become much harder to dismiss with ridicule, they seem to have returned to more familiar territory: crop circles.

In this report, however, the method hasn't changed. (Watch the BBC report broadcast in 2026)

After the usual introductory remarks, the BBC introduces a contributor said to provide a "highly factual and scientific perspective."

He is a psychologist specialising in parapsychology and forensic psychology. A familiar media figure in the UK, he is regularly invited onto BBC programmes to offer a sceptical perspective on allegedly unexplained phenomena. His academic credentials and frequent television appearances naturally lend him a certain authority in the eyes of the public.

A psychologist can explain how people think. He can analyse testimony, beliefs and behaviour. But the moment he starts telling us how Galaxy was made—and how long it took—he is no longer practising psychology.

He claims to have conducted an investigation? Fair enough. But investigations are supposed to produce evidence. If his goal was simply to tell us what to think without putting in too much effort, he couldn't have done it better...

First revelation: according to him, Galaxy was created by a team of human beings in around six hours.

Really? Do we know how many people were involved?

Because without knowing their number, it is simply impossible to estimate the time required to cover nearly six hectares—roughly the equivalent of eight football pitches.

Have the makers been identified? Has anyone produced a full-scale demonstration or reconstruction to support this estimate?

Nothing. Nada. Not a thing.

If the objective is to argue that the formation was completed in the course of a single night, then the very least we need to know is how many people supposedly carried out the work. Instead, viewers are simply expected to swallow that estimate whole.

And here is the question that was never asked on air: six hours... under what conditions?

According to several accounts published shortly after the event, the formation appeared during a night of torrential rain. Some reports even describe almost twenty-three consecutive hours of rainfall, lasting until the afternoon of 12 August 2001, leaving the field thoroughly waterlogged. Other investigators describe uneven ground, extremely poor visibility and, despite the soaked conditions, no visible footprints whatsoever. Yet none of these factors is mentioned when the six-hour estimate is presented.

Six hours, then. But in a dry field under ideal conditions—or in the actual conditions at Milk Hill?

The report contains another curious detail. Tim Carson, the farmer responsible for the Milk Hill field, states that there were no visible footprints in the crop. Yet moments later, the parapsychologist estimates how long the formation took to create without mentioning the absence of footprints at all. Is he genuinely familiar with the case, or is he implicitly challenging Carson's testimony?

The structure of the report is equally revealing. The viewer is first drawn into the mystery. Then, just as genuine questions begin to arise, the narrative shifts. The final word is handed to the sceptical contributor, who neatly closes the case without the slightest effort. It is a familiar formula: spark curiosity, then step into the role of the all-knowing expert to steer—perhaps even limit—the audience's thinking.

In reality, sceptical speculation is running at full throttle. Today, the BBC appears every bit as visionary when it comes to crop circles as it was back in 2001 when predicting the future of the UFO debate.

Personally, I suspect a crystal ball would have produced better results. Perhaps they should give that a try instead. Statistically speaking, it would probably be more accurate.

If I were in their position, after such a spectacular misjudgement, I would have learned to be a little less categorical when discussing subjects associated with the "supernatural". I would invite people who understand the value of qualified language. That, after all, is much closer to the scientific method.

So why is everything the wrong way round?

A few simple expressions would have been enough: "According to current knowledge...", "It would appear that...", or "The most likely explanation is..."

It is both fascinating and remarkable that someone who has apparently never studied the crop circle phenomenon in any real depth—yet admits to being merely fascinated by it—can still appear before millions of viewers and confidently explain that the mystery ultimately comes down to little more than planks of wood.

That's the magic of television.

These days, television is far better suited to watching a good film from the comfort of your sofa.

That is why the world is changing. More and more people are looking elsewhere for their information.

The real problem is not that journalists do not know. The real problem is that they speak—or invite others to speak—as though they do. On the basis of... nothing. And, apparently, they never seem to learn from their mistakes. Which suggests this may continue for quite some time.

14/07/2026

THE VARIOUS BUGS HAVE BEEN FIXED for the immersive videos and for the news page! The 2-kilometer-long links from the old HTM world break the responsive mode of websites. A classic issue, but this time it slipped through. If you notice a display problem on this site, feel free to let me know! My address is listed above. Thank you in advance.

13/07/2026

BEYOND THEIR REACH

Flatteners like to claim responsibility for the most remarkable crop circles, especially the oldest ones. They may even use them as emblems in their own communication, despite not being their creators. Since they know that no legitimate authors will ever come forward to claim them, why would they refrain from doing so?

The unknown intelligence behind the Salisbury Plain phenomenon anticipated this long ago. The feature that sets its work apart is encoding.

The mystery lies neither in the manufacturing technique nor in the geometry. It lies in what has been encoded and transmitted.

They may imitate or copy a shape, but they will never create a genuine cosmogram. Quite simply because it is beyond their reach.

The symbols placed by this intelligence across Salisbury Plain are designed to endure through time. The others are ornamental creations, sometimes encoded, but serving only a human game.

Despite the renewed activity observed during the 2026 season, the phenomenon still appears to be on pause. When it returns, you will first recognize the signal by its style, and only later through its analysis. Neither a Cosmic Chicken, nor a triple 6 or 7, nor an opportunist at Milk Hill will announce its return.

Deep down, that's only natural. While the flatteners occupy the field, the genuine cosmograms leave us time to think. Until they return, someone is keeping the flame alive.

Speaking of which, Stonehenge Dronescapes has captured a beautiful aerial view featuring its little Cosmic Chicken. But what if it were actually a Cosmic Rooster? Could it be a prediction for the France–England match on July 19? We won't have to wait much longer to find out what the encoding means. Or perhaps it is simply the work of a French flattening team hoping to see the Rooster defeat Spain tomorrow. Who knows?

Source: Stonehenge Dronescapes on YouTube

09/07/2026

2009 Cosmogram – Clue 2
WRITING SYSTEM

We continue exploring the 2009 solar cosmogram.

This new 3-minute video (2009 Theme) presents another research lead, introducing an additional element that you may be able to identify for yourself. The working hypothesis explored here is that certain crop circles may have been designed to be set in motion. Let us simply examine whether this way of reading them produces a coherent result.

You will soon notice that some videos will now be available directly from the website in an immersive version, without leaving the news page or the corresponding research file and without going through the YouTube interface. This new presentation will allow us to share content more easily, including videos that may not necessarily be listed on our YouTube channel.

07/07/2026

Crop Circle Season 2026
THE ETERNAL TRAP OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

A word of advice for the younger among you.
A trap is constantly being set for you. You are presented with scientific studies, complex documents, and researchers you have never heard of. Whether they are reliable or not matters little because, in most cases, you will have absolutely no way to verify any of it yourself. You will therefore be forced to trust... a scientist. Or someone claiming to explain what a scientist has supposedly demonstrated.

That is where the trap lies.
And it is not because you are naïve that you fall into it. It is natural. Trust is natural. We also fell into this trap 20 years ago. We lost an incredible amount of time... and a great deal of energy.

Meanwhile, around the corner of a field, the Astrogors and the other crop flatteners were waiting for us... They could not care less about what really lies behind the phenomenon. They simply watch people marvel and run... after those famous scientific proofs. They find it amusing.

If we are indeed dealing with an other or exotic intelligence operating behind the scenes, and if its intention is to reveal itself to us, then we may reasonably assume that it has an intelligent plan. What would that plan be? Logically, it would consist of placing information in the fields that anyone can verify for themselves, without requiring any special qualifications. Isn't that exactly what we would expect from a phenomenon that appears to address everyone? Otherwise, it would make far more sense to send private letters to a handful of geniuses and hope they would take them seriously. Crop circles are displayed in full view of everyone; they are therefore meant for everyone.

First, focus on what you can verify for yourself. And if, while standing inside a crop circle, you feel something that you cannot demonstrate or even name, it may simply be because, even if the crop circle was created with wooden boards, it can still produce something resembling the so-called "form waves," a concept largely ignored by mainstream science. Dowsers have spoken about them for a long time. If you have never met a dowser and witnessed their abilities, it is perfectly normal to remain skeptical. But that is another subject altogether. I simply wish to introduce the idea of form waves as a field worthy of exploration for the more curious among you.

Let us continue observing calmly while avoiding the quagmire of scientific evidence as it has been presented to us for decades.
After all these years, it may well be that there is no need to rush.

View the 2006 archive file (legacy format, not optimized for smartphones)

FIELD GEOMETRY

A new YouTube channel presenting the different geometric construction stages of the latest crop circles.
An excellent way to better understand the methods used by the teams working in the fields.

Discover the FIELD GEOMETRY YouTube channel

Geometric construction animation of a crop circle

06/07/2026 - UPDATE 09/07/2026

Crop Circle Season 2026
THE HANDMADE DOILY – HANDCRAFTED, A LOVELY HOLIDAY SOUVENIR

This new crop circle displays a succession of individual rings. Almost every standing tuft has its own little swirl, and these swirls gradually merge together. When viewed at a reduced scale, the boundaries between the different groups become quite easy to distinguish, as if the formation had been built from a succession of separate modules. We could call them outlines, but perhaps the expression "construction seams" describes what we are seeing even better. Our eyes naturally follow these separations.

Thumbnail / Image by Stonehenge Dronescapes

Image by Stonehenge Dronescapes, with contrast and color adjusted to make the currents easier to distinguish.

Excerpt from the 2001 Chilbolton Face. Archive to be reattributed to the unidentified photographer, faithfully enlarged in size and detail, without alteration.

Excerpt from the 2001 Chilbolton Face. Photo by Charles Mallett, faithfully enlarged in size and detail, without alteration.

If we now compare this formation with the Chilbolton Face, or with the North Down crop circle from 2003, which it appears to draw inspiration from, the difference becomes immediately obvious. We are no longer looking at an accumulation of independent cells, but at a genuine field of circulation, a global movement with no obvious boundaries. The 383 standing tufts that make up the Face, some of them extremely small, would have required extraordinarily precise planning if the goal was ultimately to create a face with different shades of grey.

Here, it is much easier to imagine another construction logic, something a bit more "one again": "There's a bit of space left... go on, put one there. Hmm... I don't really like that one... flatten it all!" Obviously, this is a caricature, but it is the impression this composition gives me. In terms of technical challenge, we are clearly not in the same league.

In summary, the construction method remains visible in this recent formation. Our eyes can distinguish the different modules that compose the whole, and the effect becomes even more obvious when the photograph is viewed at a much smaller scale.
For the moment, the great show has not returned, and I don't think it will any time soon, even though the flatteners seem a little more energised this year (a little "Kiss Cool" effect from Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day?). Nevertheless, one gets the feeling that the various players operating in the fields—and elsewhere—are answering one another or sending each other little coded messages... follow my gaze.

Thanks to drone pilots, we now enjoy magnificent aerial views of the fields. It's a wonderful spectacle, even if it is far less enjoyable for the farmers.

Stonehenge Dronescapes / Crop Circle & Deer | Zeals Knoll near Mere, Wiltshire | 5 July 2026

Greyman / Alfred's Castle Crop Circles 1 & 2. Another crop circle that evokes either a guitar... or, for the more inventive minds, a free-energy device.

30/06/2026

2026 crop circle season
DOSSIER MOVED

The dossier on the triple 6 and triple 7 crop circles has been moved to a dedicated page.

crop circle 2026

Two formations that appeared in 2026 seemed to answer each other.

One of them, at Kingweston, almost evokes a four-eyed virus — this is simply my own interpretation — heading towards the Galaxy crop circle, or at least towards the place where it stood twenty-five years ago.

Three days later, a second crop circle appeared. This time, it looked like a shield — again, this is only my interpretation — or perhaps like the four pillars of a temple.

As I have been locating crop circles in this area over several years for several weeks now, when I discovered the Kingweston solstice formation, I simply noticed that it was quite far from the Pewsey Valley. So I decided to place it in relation to the approximate centre of Galaxy.

And then... I discovered the symbolic distance displayed in Google Earth!

WTF ! Sorry, the expression slipped out... 66.6 km and a few extra metres.

So I started climbing the wall of coincidences — a very high wall, by the way — to see whether there might be a simple explanation for this distance and for this rather infamous number, which needs no introduction nowadays.

So, what is going on here?

A ritual?
A space-time attack against the symbol of Galaxy?
A joke?

Anything is possible.
I had barely finished this first small anecdotal dossier when a new crop circle appeared, straddling a field of poppies and a cereal crop.

There was no way to move this one... since the aim seemed precisely to create some kind of firewall, a shield against the Kingweston attack. This time, the distance seemed to impose a kind of antidote to the triple 6.

And what could be better than a good triple 7... perfectly aligned on the same geodesic?

It is then fairly easy to guess the symbolic battle that seems to be taking place in the background.

Personally, I do not doubt for a second that we are dealing here with a perfectly human staging. Everything is based on human cultural codes, not universal ones.

Go and ask the peoples of Amazonia whether the numbers 666 or 777 mean anything to them... I think they will answer no.

All this shows just how clearly we are dealing with a simply human esoteric language.

Nothing to do, in my opinion, with a universal language.

What should we conclude from this?

That perhaps an invisible battle is being played out in the fields, hidden from the eyes of ordinary spectators.

But above all, I think that from now on, many people will start looking at this kind of thing more closely, drawing lines in Google Maps or Google Earth. However, it will be necessary to know the exact location of the old formations as precisely as possible.

A major positioning task lies ahead...

If I have the time, I will look at what this latest crop circle has to tell us, and I will share the result with you if anything interesting comes out of it.

It looks like a flower, but one of the flatteners does not seem to have followed the instructions. He laid the cereal crop down without following the direction originally intended.

I think you noticed it too, didn’t you?

Read the dossier: The 2026 season
Kingweston - Alton Barnes

21/06/2026

FLASHBACK: THE ENIGMATIC CROP CIRCLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2000

A short flashback to a very strange episode at the end of the second millennium! In 2000, William stumbled upon a small book just as the crop circle season was beginning in England.

One day, we may have to try to understand the mystery of chance itself. We all think we know what it is, at least on the surface. And yet, although countless books have been written about coincidences and synchronicities, the subject remains deeply mysterious. At times, it almost feels as if we are facing a distortion of time, like in a good science-fiction film.

Mosaic and Tessellated Patterns crop circles book

Extract from John Willson’s book, Mosaic and Tessellated Patterns

To return to more down-to-earth ideas, the book contained some of the most beautiful crop circles of that season — and even of the season yet to come. Were the circlemakers, or those close to them, inspired by it? Or should we look instead toward extraterrestrials and other unknown visitors to the blue planet?

The book in question is entitled “Mosaic and Tessellated Patterns and How to Create Them”, by John Willson. William explains that he discovered it by chance at Dover Books, a bookshop in Covent Garden, London, specialising in art graphics and stencils.

In the account he later wrote, William explains that he recognised, in the pages of this book, graphic patterns identical to crop circles that had just appeared in Wiltshire: the Windmill Hill “Pillow”, the West Kennett “Grid”, and the Avebury Trusloe “Moiré”. He shared his discovery with local researchers, especially around the Barge Inn in Honeystreet, an iconic meeting place for crop circle discussions. One final design from the book, which had not yet appeared in the fields at that time, manifested ten days later at Woodborough Hill, like a “grand finale” to the season. Text source / page.

The full account of this adventure is available on the page CROP CIRCLES: A 20-YEAR ADVENTURE for those who wish to explore all the details.

Common Sense and the Question of Proof

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Whenever a new crop circle appears, most of us follow the same process. We try to determine whether it could have been made by hand. We estimate the time required, the number of people involved, the logistics, the planning, the terrain constraints, and sometimes even the level of surveillance around the site. When possible, we also examine the geometry and the condition of the plants.

Then we look for something else: information.
Some kind of code.

One case I often return to is the famous Crabwood formation of 2002 — the giant alien face.

Today, it is endlessly recycled by influencers. Many of them have large audiences and comment on virtually every mysterious subject imaginable. Whether they have actually investigated the crop circle phenomenon themselves is another question entirely.

Most simply repeat old stories and recycled claims. Some may even have asked an AI to summarize the case for them. Then they pick up a microphone and present the result as established truth.

One stone, three birds: discredit crop circles, seduce alien enthusiasts, and provide free advertising for Signs (2002), a film whose storyline hardly rivals the finest Saturday-morning cartoons.

Take the famous alien face from 2002. Technically speaking, it is impressive. The grayscale rendering alone is a remarkable achievement.

But that may also be its only real achievement.
You can read its message as many times as you like:

“Beware the bearers of false gifts and their broken promises...”

You can read it forwards and backwards. You have learned nothing. This crop circle demonstrates nothing.

If some people still see it as the calling card of the famous “Greys,” that is fine. But it forces us to distinguish between two very different things: technical difficulty and informational value.

Things become far more interesting when a formation provides a specific piece of information. More interesting still when several formations appear to provide the same kind of information and begin to form a pattern across space and time. At that point, the simple human-hoax explanation starts to become less satisfying.

And this is where common sense enters the discussion.

In my view, common sense is ultimately more useful than the traditional notion of proof.

Why do intelligent people look at the same data and reach completely different conclusions?

We should never forget that some individuals have built their entire worldview on the assumption that we are alone, and that all of this is nothing more than hoaxes, misunderstandings, or misidentifications.

If confronted with something impossible to dismiss, they would not merely lose an opinion. They might lose an entire framework for understanding reality.

One thing I have always found remarkable about the crop circle phenomenon is that it takes place openly, in public view, far from secret laboratories and restricted facilities.

And perhaps that is precisely the point.

Even when patterns emerge, even when certain correspondences become difficult to ignore, there is always room to invoke coincidence, miscalculation, or misinterpretation.

The phenomenon seems to preserve, to the very end, the right not to believe.

The right to reject the possibility that a dialogue may be taking place — and that the source of that dialogue may not be human.

This is why, in the crop circle field, I believe common sense often becomes more valuable than proof itself.

Some of you may be wondering:

“All right, but when do we get to the serious stuff? When do we stop circling around the subject?”

Fair question.

I spend a great deal of time preparing the ground because the material ahead is complex. It requires concentration, patience, and above all, verification.

I am not asking you to believe me.

I am asking you to check the data for yourself.

I will provide dates, numbers, locations, events, and specific formations. Then you can apply the same method to other crop circles.

If the method works everywhere, it is worthless.

If it only works for a very small number of cases, then perhaps we have identified something genuinely unusual.

So far, I have found fewer than ten such cases spread across several decades.

Fewer than ten.

That may seem surprisingly small.

But after studying hundreds of spectacular-looking formations and spending years observing them in the field, my conclusion is straightforward: many were made with boards and ropes.

They need to be removed from the category of genuinely significant crop circles.

Many enthusiasts dislike that possibility.

Nevertheless, fewer than ten formations are enough to capture our attention across several decades.

You will not need to be a mathematician, engineer, physicist, or propulsion specialist.

You will not need advanced knowledge of energy systems or quantum theory.

The information I intend to show you can be checked by anyone.

That point matters.

If a crop circle contains a genuine message, I believe it should be understandable and verifiable by ordinary people.

If only a handful of specialists can recognize it, its value becomes limited because most people will never be able to verify the claim.

Of course, there may be more deeply encoded information intended for individuals with highly specialized knowledge.

If such information exists, it is beyond my reach — and probably beyond yours as well.

As for the visible layer, I am interested in a small number of cosmograms whose contents can be tested and verified by anyone willing to invest a little time.

If you have that time — and that patience — you may enjoy what comes next.

HUMOUR OF THE DAY – A MEMORY FOR THE OLD-TIMERS

19/06/2026

HOW TO ACCESS THE DECLASSIFIED UAP DOCUMENTATION FROM THE US GOVERNMENT / USER GUIDE

For your research or investigations, you can access the first publications from the Department of Defense (AARO) concerning UAP cases (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), declassified and released to the public starting in 2026.

These documents are organized into several release batches (currently three sets for the year 2026). You can access them freely and, if needed, use the translation tools available in your web browser (such as Firefox).

Extract from the graphical representation, cropped and converted into GIF format
(DOW-UAP-D082 - Mid October 2023)

The automatic translation feature in web browsers is accessible directly from the menu (the button with three horizontal lines in the top-right corner, also called the “hamburger menu”).

The UAP case presented here (DOW-UAP-D082) is visually interesting. The original document does not describe the object as a solar phenomenon. However, the graphical representation suggests an intense luminous source, similar to coronagraph-like scientific imagery used in solar observation.

At that time, in October 2023, the Sun was in a phase of rising activity toward its solar maximum. We are already seeing a significant number of solar flares appearing.

This is purely contextual information, with no direct causal link to be drawn here.

This visual is a reconstruction derived from declassified documentation published by US monitoring services (AARO / Department of Defense).

On my side, I revisited this image to work only on the landscape (road, relief, environment), in order to improve visual readability, without modifying the luminous elements present in the sky.

This version is therefore a second graphical reading of the document, used for archival and analytical purposes, potentially in relation to future crop circle studies.

Source : https://www.war.gov/UFO

18/06/2026

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE IT
This infographic is not a poll, but an invitation to ask yourself a question:
Where do you stand today in your view of crop circles?

Perhaps you're not too close to the edges?

If so, come back soon for the next chapter of the adventure.

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THE OLD DAYS
This graphic composition shows two crop circles that appeared at the same time, or almost, at the foot of the hills of the Pewsey Valley.

Here, you can admire this aerial view for the very first time. You now know precisely where they were located.

You are in the epicenter of the phenomenon, where visitors, photographers and crop circle hunters still walk today. This is where there is the most activity and the most observation. Yet in June, it is still not very difficult to find a little peace and quiet in which to flatten a few crops.

At the time, I named them "the rebus" and "the solar sigmoid" (a structure observed on the surface of the Sun, identified in 1999 as a possible precursor of major solar eruptions).

For the rebus, the interpretation seems fairly obvious. A succession of symbols that appears to say:

"The guessing game has begun. Will you find the key?"

The serpent, however, remained more enigmatic. Why a reptile in a field? What connection did it have with the other formation?

I found the solar hypothesis interesting. It seemed consistent with several older crop circles depicting eclipses, as well as with the rebus that appeared at the same time. Was there a common thread running through this story, or was each formation entirely independent?

You will also notice that crop circles from this area and from different years appear to converge toward the Galaxy area, which would not appear until two years later. They also seem to point in the general direction of the Stonehenge–Avebury geodesic line, which passes through this area, without actually indicating the exact center of the immense future formation.

My current work consists of repositioning these old crop circles as accurately as possible, even though very few landmarks are visible in the photographs taken by field researchers.

Thanks to the many archives made available online by English researchers — whom I thank in passing — and thanks to the old Web, that true time machine, it is sometimes possible to rediscover a forgotten gem.

All that remains is to feed this material into geolocation tools in order to obtain a new snapshot of the past.

This process remains delicate. The source documents are sometimes nothing more than black-and-white photocopies, old scans or photographs taken from imperfect angles. The positioning often relies on matching these archives with modern satellite imagery used as a landscape reference. For ground-level views, some reconstructions are also assisted by AI.

Another issue must be taken into account: the nadir effect. A photograph taken from a slightly inclined angle can shift the apparent position of a pattern relative to its true position on the ground. The locations presented here should therefore be regarded as the most probable positions based on the available data, but not necessarily as exact locations accurate to the nearest meter.

You may have noticed that the series "Dialogue through Cosmogram" is no longer being published for the moment. Not because I have abandoned the idea — that could still happen for various reasons — but simply because I am taking the time to refine the research files.

Discoveries made here and there must be checked, placed back into context and carefully analyzed.

It often happens this way: you think a file is finished...

...and then a new piece of the puzzle appears.

These two formations nevertheless remain under study. Despite several interesting leads, the relationships they may have with each other, with other crop circles in the region, or with broader research topics have not yet been sufficiently clarified.
At this stage, they do not yet provide sufficiently solid evidence to be incorporated into the "Dialogue through Cosmogram" series.

11/06/2026

3 ROOMS, 3 ATMOSPHERES

WHAT'S MAKING ENGLAND'S CROP CIRCLES?
LINK TO YOUTUBE

A recent documentary about the lives of circlemakers in the Wiltshire countryside, many of whom openly claim to have created hundreds and hundreds of crop circles.

These teams do indeed exist and have genuinely produced hundreds of formations. So many, in fact, that if you want to identify the “real” crop circles, you will need some determination.

And yes, a good question: how many formations exist that could not have been made by ordinary people using ordinary planks?

If these crop circles are intended to be understood, or to convey some form of message from an external intelligence seeking to make itself known, then aesthetics are probably not the only criterion worth considering. It is conceivable that certain clues were deliberately left behind so that everyone could conduct their own investigation and form their own opinion. Whether or not you have actually visited the fields matters relatively little today. I would even suggest that the phenomenon has freed itself from that constraint and that it is no longer necessary to be a seasoned field investigator to begin studying it.

At the very least, this is what one might expect from an intelligence capable of acting in such an ostentatious and communicative manner.

This brings us back to the idea of decoding. One can imagine that some formations are encoded while others are not encoded at all. And if they are encoded in the manner of the 2002 Crabwood Disc, with a relatively simple ASCII message requiring only a few hours of work to decode, then we are dealing with a very elementary level of deciphering. I would even call it: level zero.

The true decoding of a crop circle may require more than twenty years. And no matter how intelligent you are, no matter how skilled you may be in mathematics or code-breaking, there is no guarantee that you will be able to shorten that timescale.

Returning to the documentary, it is worth watching, notably because it features Matthew Williams, a well-known circlemaker familiar to long-time crop circle researchers, who discusses his own encounters with the “paranormal” and with the phenomenon itself.

However, the treatment of people who explore alternative hypotheses is more debatable. The documentary tends to focus on colourful personalities and highly folkloric scenes, resulting in a somewhat partial picture of the community. It is a filmmaking choice that clearly does not reflect the full crop circle ecosystem.

After all, that's only fair game, as the saying goes. It is also worth remembering that circlemakers played a very useful and important role in this story. Without them, crop circles would probably never have received such worldwide media attention.

One could even imagine that their actions were part of the scenario from the very beginning, and that the intelligence truly operating behind the scenes incorporated them into the process. The question now is: what is this process for? And perhaps more importantly, who is it for?

From where I stand today, on 12 June 2026, I would say that it serves to reveal that we are not alone, in a non-confrontational yet direct manner, without intermediaries.

For whom?

Without ambiguity, the answer is: for the public and... for scientists.
Yes, those very people whom you assume would dismiss this story as nonsense may, in reality... be the final audience.

CROPPIES — CROP CIRCLE DOCUMENTARY 1998
LINK TO VIMEO

A complete change of atmosphere with Cropies, a documentary directed by Grant Wakefield and originally broadcast in 1998.

Today, the film stands as a genuine historical archive of the crop circle era in Wiltshire, particularly around the famous Barge Inn in Honeystreet, a landmark gathering place for enthusiasts of the phenomenon.

The approach is older, more handcrafted, but also more convivial. The tone is occasionally humorous and slightly offbeat, yet the various participants in the phenomenon appear to be presented with considerably more respect.

Beyond the formations themselves, the documentary preserves the memory of a culture, an atmosphere, and a very particular moment in the history of crop circles.

DISCLOSURE DAY — STEVEN SPIELBERG
LINK TO THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Third atmosphere, this time on the fiction side, with a first impression of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg's new film, which explores a highly topical subject: the disclosure of the existence of a non-human intelligence.

I will not say more, but it must be acknowledged that the film is of very high quality. It approaches the subject with emotion and a spiritual dimension.

Obviously, not everyone will necessarily agree with the narrative choices proposed, but Spielberg remains faithful to his style and appears to have tried to convey a powerful message. The Galaxy crop circle (or its brother) appears several times throughout the film, notably in a sequence showing its creation. It seems to be the only genuine crop circle faithfully reproduced in the movie. And besides, I have always wondered what one should think if Galaxy were to reappear one day in another field with exactly the same asymmetry, the same irregularities, and the same supposed construction errors.

Would this represent an increase in complexity and an extraordinary challenge? A perfectly symmetrical crop circle would, on the contrary, be much easier to reproduce.

You decide...

DIFFERENT CROP-LAYING PATTERNS
The images below illustrate different crop-laying patterns. These diagrams were created from views available in older archives, often small in size and relatively low in resolution. Yes, at the time, images were much smaller than they are today, and their quality was sometimes limited.

You can also extract sequences from videos available on various platforms in order to observe the arrangement of stems within certain formations in greater detail.

This is where graphic artificial intelligence and image generators come into play. Provided that your instructions are extremely precise and that the model's interpretations are kept to a minimum, it becomes possible to reconstruct quite faithfully the condition of the stems as observed in archival material.

Always compare the final result with the original documents. It is usually quite easy to spot the moments when the AI begins inventing details that are not present in the reference images.

The examples presented below were produced from video extracts and archival documents. Some readers will undoubtedly recognise immediately which crop circles these laying patterns belong to. They are among the most famous.

An important note regarding prompts: it is often preferable to discuss the task with your AI first in order to build the most precise prompt possible. This prompt can then be passed to the image generator, which will produce the requested reconstruction.

The second crop circle in this image (2003) responded to the first one (2002).

Here too, the second one (2001) responded to the first one (2001).

09/05/2026

PODCAST

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?

WEB DOSSIER - Podcast available

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.

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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.

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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

PODCAST

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

PODCAST

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

Podcast available

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

Podcast available

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

Podcast available

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…

PODCAST AVAILABLE. / READ THE FULL REPORT

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

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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.

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Free Documentary Access - January 2025

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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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2001, An Odyssey of a Reply
becomes

The Wansdyke

Major update

2001, An Odyssey of a Replybecomes

2001, An Odyssey of a Reply
becomes