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 [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/BartonStaceyBelt/BartonStaceyBelt2023.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/07/09/UK20230709_A.html) [Stonehenge Dronescapes video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GpEbsao4LI) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqFJEyheJRw)
 [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/LaneEndDown/laneenddown.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/07/09/UK20230709_B.html) [Stonehenge Dronescapes video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9EpDh_UD8c) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0wdZqqjOCk)
If one believes that some of the "real" crop circles are not made by planking (human creation) then there are a number of interesting theories to explain how the crops are bent. Rapeseed, one of the favorite mediums, is a very brittle plant which usually will break if the long narrow stalks are bent. While there are many broken stalks in the crop circles, many plants exhibit a very unusual phenomenon where the "nodes" are bent, not broken. Just like bamboo grows in segments, rapeseed stalks have segments which are connected by a special formation called a node which has the ability to be somewhat dynamic and orient the growing plant to maximize exposure to the sun. The node is not flexible, but it does have active cells that can grow quicker on one side or the other to change the plants orientation. In "real" crop circles it has been observed that the nodes are often bent -- sometimes at 90 degrees -- and this accounts for the horizontal positioning that makes the designs of the crop circle. Other nodes exhibit holes in the nodes, while surrounding crops show none of these changes. One good theory is that some sudden and extreme heat source has cooked the moisture inside the crops, causing the nodes to become soft (as if steamed from the inside) and, in some cases, to pop open under pressure. Indeed this has become the objective method for determining if a crop circle is "real" and samples of the plants are now routinely gathered for this assessment.
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The footage shown in Pierre Beake's presentation above is some of the best I've seen, it shows 3 different objects on film at once. Renowned crop circle photographer [Steve Alexander's footage](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/what-are-crop-circles/the-milk-hill-ufo-footage) of a ball of light is also compelling. There is also of course the famous [1996 Oliver Castle video](https://vimeo.com/252590542) showing the supposed creation of a crop circle by the balls of light. The jury has been out for years as to the authenticity of this video so take it with a grain of salt. So what do you think these are? Solid metallic spheres? Or are they somehow made of pure light as some have reported?
 [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/norton/norton2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/07/07/UK20230707_A.html) [Stonehenge Dronescapes video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu4MI4LckMg) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGXpY_2EP04)
 [Crop Circle Connector link](http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2023/chillandham2/chillandham2023b.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/07/04/UK20230704_B.html) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFB9sUbvxXI)
 [Crop Circle Connector link](http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2023/chillandham1/chillandham2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/07/04/UK20230704_A.html) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFB9sUbvxXI)
 [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/24/UK20230624_A.html) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/hettypegler/hettypegler2023a.html) [Facebook field report & ground pics link](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10229783356305883&set=p.10229783356305883&type=3)
 [Stonehenge Dronescapes video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssQHu5pXF-8) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/allankingway/allankingway2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/26/UK20230626_A.html) [Temporary Temples link](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/project/owslebury-2023)
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Fantastic presentation with many little known facts
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The 2nd best documentary imo, this one gets a little too woo at times though
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This is a great summation of the subject, and the rest of the videos on this channel are worth watching too.
 [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/19/IT20230619_A.html)
 [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/17/IT20230617_A.html)
 [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrC7M0JthqY) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/eastleigh/eastleigh2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/18/UK20230618_A.html)
 [Temporary Temples link](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/project/roundway-hill-2023) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/RoundwayDown/RoundwayDown2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/11/UK20230611_A.html)
 [Temporary Temples link](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/project/potterne-hill-2023) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/PotterneHill/PotterneHill2023a.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/07/UK20230707_A.html) [UK Crop Circles link](http://www.ukcropcircles.co.uk/?page=circle-thumbnails&id=594) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtO1Qx51vk) [Stonehenge Dronescapes video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHuvrG-NBb0) [Stonehenge Dronescapes revisited video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoRPvtbET4)
 [Temporary Temples link](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/project/winterbourne-bassett-2023) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/fieldbarn/FieldBarn2023.html) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/06/04/UK20230604_A.html)
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In my opinion, this is the best documentary on the subject
 [Temporary Temples link](https://temporarytemples.co.uk/project/broad-hinton-28-05-23) [Crop Circle Center link](https://www.cropcirclecenter.com/ccdata/2023/05/28/UK20230528_A.html) [Crop Circle Connector link](http://cropcircleconnector.com/2023/broadhinton/broadhinton2023.html) [UK Crop Circles link](http://www.ukcropcircles.co.uk/?page=circle-report&id=592) [Crop Circles From The Air video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDxB9xKJv3w)