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Originally posted by Balez
Scientific analysis
In 2002, Discovery Channel commissioned 5 aeronautics and astronautics students from MIT to create crop circles of their own. Discovery's production team consulted with crop circle researcher Nancy Talbott, who provided them with three attributes which she believed set "real" crop circles apart from known man-made circles such as those created by Doug and Dave.[33] These criteria were:
Elongated apical plant stem nodes
Expulsion cavities in the plant stems
The presence of 10-50 micrometer diameter magnetized iron spheres in the soils, distributed linearly
Over the course of a single night the team were able to create a stereotypical "man-made" circle which they then attempted to enhance using the three criteria. The team used lengths of rope to plot their design and trampled the wheat down in a spiral pattern using lengths of wooden board attached to loops of rope. To meet criterion 2, they constructed a portable microwave emitter; using it to superheat the moisture inside the corn stalks until it burst out as steam. To meet criterion 3 they built a device - dubbed the "Flammschmeisser" - which sprayed iron particles through a heated ring. However, the device proved to be too time consuming to use and they were forced to finish the task using a pyrotechnic charge to distribute the iron around the circle. The circle was later analyzed by graduate students from MIT, who declared it to be "on a par with any of the documented cases". Their conclusion was later questioned by Talbott, noting that the team had only been able to recreate 2 of the 3 criteria. Talbott also expressed concerns that the iron particles were not distributed laterally. Furthermore, she felt that the team's use of night vision headsets and other technologically advanced items would be out of reach for the average hoaxer.[33]
The creation of the circle was recorded and used in the Discovery channel documentary "Crop Circles: Mysteries in the Fields
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They used some very hightech tools to try and match the three criterias that BLT uses in their research.
Many of the tools they used are not something that is common in everyones home, ofcourse you can rebuild a mircowave to do this but how many have the 'know how' to do that?
The research team BLT not only take samples from inside the circle but also outside the circle in different places.
Originally posted by IMAdamnALIEN
From the beginning, I have always thought that SETI was using the wrong instruments to find ET life. I mean RADIO SIGNALS????? Come on SETI.
How ancient are radio signals?
Does SETI honestly think that interstellar civilizations are actually using radio frequencies?
You would at least think they would have an open mind....But alas....None to speak of.
[edit on 10-3-2008 by IMAdamnALIEN]
Originally posted by BloodthirstyCapitalist
Besides, if you're trying to communicate, or locate, a potentially highly-advanced civilization, would you use more complex technology that they might not have developed, or would you go with something common, and basic?
Originally posted by Chiiru
well, I've also heard that as we focus on digital, we arent going to be broadcasting as many waves ourselves, our planet may seem to 'go dark', that could be a possibility for other civilizations. Not sure though. I don't remember where I heard that either lol
After 1993, regular soil sampling was instituted at most crop circles sampled by the BLT Team. Subsequently, tiny 10-40 micron diameter spheres (and/or partially ablated particles) of unusually pure iron have been regularly found in soils from crop circle sites.
Originally posted by BloodthirstyCapitalist
Seems likely. Guess that means I'm gonna have to break out the old school Giant home Satellite Dish of the 80s and start broadcasting more waves out into space.
Just gotta ask you: Do you really live in Alamogordo? As in the July 16, 1945 test site for Trinity? That has got to be wild... Heck, I think that's worthy of its own thread
Got any cool pics?
Originally posted by mikesingh
Originally posted by Palasheea
Perhaps those same covert agencies are the also the creators of the Arecebo crop circle and others where they are using the same technology they used in Colares, Brazil only a variation of it to create those landscape pictographs.
But the question that begs an answer is, ‘WHY’? Why should a top secret black project/gov agency waste it's time and effort in making crop circles? For whose benefit? They’re more into esoteric ‘Looking Glass’ and FTL technologies than expending their energies in making crop circles!
Originally posted by BloodthirstyCapitalist
One question, considering that the galaxy that the transmission was aimed at was 21k light years away, they wouldn't have even received the transmission yet, correct? Regardless of how powerful the transmission was, it ain't going faster than 182k miles per second. So what is the assumption then? That the signal was intercepted by a craft before it got to its destination?
Originally posted by sotp
I have a big problem with the location of the circles - mostly in England with the occasional few popping up in Japan, Australia, USA & Russia. You could say that these countries are some of the more important on our planet but then why not a higher concentration in the USA?
Originally posted by mikesingh
reply to post by Palasheea
So this wasn't made by some con artists? Good! We're on the same boat then! But I hope it doesn't have a darn hole at the bottom!!
Cheers!