Crop circles are areas of plants flattened (usually) into recognizable designs--most often found in fields of growing cereal crops (wheat, barley, oats, rye, etc.). They also occur in corn (maize), grasses, reeds and all sorts of vegetables, and sometimes--according to the scientific plant data available--these more randomly-downed (no discernible pattern) areas contain the same plant abnormalities as have been documented in genuine "geometric" formations. Crop circles are occurring, as best we can tell, all over the world, with the modern "flap" having been first noted in the England in the 1970s--and there is documentation indicating they occurred and were reported as early as the 17th century.

Although some modern crop formations are known to have been mechanically-flattened by people, scientific research
published by the BLT Research Team in the 1990s has established plant & soil abnormalities which cannot be caused by "pranks with planks".
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Crop Circles in the USA most often occur on PRIVATE PROPERTY
- Permission from the owner or farmer is required to enter -

2008:

Bedford, INDIANA - September 12, 2008 (”Sudangrass”)
Multiple somewhat circular “bowl-like” and other irregularly-flattened areas of crop discovered following a reportedly mild rain storm, stretching across several adjacent fields. Although locals reported no severe winds, the farmer pointed out that sudangrass falls over easily when it gets wet, and he attributes the event to weather.

Chaffee, MISSOURI - August 22, 2008 (maize/corn)
Large areas of downed corn found after a storm, flattened very tightly to the ground.  All stalks flattened S-to-N, even in a 975’-long, 6′-wide, downed strip along the North edge of this field. Many breaks (or “cuts”) were found in the lower nodes of the stalks. Although weather is likely a factor, extreme flatness of downed stalks is odd.

Fosston, MINNESOTA (#2) - July 27, 2008 (wheat)
A 229′-long “pictogram” with a very rough overall lay and none of the visible cc plant abnormalities. Local animal disturbances & aerial light phenomena were reported, and 2 circles were found to have been added on return field-trip. For report & photos see: bltresearch.com/fieldreports/july2008b.php.

Fosston, MINNESOTA  (#1) - July 20, 2008 (wheat)
On-site field investigation revealed very “rough” overall flattening of plants, crooked pathways, and no evidence of elongated apical (top) plant-stem nodes or expulsion cavities. “Star” pathways had been flattened out over perimeter ring, and ring & all paths were of the same width. Most likely mechanically flattened (man-made).

Greenville, ILLINOIS - June 30, 2008 (wheat)
From ground photos supplied by field owner’s daughter-in-law and on-site interviews with various locals, it appears most likely that this formation was made by local high school students using—of all things—hockey sticks. The field had been cut by the time BLT was notified so no sampling could be carried out and nothing more is known.

Rockland, MAINE - June 5, 2008 (grasses)
A roughly circular area of turbulently-flattened plants was found for the second year, in almost the same location as in 2007. There is not yet enough scientific evaluation of the effects caused to grasses by the crop circle energy system and no sampling was conducted, so no further information is available. Possibly weather-related.

Stuart’s Draft, VIRGINIA - May 15, 2008 (bearded wheat)
One of several large areas of randomly-downed crop found this spring in Virginia and Tennessee. Many plant changes associated with genuine crop circles were found in this case: elongation of apical (top) nodes, 45-degree angle bending of multiple lower nodes (found to be present immediately) and “undulating” fluidity of overall lay.

Madisonville (Monroe Cty), TENNESSEE - May 5, 2008 (wheat)
First verified crop circle reported in the U.S. in 2008.  None of the visible plant changes [apical (top) node elongation, expulsion cavities, marked bending at lower nodes] known to be associated with genuine events were found. The fact that this circle was found precisely 1 year after the 2007 Madisonville circle is suspicious. Probably man-made.

Col de Vence, FRANCE -  Summer, 2008
Finally, one of the hundreds of anomalous photographs (is this a lens flare?) taken at Col de Vence, France (report: http://www.bltresearch.com/eyewitness/eyewitness6.php).