Crop Circles: Investigating Makers, Techniques, and Potential Agricultural Benefits

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Crop circles are largely man-made artworks, and Professor Richard Taylor, along with researchers like Megan Heazlewood, argues that figuring out who makes them and how they affect crops can yield practical scientific insights rather than supernatural explanations.

Crop circle research held back by UFO conspiracy links
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Crop circle research held back by UFO conspiracy links

It is accepted artists, not aliens, are responsible for the mysterious patterns that appear in farmers cereal fields, but how they are created remains a mystery.