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Crop circles: a historical review and current state of research on their origins and characteristics.

  • Writer: Dakila News
    Dakila News
  • 4 hours ago
  • 3 min read

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In western Santa Catarina, in Ipuaçu, a wheat field awoke to find a colossal design imprinted among the ears of wheat—driving curious onlookers to the property and raising questions about how and why this happened. This type of phenomenon is known as a crop circle. EPAGRI/Ciram employee Sydney Kavalco explains that "there is equipment that can flatten wheat in this way," but emphasizes that "the big question is why it doesn't leave a trace, how does it get into the field?"


It's important to understand the history of these markings: reports indicate they began to gain visibility in England in the 1970s, in cereal fields where stalks were bent into the ground, forming circles or geometric shapes.


In 1991, two Englishmen confessed to making more than 200 of these images using boards and ropes to flatten the crop as a "prank."


However, the phenomenon continues to attract attention because in some cases, characteristics are observed that defy simple explanation—such as plants that don't break but are bent, or highly complex designs with geometric precision and in a short time.


In Ipuaçu, for example, the figure was about 40 meters in diameter with smaller circles around it—which sparked the imagination.


Whether due to agile artists performing elaborate pranks or to natural phenomena that are still poorly understood, the fact is: crop circles intrigue. And for us, who watch from the outside, they are an invitation to curiosity—to look, question, and perhaps understand that not everything is immediately explained, but that there is a basis for serious investigation.

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The phenomenon of crop circles—geometric formations in fields resulting from the flattening of stems—began to become notorious in the late 1970s in Southern England, with the first simple circles in fields of wheat or barley. In 1991, British scientists Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted to creating over 200 formations using planks and ropes.


Scientific investigations focus on distinguishing human-made formations – via “circle-”makers”—from those that might present atypical characteristics. Among the observed aspects are: swollen stem nodes, curvature without apparent breakage, rapid appearance, and absence of visible human tracks. In Brazil, regions like Ipuaçu, Santa Catarina, show an annual recurrence of these formations, allowing for local field studies.


Although more unusual hypotheses exist – such as ionospheric vortex plasma, microwaves, or local magnetic fields – there is no robust evidence to support the extraterrestrial origin of the formations.


Most experts agree that the existing evidence indicates that all crop circles documented to date can be attributed to human activity.


For agronomy or plant health technicians, the occurrence of crop circles presents practical challenges: identifying the formation (measuring geometry and symmetry), analyzing the stem (which may show elongated nodes or curvature due to heat), and investigating the impact of soil compaction and crop productivity. Some studies refer to the measurement of local electromagnetic fields or analysis of the cellular structure of plants, but these results are sporadic.


In short, there is progress in knowledge about the phenomenon, but gaps remain regarding its origin, frequency, and real impact on crops.

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