Geophysical surveys and geometry of crop circles

Detectable magnetic anomalies in crop circles and geometrical construction of crop-circles' shapes

Report on the Results of Project Argus: An Instrumented Study of the Physical Materials of Crop Circles

Written by Members of the Project Argus Team Edited by Michael Chorost

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Posted by Kobus Nieuwmeijer on July 16, 2018

Crop-circle geometry

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Crop circle formations appear in various "flavours", from quite uncomplicated single circles up to very complex patterns. A reconstruction is made to better understand the design of the pattern. It is a drawing of the floorplan of what has been found in the field. Although very exciting to know, my reconstructions are not meant to find out how crop circles are created in the fields.

Posted by Kobus Nieuwmeijer on February 18, 2019

Project Argus 1992

Argus is the name of a scientific research project, that investigated crop circles. In the summer of 1992, Project Argus investigated one of the most remarkable mysteries of the century, the sudden and baffling appearance of hundreds of huge, magnificent shapes - dubbed "crop circles" - in the fields of England each summer.

My method when measuring magnetic flux density was to record the output of the Bartington meter, applying to its three sensors (in the x, y, and z directions) the "root of the sum of the squares" method. When measuring susceptibility I used the output from the Bartington meter for measurements on site, employing either the MS2 F probe or its D loop, according to circumstances. In several cases soil samples were also taken. using the Bartington MS2 B36 sensor. The samples (and controls) were powdered and then placed in 10cc holders for laboratory testing.