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First published on August 23, 2001 THE British like nothing better than a mystery, so it was no surprise that Devizes town hall was packed for a lecture last week by veteran crop circle enthusiast Professor Michael Glickman. Prof Glickman had advertised his talk as a populist lecture on crop circles, Silbury Hill and other mysteries. For an hour and a half the audience of over 200 people sat rapt listening as Prof Glickman equated those who believe that all crop circles are man made with those who believed the world was flat or that heavy-than-air machines couldnÕt fly. His theory is that we are poised on the brink of an age when belief in intelligence from other planets having already made gentle contact with us through these formations in crops, sand, ice and snow will be the accepted wisdom of the day. He went so far as to condemn the current consensus that all crop circles are man made as a 'foul lie.' His talk was introduced by Polly Carson, the former wife of Tim Carson who farms at Alton Barnes. It was in their field in July 1990 that the first pictogramatic crop circle appeared, starting the world-wide craze in crop circle investigation. She told the meeting: "Since then the East Field has been host to some of the most complex formations ever seen. "It is really good to have crop circles on your land because everyone comes to you. They range from the definitely insane, to the terribly earnest to practical serious researchers." She was quick to include Prof Glickman, who was professor of architecture at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, in the third category. He began with a slide of the Earth seen from space. "This is a lie," he declared. "Everyone knows the Earth is flat." Prof Glickman believed that the assertion that all crop circles are man-made is as daffy as the ones he highlighted. He went on to show slides of some of the most complex formations. His intention was to illustrate the mathematical relationship between the shapes within the circles and between the circles and the surrounding countryside, especially Silbury Hill and Avebury stone circle. Multiples of 11 featured quite heavily while isosceles triangles joined the sites of similar circles several miles apart. He pointed out the definition and intricacy of each formation and asked if they could be man-made. Even Prof Glickman admits that some of them are made by men, perhaps even men in the audience last Tuesday night. But he maintains that no more than five or six formations a year are the result of hours of toil with set square and compass and then rope and planks. So, who is making these art works. Prof Glickman has always been wary of making his views definite on this but last week he broke his silence. In response to a specific question he said: "They are made by a federation of intelligences interested in the passage of Planet Earth from one state of mind to another." But he hedged around when further pressed. "I spend my time looking at but I can't give a definitive answer." If he had given one, I suspect most of the people in the Assembly Room would have been disappointed. It's a mystery. And we all love mysteries. Back to 2001 index |
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