How are they formed? How are they bent down to form the design?
The simplest of all the designs is, of course the single circle form. A characteristic of a crop circle is a circular depression within a field of crop (Oil Seed Rape, Barley, Wheat, Oats) where the plants themselves are flattened at the very base, (or frequently bent at the lowest node junction) in a spiralled pattern. The spiral can be varied in its construction, but generally the plant is bent over at 90 degrees to the standing crop around it. In very young crop at the start of the season, a crop circle can appear to be “brushed”, but this is due to the crop recovering because of its immaturity. From the evidence inside many formations we have visited, the force involved in creating them is extremely rapid, but at the same time impressively accurate! TOP QUESTION 4.
