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Incredible Multi-Dimensional Alien Images

A bizarre impression left upon the surface of a snowy outdoor trampoline intrigued a reader of Before It's News, so he snapped a digital photo of it. When he later studied the image he discovered layer upon layer of complicated digitalized pictograms. The images were embedded in the ice crystals. Strangest of all, they seem to document messages from ETs.

The fractal ice crystal images are like crop circles

Images similar to crop circles

The bizarre impressions left overnight on a snow-covered trampoline in back of a house have been overlooked by established UFO researchers. That's a pity as these images may be more important than any crop circle yet discovered.

The reason for the interpolated images importance is not only a wealth of data locked up in the original image, but in the refracted images that are stacked like a tantalizing tort: layer upon layer of detailed and potentially astounding information.

Crop circles have fascinated UFO investigators for decades. Yet now a man, who discovered what appears to be a UFO visitation in his own back yard during one snowy night, may have discovered fractal embedded messages left behind by an unknown alien intelligence.

Alien intelligence is believed by some to be behind certain crop circle manifestations. While some crop circles are fakes, others may be from unknown origins.

Genuine circles often contain messages hidden in enigmatic geometric patterns or pictograms. All the circles, mostly appearing in wheat or corn or rye fields, are two-dimensional and contain limited information about the earth, space or possible alien intelligences. Some depict warnings.

The information contained in these fractal images are very similar to the best crop circles.

Fractal images can be embedded in crystals

Crystals can store information like a computer hard drive

It's well-known that crystals have amazing properties. For instance certain crystals like quartz can tune in radio frequencies. Recent studies have also shown crystal deposits may set off earthquakes, create subterranean harmonics, can control coherent light, even store information on frozen lattices of light.

Water too has powerful properties unknown just a few short years ago. Water has a memory within its molecular bonds and experiments have shown that crystallized water (ice) can also retain a mother lode of information for short periods of time.

Now the crystallized water, resting quietly on a trampoline under frigid skies, seems to have had unearthly visitors that left cosmic calling cards behind. Upon analysis the embedded messages are intriguing and a bit ominous.

Crystal skulls contain information too

Like the crystallized water, some of the famous crystal skulls also contain information trapped there for millennia. Some researchers believe that ancient Mesoamerican priests used the skulls to store information, including images, for use in religious ceremonies.

Back in the 1970s several researchers used low-powered lasers to probe the mysteries of a crystal skull. To their astonishment several times the laser light tweaked information buried deep within the crystal revealing images of temples and mountains.

Like the crystal skulls, the crystallized water can retain an image if subjected to certain frequencies of light. If a UFO, hovering above the snow covered trampoline, emitted light waves at the right frequency images might be retained for a short period. It seems that during that period the owner of the house discovered the strange impressions, took the digital photo, and captured the information left behind.

One of the series of fractal images that depicts a suited figure with helmet

Alien existentialism

By its very nature, extraterrestrial intelligence is alien. What can the messages mean? Are they simply like flash cards used to educate young minds? Or are they something more philosophical, something more esoteric in nature? UFOs reek of existentialism. Researchers like Jacques Vallee and others have noted that underlying thread in many UFO cases.

Some of the images seem to illustrate alien forms, others the engineering of star drives. A few are mildly sinister.

Star craft: another bell-shaped image embedded with a rocket-like ship

Could ETs embed information into ice crystals?

Consider the testimony of personnel stationed at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Twice in two weeks a huge UFO was observed hovering outside the perimeter of the base. The base experienced a loss of power. Later, missile technicians discovered that some of the bases' nuclear missiles had launch codes that were changed.

If technology exists that can accomplish that, then storing some fractal images inside water crystals could be easily accomplished. And by using a software program like Photoshop, fractal interpolation can be used to recreate fractal-encoded images and can be used to increase the display resolution of layered images.

Odd alien creature with insect insignia on chest

Gates of Hell: Extremely ominous image of creature with tentacles on top of demonic head

Man does not behold the face of the Gorgon and live

A chilling alien face stares out from the crystals

If you have a strong mind, study these images intently. But be careful! Weaker minds may experience nightmares as some of the residual impressions may influence dreams.

The face of the mythical Gorgon could not be viewed directly without turning to stone. Like the Gorgon, some of the alien images present a clear and present danger.

Two images juxtapositioned create a 3D layered image

X-ray view: weird being seems to be piloting craft

Who really knows what alien information might be passed through these disturbing images into the human subconscious? Some of the images may direct autonomous actions, bend thought processes…maybe even work like computer worms drilling deep into the cortex of the brain to take subtle control.

The images may even prepare observers for future contact. Contact with advanced, emotionless aliens may prove terrifying.

Prehistoric 'ancient astronaut' art depicts similar beings

Cave art and figurines from thousands of years ago have also recorded the sightings or interactions with unworldly beings. Many appear eerily similar to the digital images embedded in the ice crystals.

Cave painting such as the two above have been written off by anthropologists as ceremonial garb worn by primitives or depictions of certain pagan gods. But why do "gods" need helmets and wear pressure suits?

One image taken from the ice crystals is almost exactly like an extraterrestrial described by witnesses in a 20th Century UFO case. The fractal ice crystal image is a close match to this re-creation of an alien from a UFO encounter. The fractal image is eerily similar to the 3D model displayed at a Japanese UFO museum.

Note the shape of the face, the eyes and nose, the slit mouth, helmet and body.

Photographer's statement

"Early December 2010 after the snow had settled, one morning I noticed a strange imprint in the snow on the six foot trampoline in my back garden. The trampoline has a[n] eight foot high net around it and I could not see any footprint on the settled snow near it. I took a picture with my mobile phone and opened it in Photoshop darkening the edges. Still I didn't recognize the shape.

"A few weeks later I decided to take another look in Photoshop and tried superimposing the image on top of itself changing the opacity to 50 percent and flipping the layer horizontal. Also I used the levels tool.

"To my surprise the image started to look like something. Even more images and symbols appear as the layer is pivoted in different directions on top of the first and if you superimpose the pivoted image on top of itself and move it up and down. "What do you think?

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Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries of the Universe

Mysteries of the universe are one of the most fascinating subjects to be studied. The Cosmos is the frontier we were unable to cross yet, and we may never do so. ‘What happens out there?’,’ why does it happen?’ and’ how?’ are basic questions, but even they are still waiting for an answer. In the meanwhile, we feed our curiosity with everything scientists could discover so far and take for granted any theory that some smart guy came up with. At our level of knowledge and understanding, the universe, in its totality, is a gigantic secrecy. Human hasn’t yet succeeded to explain life on Earth very well so there very little chances that we discover how the universe really works any time soon. Scientists do have, however, some answers to the greatest mysteries of the universe. Here they are:

1. The birth of the Universe

According to the accepted theory, the Earth was born 13.7 billions of years ago and it grew from a size smaller than an electron to what it is today, within a fraction of a second. At first, the universe was filled with energy and nothing else. Slowly, this energy gave birth to particles, which assembled into light atoms, like hydrogen and helium, for example. They clustered into galaxies, than into stars. However, this theory cannot be proved. The energy that initially gave birth to the inflation of universe has long disappeared.

2. The Aliens

Considering the vastness of the Universe, it seems rather impossible that life met the proper conditions to develop on one planet only, our own. According to Frank Drake, an astrophysicist, if only one in a billion planets would host intelligent life, that means that 6 billion civilizations appeared in the universe at one time or another. Today, most people believe in the existence of alien life. Why no one has contacted yet and if someone will at some point, remains one of the greatest mysteries of the universe.

3. Antimatter

Antimatter is composed from antiparticles in the same way that matter is composed from particles. Apparently, when a particle is created, an antiparticle of the same mass and opposite charge is also born. Mixing particles with antiparticles will lead to annihilation of both elements and to the following creation of high-energy protons or other particle-antiparticle pairs. Starting from these facts, much speculation arose as to why is there mostly matter in the universe and hardly any antimatter, and around the idea that there should be another universe where antimatter is prevalent.

4. What causes gravity?

Gravity is present all over the universe and it tugs on matter to form galaxies, stars or black holes. It does not compare with the other forces known to the man. One of the biggest mysteries of the universe, gravity works only on large scales. When trying g to apply gravity at small levels, it proves impossible. Scientists believe that gravity is created by very little particles with no mass called gravitons. However, up to this day, these experts were unable to find these gravitons because, as they say, gravitons escape their observations by having little interaction with matter, and because the method of finding them is unknown yet.

5. Consciousness

According to scientists, what we call ‘mind’ or ‘judgment’ is nothing but a set of conditioned responses. However, humans have many cognitive abilities which go beyond the level of ‘conditioned responses’. Moreover, many unanswered questions, such as what happens to the consciousness after we die, or whether the machines will be capable of thinking by themselves in the same way we do, are so many mysteries to be answered.

6. Multiverse

‘Multiverse is a term coined in 1895 by the American philosopher William James and it represents a set of multiple universes, also known as parallel universes. This theory implies the existence of more than one universe in the same space and time, but without interacting, except some very special situations. However, no proof of the existence of such worlds were founs yet, so it all remains a matter of belief and of probability.

7. The Dark Matter and the Dark Energy

Apparently, there is an enormous amount a matter that humans are unable to perceive. This was determined with the help of modern technology and high-tech instruments which show that we can only perceive about 4 % of all the existent matter. The rest is the so called ‘dark’ matter, which remains unperceivable by the human eye because it neither emits nor scatters light, hence the name. According to some studies, the dark matter represents 83 % of the universe, while what we call normal matter is about 17 %. Despite these figures and despite its supposed importance, we were unable of finding evidence of its existence. Accompanying dark matter is the dark energy which has the capability of increasing the rate of expansion of the universe. The existence of this type of energy would explain the recent observations of the expansion of the Universe at an accelerated rate.

8. Time

Time is maybe the greatest of all the mysteries of the universe. This is because, even though we are familiar with it ever since the beginning of our race, we are still unable to define it properly and in a way that satisfies everybody and every field of science. The question of whether the time even exists and can be measured arose and wasn’t yet answered.

9. The end of the Universe

If the universe will end, and how will this happen remains one of those questions that men ask for the sake of asking, even though they know it would be impossible to find an answer. However, man is stubborn: several theories were created, such as the one claiming that the universe will continue to expand up to a point where all matter will be as thin as dust. Another one brings forward the idea that the universe will simply slow down and fall back into a single point, that may spark again into a new Big Bang. Finally, some people believe that baryons and protons, the building blocks of matter will simply decay (as other particles do) and if this do happens, than the universe will simply cease to exist.

10. The black holes

After having been considered a SCI-FI concept for many decades, scientists all believe today in the existence of black holes. These are, according to definition, regions in space from which not even light escapes. A black hole is supposed to absorb all the light that hits the horizon, reflecting nothing. Apparently, they form when heavy stars collapse in a supernova at the end of their life cycle. After being form, a black hole will continue to grow by absorbing matter from its surroundings. Also, scientists believe that black holes exist at the center of most galaxies. Moreover, our own Milky Way is believed to shelter a huge 4 million solar masses (the standard unit of mass in astronomy) black hole. Once one of the mysteries of the universe, black holes are now generally agreed upon and an universal recognition of the phenomenon occurred in the past years. However, for most of us ignorants,it remains nothing but a strange, interesting phenomenon.

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The Crop Circle Phenomenon

Crop circles are a worldwide phenomenon that are best described as a specific area where long-stemmed plants have been flattened to create a shape or pattern that is particularly visible from above. The most common crops selected are oats, wheat, barley and canola, (oil seed) but formations have also appeared in corn (maize) fields, in the sand of deserts and beaches and on rare occasions even in snow. Also known as agriglyphs, the most common and complex of these are generally found in Britain, are widespread from late spring to midsummer and are generally, but not always, formed at night between the hours of two and four in the morning. Researchers claim that in Britain they are concentrated in the South of England and are often quite close to water, lakes, rivers as well as aquifers and underground reservoirs.

EARLY STYLE CROP CIRCLE FROM AROUND 1980
TEXT OF 'THE MOWING DEVIL' WOODCUT
Being a True Relation of a Farmer, who Bargaining with a poor Mower, about the Cutting down Three Half Acres of Oats ; upon the Mower's asking too much, the Farmer swore, That the Devil should Mow it, Rather than He : and so it fell out that that very Night the Crop of Oats shew'd as if it had been all of a Flame : but next Morning appear'd so neatly Mow'd by the Devil, or some Infernal Spirit that no Mortal Man was able to do the like. Also, How the said oats now ly in the Field, and the Owner has not the Power to fetch them away.
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THE FIRST RECORDED CROP CIRCLE 1678?

Enthusiasts point out that crop circles have been noted throughout history and were formally recorded as early as 1678. In this year a wood-cut pamphlet was published entitled 'The Mowing Devil' and told the story of how a roughly circular section of a cornfield, three acres in size, was mysteriously mowed (flattened) during the night. Flaming lights were observed and the cause was attributed to the Devil.

The phenomenon became widespread in the late 1970's, coincidentally at the height of the Cold War. The first shapes were simple circles but quickly advanced into more complex formations. Many early circles that materialised during the 1980's appear to have a strong similarity to ancient Celtic patterns. Later designs soon became highly original and in many cases unique. Nearly 50% of all crop circles in Britain that emerge annually do so within a 50 mile radius of the Stonehenge and Avebury stone formations. More than 10,000 examples have been recorded worldwide since 1978 and are steadily increasing in number and complexity.

Analysis of these crop circles by researchers has identified a number of common characteristics. Many formations are based on complex geometry and often make use of the 'golden section' and the pentagram to define their proportions. With regard to extremely complex versions they often appear in threes. Prime examples include the Star and Julia sets. Although there is significant controversy about the source of these formations it is now widely agreed that they represent intelligent design - human or unidentified.

Debunking and Debunking the Debunkers
No explanation regarding crop circles and formations should be considered complete without reference to the 'hoax' debate. To start with, the very word 'hoax' is itself both prejudiced and misleading. For a hoax to have taken place the hoaxers must have made a false claim. An example of this would be a person who fakes a photo of the Loch Ness Monster and then tries to pass it off as real and usually for personal gain. The circle makers have never made any extraordinary claims whatsoever - except when they were being paid to confess they were circle makers. It was actually enthusiastic researchers, journalists, scientists and the general public that created the perception that these phenomenon might be anything more than man-made. It is true that that they first became widespread at a time when many people in the West were deeply concerned about potential nuclear war, perceived Soviet aggression and the dramatic increase in reported UFO sightings . It's therefore very natural that people began to speculate as to the origin of these formations.

Crop circles are real. If in doubt a person can look up the most recent appearance on various websites, make some travel arrangements and within 24 hours be standing inside an actual circle. If there is a hoax then it's the way that they have been used to promote various beliefs. It's also fair to say that in many cases these beliefs are held by rational people who have conducted extensive research and analysis but with varying degrees of professionalism. However, it only takes a few people to make wild and clearly bizarre claims for the entire subject to be relegated to category of pseudo science. This is particularly disappointing given that crop formations were once considered a fair subject for true scientific study ... that is until they became inextricably linked to the UFO phenomena. After this happened most of the serious scientists abandoned the subject in a desperate bid to save their own credibility ... and careers. Worse still, many scientists who had once shown an interest suddenly started to heap scorn on the findings and studies that were, and still are, being carried out. They may be right to do so or they may be wrong. Both sides seem to claim that the others are misleading the public.

By 1990 media interest in the crop circle phenomenon was at a peak and it wasn't all positive. By this time the phenomenon had attracted some very unusual people and the media seemed delighted to parade these eccentrics for the amusement of the public.

There have been claims that this debunking was all part of a deliberate smear campaign designed to make crop circles the subject of ridicule. It is true that in 1991 the British Ministry of Defence considered trying to forbid pilots from taking pictures of the crop formations if only because it might show that they were interested. (source: The Sun Newspaper Thursday, 26 May 2011 - Military Snapped Crop Circles) There is no doubt that civilian and military authorities were aware and concerned. Ironically, it would be more mysterious if they deliberately refused to at least take a look at what was happening. They certainly didn't want to encourage it. Whether there was a smear campaign may never be revealed but whatever was happening it was effective. Public curiosity became disbelief and suddenly 'Crop Circle Crazies' were fair game.

Just when crop circle credibility was looking bad it suddenly got worse. On the 9th of September 1991 two men, Doug Bower(67) and David Chorley (62) from South Hampton announced to the world that they had invented the crop circle craze and that they were responsible having achieved it all with a length of string, some planks and a wire sighting device fixed to a baseball cap. The story was run in the tabloid newspaper 'Today' which is alleged to have paid 10,000 pounds for the exclusive. The pair were duly taken to a field and demonstrated how a very basic circle could be made in about an hour. The story made a pleasant break from the war in Iraq and the collapse of the Soviet union. It also drew a line under the crop circle craze even though it was obvious to many that two old men couldn't possibly have created all of the circles and that they were both unsure of details - to the point that they couldn't even describe how they'd designed some of the more advanced formations let alone the complex geometry. Still, it was enough. Media interest in crop circles collapsed and has remained cautious ever since.

CROP CIRCLE MAKER: OPTION ONE
"THE HUMANS"

CROP CIRCLE MAKER: OPTION TWO
"THE ALIENS"

The claims of Doug and Dave have become less-and-less credible as time has passed and very practical questions have been raised. How could the sighting device have possible worked in the dark? If one circle took an hour in daylight how were 50 simultaneous circles created over a mere 4 hour period of darkness? How could their wives have been so unaware? If they created these circles after drinking in the local pub how did they then travel to locations over six hours away, create the circles, and still get home in time for breakfast? Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the British government was considering financing a serious investigation into the crop circle phenomenon. Many within the British administration felt that this was a waste of tax payers money ... It's estimated that Doug and Dave's timely confession saved the Government approximately five million pounds by today's standards. Whether Doug and Dave were telling the truth or not, there was no visible decline in the number of crop circles ... in fact they increased.

The original Doug and Dave headline claimed: "The Men that Conned the World" and perhaps they did by persuading the public that two old men could create more than 250 complex crop formations over a 15 year period. If they really did do what they claimed then they should be heralded as some of the greatest 'alternative' artists to ever come out of Britain.

Supporters have repeatedly pointed out that attempts to recreate complex crop circles under the same conditions that most of these formations have appeared have failed horribly. To be fair to both sides, it is easy for sceptics to propose solutions from the comfort of a suburban living room and just as easy for enthusiasts to claim proofs that might not exist.

The debates and investigations continue. It is true that there are now companies that specialise in making crop circles and several corporate logo's have appeared as part of clever advertising campaigns. There is no doubt that some, or even many, of the formations that appear are the work of humans although the mystery is how they do it in such a short time with such incredible accuracy. You tube is now littered with people claiming to have created crop circles - and to be wise - perhaps they should be treated to the same degree of scepticism as the formations.

The most complex (and one of the largest) formations discovered appeared on Milk Hill, Wiltshire, England during the night of the 12th of August 2001. It was comprised of a 409 circles that were aligned along six swirls to create a single large disk. The spirals are equally balanced and curve away from the centre. It is estimated that it would have taken 11 days for three competent surveyors to just establish the centres (without damaging the crop). Even allowing for covert marking-out - which in fairness might not be noticed - it would take a considerable time to create the formation itself. The maths is simple. Allow an average of twenty minutes per circle (conservative) and multiply this by 360. That comes to 120 hours or 15 working days. Even if a team of twenty people were working in perfect harmony on the formation it would still require 6 hours. Even more astounding is that the formation appeared with great precision, no signs of error and no obvious damage to the surrounding crop.

MILK HILL FORMATION
ONE OF THE LARGEST - MOST COMPLEX

CROP CIRCLE MAKER: OPTION THREE
"THE MILITARY"

In reality, it is likely to have required the efforts of 40 - 50 exceptionally well trained people experienced in working with undercover night vision equipment, using the very latest in sophisticated surveying technology and carried out with military discipline. There's only one group with that ability and it's the ... well it's the military! Perhaps crop circle making is part of the SAS training programme? Well it's as good a theory as any. We can all have a laugh if it turns out to have been made by drunken students.

The criteria for real or fake
crop circle experts have recognised and accepted that at least a proportion of formations are being made by humans and have identified a number of criteria to distinguish between the real (unexplained) and the fake (manmade).

Real
~The formations will appear within hours, sometimes even minutes.

~There is a lack of tracks leading to the crop circle

~The true circles are very slightly elliptical

~The stalks of the crops are bent not broken - as if they'd been heated by microwave radiation until flexible.

~In younger plants the stems nodes are often swollen - as if steam has expanded and caused the cellulose to elongate and balloon outwards. In older plants where the stem material is more rigid and brittle the internal pressure causes the nodes to explode creating a node hole.

~Some superficial charring may be noticed as if the plant stems had been exposed very briefly to an intense heat source. Soil is correspondingly dry except in the centre of each circle where it may still be moist.

~There is a disruption of the plant's crystalline structure at a microscopic level.

~Background levels of electromagnetism are higher than normal.

~Circles investigated within six hours of formation often interfere with electronic equipment.

~Newly created circles are occasionally reported to have background harmonics that fade away over a 24 to 48 hour period

~The crops are laid along the ground in neat patterns with precision alignment. Sometimes these stems appear interwoven or even plaited.

~The plants are generally undamaged and will continue to grow even though they are now flattened.

~The design of the crop formation makes use of sophisticated geometry often incorporating five-sided shapes such as pentagons and pentagrams although these are rarely used as shapes themselves.

~The presence of short-lived radioactive isotopes.

~Higher than average localised infrared readings.

A researcher examining an occurrence will use the presence of these factors to confirm that a crop formation is an unexplained phenomena. However, there is only one factor that is specifically used to suggest that a circle is manmade.

Fake
~Broken Stems

Ongoing Research
For the researchers still looking into crop formations the focus of their efforts now concentrates on determining which formations are clearly made by humans and which ones defy conventional explanations. A secondary area of research continues to analyse the patterns and methodology of underlying geometry.

Believers and Sceptics
The crop circle phenomenon is one of those subjects that manages to polarise opinions. As far as most people are concerned they're either a practical joke perpetrated by humans or they're created by beings of otherworldly intelligence - not necessarily extra terrestrials (ET's).

The believers haven't helped their case by often proposing wild theories based almost entirely on assumption, conjecture and often questionable science. Equally, the sceptics have made their own fair share of mistakes. Some of the explanations originally proposed were as unlikely as the theories they were trying to debunk. Initially the circles were said to be caused by freak whirlwinds which can produce a simple circle of flattened plants. However, it quickly became obvious that winds couldn't produce complex geometric shapes. Enter the animals. One claim even referred to wallabies that had eaten narcotic plants and then started to hop around in distinctive circles. Sex starved hedgehogs were briefly nominated as the culprits. As the circles evolved poor soil conditions were proposed and finally, regardless of the difficulties involved, human pranksters were blamed.

The main argument of the believers is that humans just don't have the ability to produce such incredible designs, with the degree of precision displayed and within such short time frames. Some of these periods being as little as 25 minutes.

The sceptics point out that just because crop formations are complex they are not impossible. They remind people that crop circle makers are probably no longer limiting themselves to lengths of string and planks of wood. It is now possible to purchase laser measuring devices and powerful night vision equipment from the local supermarket. Sceptics admit that the larger formations would require significant numbers of people working together but with practice a team of 15 - 20 people could produce most of the advanced examples.

NEWTON 14063 NIGHT VISION SCOPE
$152.00 FROM ALDI SUPERMARKET

CROP CIRCLE MAKER: OPTION FOUR
"THE ATLANEANS"

The believers argue that even when fields are placed under sophisticated surveillance these mysterious teams of circle-makers are never identified. The sceptics question whether the 'so-called' surveillance was very good to start with and point out that watching an empty field for three nights doesn't constitute a scientific study.

The believers then usually say something like, "If you're so smart why don't you go and do one".
It's usually at this point that somebody takes off their jacket, rolls up their sleeves and suggests taking the discussion into the nearest parking lot.

Theories and Why
Entire books have been written about the origin and purpose of crop circles. Some are interesting, some are confusing and some are just bizarre. There are just too many theories to list here but the top ten most widespread and interesting are as follows:
~Although often beautiful, they have absolutely no cosmic meaning and are created by human practical jokers
~They're created by aliens who are psychologically getting humanity ready for contact
~They're created by a secret society of surviving Atlanteans
~They're a riddle set by a higher alternative intelligence
~They are reflections or penetrations from other dimensions
~They are created by fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic fields
~They're deliberate distractions created by government authorities to cover up secret military projects.
~They are produced by unconscious but collective telepathy and telekinesis
~They are holy symbols - a message from God
~They are produced by the natural energies of Gaia (Mother Earth as a collective entity)

Quo Vadis?
Even as this article was being written several crop circles have appeared in Wiltshire. New patterns and innovative designs now grace the once empty fields. The mystery continues. For the believers it's a time for new research and investigation, for the sceptics it's a pleasant break from world politics and celebrity scandals. Why they appear and who is creating them may never be answered satisfactorily but there is no denying that they're intriguing and beautiful. Even if they are just a complex joke they are still superb examples of geometric art and make the world a more interesting richer place to live.

By the way ... an anagram of 'crop formations' is 'panic from roots'

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Top 10 Worst American Presidents

This is a ranking of the worst American presidents in history, which took into consideration all their achievements, or rather, their failures, during their mandates. According to your own personal likes and dislikes, please feel free to disagree and nominate other “candidates” for the position of “worst president”, giving also a reason of your antipathy.

1. James Buchanan (1857-61)

Of all the American presidents, James Buchanan was to worst. Why? Because he failed to prevent the Civil War. This was considered the worst mistake ever made by a president. Though he struggled to maintain the peace, he failed lamentably as history has shown and USA was almost disintegrated because of his incompetence.

2. Franklin Pierce (1853-57)

Franklin Pierce, is the only president of the United States who was abandoned by his own party after only one term. He was hated unanimously after signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was intended as a compromise between North and South. Also, the Ostend Manifesto, which was created to promote the annexation of Cuba, caused great controversy.

3. Martin Van Buren (1837-41)

He is one of the worse American presidents ever because, after having served as Andrew Jackson’s vice-president he went on with his policy of chasing Native Americans out of their own lands and, what’s more, he made effective the Indian Removal Act, in the most brutal way possible.

4. William Harrison (1841)

The first president of the United States to die in office and also the oldest elected president until Ronald Reagan, he was selected as one of the worst American presidents not only for the fact that he was president for merely 32 days but also because he was defeated in the presidential race two times before being finally elected.

5. Richard Nixon (1969-74)

Nixon had a great first presidential mandate, which culminated with successful diplomatic missions in China and in the Soviet Union and also with the end of the Vietnam War. However, in his second mandate, he made a huge mistake which forced him to resign shamefully after the discovery of some records which incriminated him of having covered a forced entry at the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel.

6. George W. Bush (2001-2009)

George W. Bush was actually positioned on the same place as Richard Nixon in the official rankings. Nevertheless, he succeeded to get a second mandate due to his “declaration of war” against terrorism, which was followed by the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. The popularity of this president declined little by little with his fail to react properly during the hurricane Katrina disaster and also, after the collapse of the US financial market.

7. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

Hoover began his mandate in the most unfortunate moment for any president- a few months before the famous Wall Street Crash which gave birth to the Great Depression. Was he actually a poor president or he was just there at the wrong moment? Most probably, he was unprepared to deal with such a crisis and his management was inefficient. Unable to enact any of the measures he proposed (tax-cuts, for the families with low-income and pension increase), he found himself today on the list of the worst American presidents.

8. Warren Harding (1921-23)

Harding died two years after having been elected president of the United States. At that time, he was very popular and therefore, he would not be on this list today if things had stopped here. They did not. Scandals arose soon after his death concerning many of the persons he had appointed in high positions. The accusations included bribe and fraud while things were made worse by suicides and imprisonment of the guilty.

9. James Garfield (1881)

The second shortest presidency in the United States was that of James Garfield who was shot only 200 days after being elected. Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau who was refused a position.

10. Millard Filmore (1850-53)

Filmore was considered one of the worst American Presidents because of his lame attempt to solve the slave crisis, which made things worse, rather than resolving the problem: after intense discussions regarding the slave trade, the president could not achieve anything else than a vague compromise which, if anything, complicated the situation further: while slave trade was abolished in two states, other slave holders became even more powerful than before, because of the lowering of competition. This created the premises for the Civil War that was to come.

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Top 10 Astonishing Nostradamus Predictions

This is a list of the most famous Nostradamus predictions. Michel de Nostradamus (1503-1566) was a medic, as well as a pharmacist and a seer. He is famous for his prophecies which cover a large period of time and are believed to be astonishingly accurate. The 10 predictions listed below are taken from his book, “Les Propheties”, the first edition of which appeared in 1555.

1.The death of King Henry II of France

“The young lion will overcome the older one/on the field of combat in a single battle; /He will pierce his eyes through a golden cage, /two wounds made one, then he dies a cruel death.”(Century 1, Quatrain 35)

It is said that Nostradamus warned King Henry that he is soon to die. As predicted, he was killed by Comte de Montgomery in Jousting (a contest in which two opponents mounted on horses that are confronting by using lances).Montgomery was 6 years younger than the king and both of them had shields with embossed lions. The king was wounded accidentally by Montgomery (who did not lower his lance on time) in two places: a piece of the shattered lance entered the eye and a piece penetrated his temple.

2.The Great Fire of London

.“The blood of the just will be demanded of London/burnt by the fire in the year 66″(Century 2; Quatrain 51)

This is an amazing Nostradamus prediction and this is because he succeeded in giving not only the location of the event, but the year as well. As foreseen, the great fire of London started on September 2nd and continued for 5 days. Apparently, it destroyed the homes of 70.000 people, of a total of 80.000 residents of the city as well as 87 churches. However, 6 people died only, thus this part of the prophecy was not accurate.

3.The French Revolution

“Before the war comes, /the great wall will fall,the King will be executed,/ his death coming too soon will be lamented. /(The guards) will swim in blood,/ Near the River Seine the soil will be bloodied.”(Century 2, Quatrain 57)

In 1789, the French revolution marked one of the greatest social and political changes in the history of France. As predicted, the great wall (that of Bastille, a famous prison for the political convicts mainly) was destroyed by the angry Parisians and this demolition marked the beginning of the revolution. The absolute monarchy that had governed France collapsed and a new order was born with the sacrifice of the poor. This prophecy of Nostradamus which fulfilled 2 hundred years after his death is one of those which made him one of the most famous figures in history.

4.The rise of Napoleon

“PAU, NAY, LORON will be more of fire than of the blood, / to swim in praise, / the great one to flee to the confluence./ He will refuse entry to the Piuses,/ the depraved ones and the Durance will keep them imprisoned.” (Century 8, Quatrain 1)

The famous emperor of France was anticipated by the Nostradamus predictions as well. The words “Pau, Nay, Loron” seem encrypted but they are actually an anagram which forms the words “Napaulon Roy”. Popes Pius VI and Pius VII are the ‘Piuses’ mentioned in the third line. They were both in conflict with Napoleon, who had conquered the Papal States. The quatrain also describes Napoleon as a man of fire (of war) rather than one of blood (of royal descent). This was also incredibly accurate.

5.World War II

“Beasts ferocious with hunger will cross the rivers, / the greater part of the battlefield will be against Hister./ Into a cage of iron will the great one be drawn, / when the child of Germany observes nothing.”(Century 2, Quatrain 24)

This is only one of the several quatrains which describe the World War II. The first line is generally interpreted as Hitler’s invasion of France. The second line refers to the Alliance that put an end to Hitler’s reign of terror while the third line may represent a description of the German tanks, of which the 16th century man had no knowledge. The child of Germany is, as you probably guessed, Hitler himself.

6.Louis Pasteur

“The lost thing is found, hidden for so many centuries, / Pasteur will be honored as a demigod/ this happens when the moon completes her great cycle, /he will be dishonored by other winds.” (Cenutury 1, Quatrain 25)

This is considered as one of the most accurate Nostradamus predictions. This is mainly because Nostradamus gives the exact name of this famous scientist. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) discovered the existence of the microscopic germs. He is also known for his great work regarding the causes and prevention of diseases. A medic himself, Nostradamus was very concerned with plague and hardly tried to discover its causes and its treatment. Thus, he had a connection with Pasteur which was probably the reason of predicting the life of this particular scientist. The last line probably refers to the detractor who accused Pasteur of having facked his results.

7.Charles de Gaulle

“Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark,/three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead,/Italy and the one of St Mark to tremble,/First monarch, renowned above all.”(cenutury 9, quatrain 33)

This is one of those astonishing quatrains that feature Nostradamus’s predictions regardings the rulers of France. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) was a leader of France three times (three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead). First, he was the leader of the Free French Forces, during the World War II; then, he became prime minister of the provisional post war government; the third time, he ruled the country as the first president of the French Fifth Republic.

8.The death of the Kennedy brothers

“The great man will be struck down in the day by a thunderbolt,/ an evil deed foretold by the bearer of a petition. /Another falls at night time. /Conflict at Reins, London and a pestilence in Tuscany.” (Century 1, Quatrain 27)

In 1963, US president John F. Kennedy was shot (hit by a thunderbolt) at 12:30 p.m His brother was assasinated in 1968, shortly after midnight. The accuracy of the prediction is amazing. Moreover, in the course of the same year, students rioted in Paris and london while in Florence a huge flood threatened the lifes of the citizens and brought the danger of plague within the city.

9.The death of princess Diana

“The penultimate of the surname of Prophet/ will take Diana [Thursday] for his day of rest: / he will wander because of a frantic head, /and delivering a great people from subjection.” (Century 2, Quatrain 28)

Princess Diana, who is clearly named in the quatrain, was killed in a car accident in 1997. She was accompanied by her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed who was the son of Mohammad Al-Fayed (thus, the prophet). “The day of rest” is Sunday, the day Diana died, while the verse “delivering a great people from subjection” may be explained by the amounts of people that gather to mourn Diana: the entire world grieved the death of this beloved princess.

10. 9-11 Prediction

“Volcanic fire from the center of the earth/ will cause trembling around the new city:/two great rocks will make war for a long time.Then Arethusa will redden a new river.”(Century 1, Quatrain 87)

This is one of the most mystrious of the Nostradamus predictions and it is said to be related to the attack on the Two Towers of World Trade Center , in New York City. In this quatrain, the new city seems to refer to New York city, while “the center of the earth” probably means World trade Center. Moreover, the two rocks may be the two twin towers. This attack determined the American government to start a war against terrorism which will not end any time soon. Arethusa is believed to be another of Nostradamus’s anagrams which could connect to the name “Laden”.

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