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The mystery of crop circles

To: alt.fan.art-bell,alt.magick
From: Al Smith 
Subject: Re: The mystery of crop circles
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:28:20 GMT

So, I've been reading this thread and thinking about how you would 
go about generating more complex crop circles.

A simple circle is easy. You stick a stake into the ground, tie a 
rope to it, and walk in a circle, flattening the crop as you go, 
and working your way outward in concentric rings.

More complex circles would require prior planning, and probably 
accomplices if you wanted to get the circle made in one night.

Here's one idea I came up with --

To make a complex pattern formed from arcs of different lengths 
and different distances from the center, intermixed with 
concentric rings of various widths:

1) Drive a stake in the ground.

2) Make a simple circle of around 12 feet diameter by walking 
around the stake with a rope, in the standard manner for 
generating simple crop circles.

3) Drive a ring of markers in a circle around the stake that are 
equally spaced, to divide the circle into a set of uniform 
degrees. I suggest 36 markers, dividing the circle into arcs of 10 
degrees each.

4) Have your accomplices, who know which part of the circle they 
are supposed to work on, previously equipped with ropes of various 
lengths.

5) Each accomplice ties his rope to the central stake, and using 
the degree markers of the central circle, moves outward into the 
field. This would place him at the correct distance and angle.

6) By marking his place in the field with a stake, then returning 
to the center and going outward the same distance at a different 
angle, and marking again, and so on, and so on, it would be 
relatively easy to mark out an arc of a specific length and width, 
and at a particular angle, from the center point.

7) The marked arc would then be flattened in the usual way, with a 
board under the foot.

This method would also allow the easy and accurate creation of pie 
wedges of any width and distance from the center. Of course, 
rectangles are easy, since the field is laid out in rows, and 
these could be positioned by degree and distance from the center 
relying on the circle of marker stakes and a set length of rope.

Anyway, were I to create a complex crop circle, that is how I 
would go about it.

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