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at West Woodhay Down, near Inkpen, Wiltshire, on 29 July, if in a far more ambitious and much larger developmental stage, either sounded an ominous note from the neo-sceptics or was a piqued response of some higher level of the phenomenon to the cartoon versions of preceding weeks (curiously, strange lights were witnessed hovering over this formation in the days after its appearance). A number of other glyphs also gave ambiguous messages, almost designed to make a point of sowing confusion amongst observers. A humorous motif of a pipe-smoking "Grey" ET below the Wiltshire white horse carving at Calne on 27 July, for instance, at face value smacked of obvious human authorship, yet from a distance it looked well-made (a more straightforward emblem of an ET face had arrived earlier at Hinton Parva on 20 July). Another formation, of strange scorpion-like motifs at Honeystreet, Wiltshire, on 4 July, appeared to be left rather roughly half-finished, just to make a point (being "completed" the next night). This, of course, played into the claims of the aforementioned haranguers, who state that all of the complex designs are man-made and that nothing is beyond their capability—despite their continued failure to show this in open demonstrations. There are few today who would state that there are no man-made formations. It has long been clear that the human element is now an embedded component of the crop circle phenomenon, although in what proportion has never been established with actual evidence. Until recently, the claimed circlemakers seemed to have been happy just to create mystery and leave people to their own journeys. Now, however, the stated intention is to stake their claim to full authorship and publicly tackle anyone who believes otherwise. Yet their strange bitterness at the unavoidable reality that others are commercially capitalising on what, by their very nature, are public-domain symbols creates a needlessly dark atmosphere, raising more questions than are answered. After all, why shouldn't the faithful continue to believe hat at least some of the thousands upon thousands of crop glyphs we have seen over the years may come from “somewhere else"? Facts stand for themselves. If undeniable evidence exists that every circle ever made as been made by humans, then it should be presented clearly and definitively so that it can be dealt with and people can make up their own minds. Despite many opportunities, any such evidence remains undisclosed and the fascination with crop circles will therefore continue as long as the phenomenon does. How long hat will be is, of course, where this article started. August produced another nine formations in the UK. Although still patchy compared to some seasons, the month generated a number of eye-catching patterns, such as another in the optical-trick genre at Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, on 6 August, seeming to show three spheres sunk into a flat rectangular plate, and a complex windmill-like design at Rockley, Wiltshire, on 7 August. Furze Knoll, Bishop Cannings, Wiltshire. Reported 6 August. Image: www.cropcircleconnector.com Windmill Hill, near Avebury, Wiltshire. Reported 26 July. Image: www.cropcircleconnector.com Jubilee Plantation, near Cherhill, Wilts. Reported 15 August. Image: www.cropcircleconnector.com 62 * NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 20I1 www.nexusmagazine.com