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A Worldwide and Most Tangible Mystery |
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The Development of a Worldwide Enigma |
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Brief historical overview of the crop circle phenomenon, which started at least hundreds of years ago |
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Some simple, general observations, showing that the crop circle phenomenon has many aspects that seem to defy trivial explanations |
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Account of dead flies, stuck to the seed heads of corn type plants |
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15 | (3) |
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Description of some curious deposits that are regularly found inside crop circles |
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18 | (1) |
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Description of a crop circle related biophysical anomaly that results in abnormal seedling growth |
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18 | (6) |
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Account of the often reported light effects that accompany the crop circle phenomenon |
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24 | (2) |
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Some brief accounts of often reported, unusual happenings |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (7) |
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Believers, Thinkers, and Deniers |
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33 | (1) |
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Classification of human reactions to the crop circle phenomenon |
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34 | (1) |
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Description of a serious researcher |
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35 | (3) |
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Discussion about human circle makers |
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Those who say that all crop circles are the work of human pranksters have never been able to really prove their claims |
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40 | (1) |
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The simplest answer to a question is usually the correct one, but not always |
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41 | (2) |
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Section showing that ``scientific proof'' is actually a much more emotional concept than we realize |
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43 | (2) |
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Examples of mistakes in the account of human circle makers |
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45 | (3) |
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Accounts of some events where information was deliberately falsified, in order to ridicule the crop circle phenomenon |
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The Scientific Perspectives |
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57 | (2) |
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Overview of systematic geometric properties of crop circles |
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59 | (1) |
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The relation between crop circle geometry and music |
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60 | (4) |
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Geometric properties discovered in a set of apparently simple crop circles |
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Another example of hidden geometry in three simple rings around a crop circle |
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Findings of Dutch researcher Bert Janssen, who discovered the common geometric roots of many crop circles |
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71 | (4) |
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Description of the stalk-swelling effect in crop circles |
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75 | (3) |
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A detailed account of a node length experiment |
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Quantitative analysis of a node length study, revealing a perfect correlation with the radiation pattern of an electromagnetic point source |
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82 | (3) |
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Description of a germination test, showing tremendous germination anomalies directly related to the earlier findings |
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A critical note towards self-proclaimed researchers publishing photographs of the crop circle-related light spheres |
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Some findings obtained by other researchers |
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89 | (1) |
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Brief account of the most significant findings of the American BLT team |
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The vision of an alleged paranormally gifted person |
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The vision of an alleged UFO-abductee |
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105 | (2) |
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The vision of an alleged ``ley-line'' expert |
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107 | (3) |
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The vision of an alleged clairvoyant person |
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110 | (2) |
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The author's opinion about the visions displayed in this chapter |
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112 | (7) |
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119 | (20) |
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119 | (3) |
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Indication of the true mystery about crop circles: the combination of an intelligent design with reproducible biophysical anomalies |
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Electromagnetism --- Or Not? |
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Complications to electromagnetic effects discovered in crop circles |
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124 | (1) |
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Section discussing the personal danger of unconventional thinking in science |
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125 | (2) |
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The benefits of some and the uselessness of other critics |
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127 | (1) |
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Why crop circle discussions always seem to turn out wrong |
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128 | (1) |
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Compilation of the most relevant findings |
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So Where Do They Come From? |
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129 | (2) |
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Discussion of the most frequent question about crop circles |
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131 | (1) |
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Crop circles deserve the attention of the public |
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| Appendix A: Diatonic Ratios |
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139 | (2) |
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Diatonic versus tempered musical scales and the corresponding frequencies of the tones |
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| Appendix B: The Isosceles Triangle Theorem |
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141 | (4) |
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Mathematical description of a new geometric theorem |
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| Appendix C: The Melick Rings |
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145 | (4) |
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Mathematical section to proof that the field measurements performed by the author exactly match a closed set of geometrical theorems |
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| Recommended Material |
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149 | (4) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
| Index |
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| About the Author |
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