One of the most prominent pieces of evidence put forward to support the notion that crop circles have been appearing in at least some form for hundreds of years is the famous ‘Mowing Devil’ woodcut of 1678. But is it all it seems? ANDY THOMAS has been doing some deeper investigation, and reveals some important new details about this most valuable piece of crop circle folklore…

Following last year’s apparently fruitful interaction attempts at ‘circle central’ Alton Barnes (see our October 2004 archives), more communication work was carried out in 2005 by CHRIS HOPPER and friends, with more intriguing results. Chris reports on their activities...

Pioneering researcher Colin Andrews has put himself back into the news recently by putting up his entire archive of crop circle material for auction on E-Bay. ANDY THOMAS looks at the sale and some of the publicity that has gone with it…

Much is being made of certain crop circles which appear to refer to the Maya calendar cycle, and thus the much spoken-of prophecies for the year 2012, when the calendar end-date arrives. However, are some articles recently circulated on the Net misleading, or indeed entirely wrong? And what is the story behind the alleged authors? GEOFF STRAY, author of recent 2012 bible ‘Beyond 2012’, investigates…

Despite all the attempts to debunk it as a special effects hoax, the origins of the infamous 1996 video in which a crop formation is seen materialising under balls of light are still being debated. Since his previous Swirled News article on the subject, MARTIN JOHNSSON has been looking into the mystery further, and here presents the second instalment of ‘A Theoretical Analysis of the Stories Surrounding the Video Footage at Oliver’s Castle’…