Colin Andrews has finally delivered what he claims is the ultimate evidence to support his “80% man-made” views of crop circles, packaged as a CD-ROM audio-visual presentation. Is this, then, the long-awaited disclosure? Hardly, discovers ANDY THOMAS…

Explanation from Danny: This humble feature began as a cheap space-filler in SC magazine and unexpectedly grew into a Frankenstein’s monster as the public demanded more. So more they got, as seen below, now available for the first time on the Internet. This is a work in progress – so far we’re up to the letter ‘M’. More will follow, I’m afraid, at least that is when I can be bothered to do some more. Rest all too assured, you’ll be informed when I do. Dive in, then, for Danny Sotham’s weird, wonderful and utterly indispensable… A – Z of Cerealogy!

Is the recent Foot and Mouth outbreak, which may affect crop circle research this year, all it seems? Or has it been misrepresented for dubious purposes? JOHN BOWEN asks us to consider 10 important points on the subject…

Did the infamous ‘Operation Blackbird’ surveillance exercise at Bratton Castle in 1990, supposedly duped by hoaxers, actually video the creation of a real crop formation? Rumour has long said so – now GEOFF STRAY has discovered a claimed eye-witness to the events of that night and reveals new information which suggests that the whole story has not been told…

Cerealogical statesman MICHAEL GLICKMAN begins his new lively and controversial web column with a reliably personal look at the current state of play in the central arena of croppie affairs. Click on ‘GLICKMAN – THE VOICE OF REASON’ (left) for more…