ROB SHIELDS ponders the origins of crop circles...

Now that the quieter months are upon us, we can take some time to make some general answers to some queries sent to us from a few Swirled News readers recently, so here we go...

August’s remarkable formation at Crabwood, near Winchester, a grid of lines portraying an alien holding up an information disk of some kind, is causing predictable controversy, with several researchers dismissing it as a very clever man-made design, but others pointing out the difficulty of creating such an effect on the ground. If anyone out there wants to put the case for why it must be man-made, we’ll be happy to hear from you, but here MARTIN NOAKES gives his reasons as to why he personally believes the formation to be genuine…

The long-awaited cinema documentary from director William Gazecki has recently opened in the US to praise from croppies, mixed reactions from film critics and some controversy. ANDY THOMAS reports on the responses filtering through so far…

‘Signs’ is finally released in the UK today (13 September)! Three members of the Swirled News team were recently invited to the special press screening of the movie in Brighton on the south coast of England. ANDY THOMAS gives his own view on the significance of Hollywood’s take on the circle phenomenon…