The sky reflecting on water near Leadville, Colorado.
I’m asleep on what seems to be a perfectly normal night, apparently zoning out in the comfortably numb blankness of deep slumber. Suddenly I rouse to a half-wake state – certainly not asleep, but also not awake in the way we’d normally think of being awake.
“I’m about to hear an electronic tone.” The words bounce around in my mind like slow-motion echoes in a holographic canyon.
I’m on my left side, eyes half-open, mind sort of awake, gazing into a small area of blurred light that’s hinting at form in front of me – almost like the snapshot above of the sky reflecting on a lake. Something’s there that I can’t quite bring into focus, something sentient and non-threatening, yet hidden.
Looking into the light, upon thinking I’m going to hear a tone, I hear it, arriving on a rather loud, distinctly electronic wavelength, somewhat similar to my cel phone and the clock on my bed table, but neither. The sound is surreal: out of place, yet perfect. That’s all I remember of it.
Next thing I know I’m opening my eyes to a new day, thinking “what was that?” Hours had surely passed, and still what had happened was right there, waking along with me in morning’s light.
A crop circle was found on 23 July near Wilbur, Washington, the site of a 2007 formation. I’m working on a preliminary diagram based on an aerial view:
The geometry is lovely, ripe with distinct ratios and relationships. Based on the photo alone, for instance, we can see the placement and sizes of the rings are correlated with one another in what appears to be an algorithmic progression.
Also, the flattened circle near the second-largest ring is the same apparent size as the standing crop inside that ring. When a line is drawn through the centre of the ring/circle grouping, it leads to the edge of the field and the beginning of a path reportedly flattened by the farmer in a bid to keep visitors from stomping through the crop.
The significantly mottled appearance of the field is likely due to water table and runoff stains, and may yield additional clues to why the formation appeared here.
For those accustomed to seeing tramlines in photos of UK formations, notice none are apparent in this field. Crop dusting (aerial spraying of fields) is commonly used in the United States.
Additional details and diagram(s) forthcoming.
Special thanks to the Independent Crop Circle Researchers’ Association (iccra.org) and Jeff and Delsey Wilson.
I’ve always been drawn to the tiny dipper in the night sky, the Pleiades. Somehow they’ve always felt like “home.” Through binoculars, the cluster of stars resembles a grand city of of light floating in deep space. A profound connection exists between the Pleiades and crop circles.
In the spring of 1995 I was suddenly and inexplicably saturated with everything Pleiadean. I found the compelling book Atlantis and the Seven Stars by J Countryman, and I listened over and over to a song which happened to be playing “at random” as I walked into a friend’s house one afternoon; Pleiadean Communication, by A Positive Life, is aptly named – (you can listen here).
That spring I’d also discovered and eagerly absorbed Circular Evidence, the classic field guide to crop circle research by Colin Andrews and Pat Delgado. Even though I’d immersed myself in mysteries of all sorts throughout my life, nearly thirty years passed before I discovered crop circles – something everyone else had apparently heard of. The mention of crop circles elicited the ubiquitous, “Oh, those were made by two guys from the pub who used ropes and boards to fool everybody.”
But that didn’t set well with me, because by then I’d already had my own close encounter with the circle makers. On the 16th of June, 1995, I had asked for a crop circle close enough for me to visit – and one appeared at that moment, in Inman, Kansas. In the following short video I describe some of the mystical communication I’ve experienced when tuned to frequency of the non-human circle makers, whoever they may be:
In the video I share radical evidence supporting the theory that non-human intelligence has played an active, intentional role in at least some of the crop circles, starting with my first. I wished for a crop circle at around 10.30 PM on the 16th of June 1995, and at that same time a farmer tilling a field over 100 miles away from me witnessed a long, straight row of dim lights hovering over a central Kansas wheat field and kicking up dust. The farmer, Chad, told me that the hair on his arms stood on end as he watched for about 10 minutes. When he looked back at the end of a row the lights had disappeared, leaving him confused and a bit spooked. A few days later the Inman crop circle was found in the exact spot where the lights had hovered.
My friend Mike experienced a very similar event with the crop circle which appeared near Teton, Idaho in 2002, and in fact, that’s where I met him – in the Teton formation. We’d both expressed a desire for a crop circle appear close by, and in our ways we’d received confirmation that our wishes were immediately heard and answered.
For what it’s worth, Mike and I are both UFO experiencers.
What does all this mean? Perhaps alongside the crop artists working the fields of England these days, a distinctly non-human intelligence infuses some of the circles, speaking in riddle and synchronicity, from another dimension. If any doubts linger about the reality of non-human crop circle makers, so be it – but surely the fact that a crop circle answered my wish for one, precisely on a significant alignment, is food for thought. How this all unfolded is seemingly against all odds – if very remotely possible.
For instance, you could choose 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the lottery and have the same odds of winning as if you chose 4, 18, 21, 25, and 36. But overall, five consecutive numbers would be less likely to comprise the winning numbers than five random numbers, since the lottery can be played with many hundreds of thousands of combinations of random numbers, and relatively few sequential ones. You can apply this concept to drawing lines on a map of a state consisting of 82,000 square miles.
My point is that the exact alignment of three meaningful points on the map was a straight flush to trump all others. On top of that, the odds of a crop circle forming at the moment I wished for it – with a witness – is confirmation, beyond a reasonable doubt, of telepathic communication. I’ve published the diagram at right in a few other posts here, but I’ll do it again to illustrate the playful nature of the circle makers as they created an original crop circle in the form of a stylised tractor, mirroring the one the witness was using to till the field just a few hundred yards away…
And what, might you ask, do the Pleiades have to do with crop circles? The Pleiades are part of the Taurus constellation, and crescents reminiscent of bull’s horns appeared regularly in mid-1990s crop circles – a time when, I intuit, more of the formations were not the product of human crop artistry.
With deep gratitude to my friends, the non-human circle makers: thank you for being part of my life and for allowing me to share this story. And to all the human crop artists out there, thank you as well for the beautiful forms in the fields. Many of your designs are quite lovely – and, I like to think, inspired by a higher power.
“All of us have a long way to go yet – and we are nearly there …“
STACE TUSSEL
Note that in the video there are a couple of flashes that Kelle identifies in her comment to this post. The one at precisely 3 minutes is particularly vivid! I can’t explain the flashes of light.
My report on the Inman crop circle was originally published in the former UK publication The Circular.
Take a look at Mike’s numerous posts about synchronicity at his site Hidden Experience.
While we await the first crop circle of the season in the US, here’s a little puzzle. Look closely at the photo above, which I shot in the Spanish Fork, Utah crop circle in 2004.
Have I taken a picture of a stray hair for the first and only time in my life, or have I photographed a little bundle of energy buzzing through the crop circle?
The circle makers are quite adept at communicating with psychic riddles and synchronicities, so it makes sense to consider intentionality in this photo. The way the anomaly is hidden in plain sight seems marvelously arranged.
I’ve made significant updates to Cosmic Key: The Double Helix as Modern Archetype.
One particularly critical update corrects the distance from the center of the galaxy to its edge – a mistake I had somehow missed in the initial version.
I also added one more visual to help illustrate my commentary.
Inman, Kansas – 22 June 1995 (formed 16 June 1995)
My hand-drawn diagram of the formation (meticulous!):
My daughter was 7 years old, and it was our first time in a crop circle:
This photo shows the powerful central swirl of the smaller circle:
A week or so later I went back for more research, and took this photo showing the rather perturbed layers in the southeastern part of the formation:
STACE TUSSEL
Generous thanks to Kate Gertzen, who took photos of my old photographs …
In an upcoming short article and accompanying video I’ll share the clever synchronicities associated with the Inman, Kansas crop circle of June, 1995. (A longish written version of the story can be read here)
In barley, at Windmill Hill, near Avebury Trusloe, Wiltshire, 25 May 2009.
A meditative state comes over me while gazing at the undulating form, as though I’m visualising a lullaby. My mind moves into a synchronised state as I observe the balanced flow of energy of the lines, circles, and swirls.
To me, this is a fine, delicate, inspired communication of high order.
I can’t resist commenting on the two most recent UK crop circles – very fine additions to the 2009 season …
First, the huge (~600′) Jellyfish pattern that appeared a few days ago, and now the Dragonfly that showed up just today. They’re quite impressive, I must say. Since I haven’t been able to visit these two personally, I’m not going to speculate too deeply on their origin … but I can’t help making note of the synchronicities. The JELLYFISH and the DRAGONFLY are the only creatures displayed prominently in my home.
My very dear friend Ada Garcia came over tonight to help me out by taking some photos that resonate with the two most recent big circles in the UK (none here in the US yet this season). Here’s a photo of one of only two animals “framed” and on display in my house (other than family feline companions Minouche and Tiger-Saatchi):
Ah … the Jellyfish. I bought this beautiful, fluid photograph by Ann Renee Chavez several years ago here in Denver. Don’t ask me why – it just caught my eye and I couldn’t resist. It hangs on the wall directly above my computer. I love the colours, which this photo exactly reproduces.
And just today the Dragonfly formation appeared. So, here’s a photo of a dragonfly I found just outside my front door about 10 years ago, now lovingly preserved and one of my treasures (I’d photoshop out the small hole in the plastic covering, but you get the picture). Based on where I found it, I believe I was meant to rescue the dragonfly, which was moving just a little bit as a bunch of ants were beginning to make it their supper. I shooed the ants away and brought the dragonfly in the house to let it die in peace and dignity, then kept its body for its beauty and grace. Dragonfly is one of my totems, and I describe more about my relationship with this beautiful creature in my prior post “The Cosmos Neither Declares Nor Conceals.”
Speaking of totems, my two stand-out totem animals are Dragonfly and Hummingbird … both representing freedom of movement, quick as light, ability to hover, move sideways, fly in all directions basically … which, come to think of it, sort of describes the Jellyfish as well – floating this way and that, going with the flow … MORE on the symbolic meanings of these two when I have permission to post aerials and when I’m awake (getting up at 5 AM takes its toll …)
“I’m just sayin’ …“
STACE TUSSEL
PS – Here is the dragonfly mentioned in my note in response to Mike’s (see comments.)
This photo was taken a few years ago, judging by the sweater – and I have no memory of who took it, or where.
There’s a story about Magellan’s ships coming across the ocean toward a new shore, and none of the natives on land could see them. The tall European ships simply didn’t exist in the natives’ reality. But the tribe’s shaman, in a state of expanded awareness, sensed the encroaching strangers – and soon everyone else in the village saw them too.
The story of the natives who couldn’t see the ships seems, to me, very much like an old urban legend, most of which are based on a kernel of truth. From my perspective, substituting modern mankind and extraterrestrial airships for the natives and sailing ships gives modern significance to the story of people blinded by their limited scope of reality – an example of “perceptual blindness,” as it’s sometimes called.
I’ve seen many inexplicable aerial objects and apparent non-human vehicles, like the flat black rectangle on the scale of several football fields gently gliding horizontally (and admittedly at a fairly high altitude) over my neighbourhood against a clear blue sky, and the room- or house-sized wingless metallic sphere seen from my doctor’s sixth-floor window, moving with clear intent directly into a gusty February breeze. In fact I’ve seen more UFOs than I can count on both hands and both feet. But why me, and not the guy next door? Perhaps I’ve seen them because on some level I’ve always known that they exist, I fully accept their reality, and subconsciously I expect to see them when they’re around.
Do I, and others who frequently see UFOs, have some kind of enhanced-spectrum vision as opposed to perceptual blindness when it comes to seeing these things? By virtue of our direct experiential knowledge of UFOs, perhaps the craft are (in a manner of speaking) an extension of ourselves – in which case, a nearby UFO grabbing our attention may be as natural as responding when we hear our name spoken in a crowded room.
Your average Joe standing next to me may not perceive a UFO that I see clearly, merely because the arrangement of his ocular cones and rods – tuned by his expectations – doesn’t allow him to see it. And for the implacable skeptic – well, an extraterrestrial vehicle simply isn’t in their realm of possibility, thus I wouldn’t expect them to see a UFO in any case.
Knowledge stimulates a certain response within us. I believe that that to which we are tuned – that which we accept and expect – interacts with us in ways that transcend the mundane. More and more people around the world are beginning to accept the reality of extraterrestrial and/or interdimensional vehicles, and more and more admit believing the craft exist. As seems to be the case with everything else in our reality, the shift is happening faster all the time.
What I’m suggesting is that, when it comes to UFOs, we’re nearing the proverbial 100th Monkey, so be careful what you expect. You just might see it.
STACE TUSSEL
Addendum: If the idea I just wrote about has any truth to it, maybe it also explains how I can stand for 5 minutes in front of the open refrigerator looking for something that’s staring me in the face – that is, the denser the vibration, the less I focus on it, whereas the higher the vibration, the more attracted I am. Hmmm. That could actually explain a lot …
FOLLOWUP TO MY POST ABOUT THE UFO IN THE CLOUDS…..
As I was intent on finishing my last post about UFOs hiding in clouds (article below), I realised I didn’t know the date of our return from New York. If I really wanted to get an idea of how high those cloud tops were, I needed specific data. So yesterday afternoon I called Lyn – after a good year and a half of silence.
I didn’t tell her immediately why I was calling – which was to find out if she knew when we flew back from New York. First thing she said was, “It’s no surprise you’d call today – I was just talking about you last night. It seems that every time you come to mind and I start to reminisce, you call.”
Lyn’s a talker. Originally from New Jersey, she really likes to take charge of the conversation. So as I was waiting patiently to ask my question, the next thing she says is, “You’ll never believe what I found as I was going through some papers earlier today. Our ticket stubs from the New York trip!”
Hmmm. Synchronicity, anyone?
It’s pretty amazing that she’d just come across the itinerary information that morning, as I was thinking about how much I needed the information. In fact as I was talking to her on the phone I was holding my Guggenheim notebook, which didn’t have anything about the return date in it, as Lyn told me she was looking at the receipt from a couple of things she bought at the Guggenheim. And of course, looking at the plane ticket receipts, she also had our return date and time.
We came back on Continental flight C407Y, leaving Newark at 12.50 PM and arriving in Denver at 3.01 PM on the 23rd of July.
I was able to pull up a bit of information from the Weather Underground historical weather data, and found that several cities in the vicinity of where we were had scattered clouds and relatively high humidity levels. I still can’t pinpoint the exact location of the sighting, of course – but the data provided enough information to confirm that there were some low-level clouds over that part of the country during the afternoon hours. I’ve passed that information to Steve, who did the prior calculations. If he’s able to do any more fine-tuning, I’ll post any updates I get to accompany the comment to the original article, in which I’ve included an excerpt from Steve’s reply to my inquiry where he estimates of the disk’s diameter to be somewhere between about 700 to 800 feet – in case you missed that.
A saucer the diameter of about two football fields is enough for me. A smaller or larger craft would be just fine too. The disk was apparently much larger than I initially guessed it to be. Steve’s calculations are the best we’re going to get; we’ll never have exact numbers. The synchronicity of Lyn finding the information I needed just when I needed it – without any direct communication from me to prompt her to go looking – is confirmation enough for me that we’re on the right track.
(FYI, Lyn’s the friend who helped me to make the weekend run to North Dakota described in my article “More Crop Circle Synchronicities….” – a trip that took place just weeks after our return from New York. It was a very exciting summer indeed!)
