Yep, they sure did. There's plenty of documentation to show how four or five people with ropes and planks can create intricate crop circles in a few hours in the dead of night, and plenty of documentation submitted by the pranksters themselves proving that they did it. Seth Seth Jarvis, Director Clark Planetarium 110 South 400 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 (801) 456-4921 - desk (801) 456-4928 - fax www.clarkplanetarium.org -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 2:57 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cool Crop Circles Didn't a couple of English pranksters confess to being responsible for starting the crop-circle "craze" some years ago? On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:

Pretty darned considerate of those aliens to express Pi in base-ten for us.

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That's an EXCELLENT point. Plus, I think the availability of Spirographs in the population may help. Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:14 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cool Crop Circles Another giveaway is that they only seem to occur in countries where the populace is well-fed and has leisure time.