Since the 1600s, crop circles have fascinated millions of people. Originating from the town of Hertfordshire, UK, the first circle is said to have belonged to the "Mowing Devil", as found in an English newspaper dated 1678. (Gail) The image in the center of the paper depicts a small, devilish creature with a scythe, which mows two staggered rectangular circles. Modern clubs form wherever they can make their mark, typically in fields of oats, barley, or corn. (Pringle 5) From 1600 onward, crop circles became dramatically more complex. Many people believe they are works of art, while some believe they are an act of vandalism. But who or what is forming these beautiful patterns? Some say they are natural, created by the wind or some strange force beneath the Earth's core. Others believe that they were created as messages to the human race by an indigenous species of the earth, namely trolls, gnomes and fairies, although there is no real evidence to support this. Contrary to these ideas, however, extraterrestrial life may be the most likely answer. There is no doubt that somewhere; there is a group of vandals whose only goal is to destroy farmland to create this "art". There is also evidence of the existence of these vandals with websites like circlemakers.com. Interestingly, it is easy to distinguish a fake circle from a genuine one. To start, all authentic circles have a 90 degree deformation at the stem node of all plants in the circle. This creates the "flattened" shape that leaves the imprint of the circle; this effect is also achieved only through intense heat applied to the plants, the heat source is believed to be plasma, and not through wooden planks. (Burns 22) Many object to this idea b...... middle of paper ...... of four anomalies none of which were seen while the photographs were taken. The photograph was taken with a 35mm SLR camera using standard 1(00 ASA color slide film. The exposure was set to 1/125 and 1/250 second.“ The images were sent to ufologist Andy Collins for analysis. (Lundberg) In addition to paranormal activity, the absence of footprints leading to formations or crushed plants, promotes the idea of ​​aerial formation of circles, the aerial formation suggests that formations are created from above.Many believe that crop circles are recent, but they have existed for a long time hundreds of years and have since transformed to become more creative Crop formations are an art and true crop circles are, with every probability, created by an extraterrestrial source Although part of the mystery is solved, why these beings create still remain a mystery.