Crop circles have been photographed in fields all over the world, but each summer, a whole host of these amazing geometrical formations appear overnight in the wheat, barley, rapeseed and corn fields close to the sacred sites of South West England, such as Stonehenge and Avebury. Despite their best efforts, no scientist, farmer or sceptic has ever caught or filmed a human being creating a genuine crop circle.
Most crop circles appear in the middle of the night between 2 am and 4 am, when the fields where they manifest are at their furthest distance from the gravitational pull of the sun. They always appear close to existing sacred sites and appear to be created by sound and light. Witnesses have seen tubes of light descend from the sky in bursts of 15 seconds prior to the appearance of a circle and orbs of light have been spotted hovering over the fields.
Often a column of vapour appears above the circle, apparently from moisture released from the shafts of grain. Laboratory results on plant and soil samples taken from crop circles show that the grain stalks have been blasted by a form of electromagnetic energy. And back in the 1990s, biophysicists discovered that seeds from crops where the circles appeared late in the season, grew four times as fast as control samples.
Most people who see images of the circles are overawed by their beauty, size and complex design. But these circles are huge, and when you are standing in the middle of one, all you can see is flattened grain. It's the combination of aerial photography, drones, the internet and social media that has allowed us to truly appreciate, discuss and share these stunning images and open us to dimensions of higher consciousness via the universal language of mathematics and geometry.
What, if anything, are the circle makers trying to show us? And who or what are they? Some believe they are sending messages to help humanity evolve. Whatever their motive, there is something very special and sacred about the crop circle phenomenon .
In researching this article, I'd like to acknowledge the work of Steve and Karen Alexander of Temporary Temples who since 1994 have been flying over the UK crop circles, taking photos, making drawings and analysing the sacred geometrical designs to try and find answers. You can view images of the latest crop circles on their website at https://temporarytemples.co.uk
Credit to talented photographers Billy Breen and Dan Vidler for these beautiful crisp images of a crop circle that appeared in a barley field at Bondip Hill in Somerset, England in June 2025.
Below is one of the most famous crop circles from Milk Hill in Wiltshire, England in 2001, photographed by Frank Lauman. Just look at how tiny the people are in the center of the circle!
