CROP CIRCLES - INTERVIEW

CROP CIRCLES – THE INTERVIEW

Interviewers: Leonardo D.; with the collaboration of Michele P. (Nepos) and Francesca Paola I.

Cropfiles.it has interviewed some of the most crop circles international experts, asking them some questions, in order to improve the quality of the knowledge about this phenomenon among our readers and all web-surfers.

The complete individual interviews are available in the links below.

Now a short foreword to introduce the interviewees.

Nancy Talbott

President of the BLT (Burke/Levengood/Talbott) Research Team, Inc., a US-based non-profit corporation established in 1991 to carry out scientific evaluation of crop circle plants and soils. 3 scientific papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals, presenting data obtained from hundreds of crop formations in multiple countries. BLT collaborates with field-teams in the U.S. and Europe and with consulting scientists, in various disciplines. Ms. Talbott lectures regularly in North America and Europe, and has participated in dozens of TV interviews and documentaries. In additon to her intimate involvement in the published scientific research she has witnessed two crop formations as they occurred.

Website: www.bltresearch.com

Nancy Talbott’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Talbott.pdf

Eltjo Haselhoff

Eltjo Haselhoff has a Ph.D. in Physics. He has been examining the crop‐circle phenomenon for almost twenty years, and has personally visited hundreds of crop circles. Dr. Haselhoff worked at many research institutes, including Los Alamos National Laboratories. He has published dozens of articles in peer‐reviewed scientific journals, such as Journal of Applied Physics, Optics Communications, The Physical Review, and Physiologia Plantarum.

Web-site: none

Haselhoff’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Haselhoff.pdf

Colin Andrews

Electrical engineer and well-known researcher and author, widely acknowledged as an expert on the crop circle phenomenon. He is the founder of Circles Phenomenon Research International, and he has appeared on numerous well known television and radio programs around the world

Web-site: www.cropcircle.info

Colin Andrew’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Andrews.pdf

Andreas Müller

Andreas Müller, founder of "ICCA - The International Crop Circle Archive", and founder of the independent research group "Invisible Circle". He publishes regularly in international journals, magazines and online. He is also author (of 2 books about crop circles) and a regular international speaker and lecturer on the subject.

Web-site: www.kornkreise-forschung.de

Andreas Muller’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Müller.pdf

Andy Thomas

Andy Thomas is a leading crop circle researcher and author of five books on the subject (including “Vital Signs”, described by many as one of the most interesting books on the phenomenon). As well as being editor of the website "Swirled News" and founder of the Southern Circular Research Group, Andy widely writes and lectures in England and other countries and has made numerous
radio and TV appearances across the world.

Website: www.vitalsignspublishing.co.uk; www.swirlednews.com

Andy Thomas’ individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Thomas.pdf

Michael Glickman

Michael Glickman taught design and architecture extensively, including a period as Professor of Architecture at USC in California. He is a significant and well-known member of the crop circle research community, lecturing both in Europe and North America. He is author and has written for crop circle periodicals and websites (for instance swirlednews) consistently since 1991 and his columns have produced delight and rage in equal measure.

Website: www.michaelglickman.net

Michael Glickman’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Glickman.pdf

Freddy Silva

Freddy Silva is one of the world’s leading researchers on sacred space, Earth Mysteries, ancient systems of knowledge, and the interaction between temples and consciousness. He's also bestselling author of “Secrets in the Fields: The Science and Mysticism of Crop Circles” (considered by many as a very comprehensive book on this multi-disciplinary phenomenon). He recently directed the documentaries 'Stairways To Heaven: The Practical Magic Of Sacred Space', and 'In the Footsteps of Isis'. Freddy lectures internationally; he has recently appeared at the International Science and Consciousness Conference, and also on History Channel, Discovery Channel, BBC, numerous video documentaries, and international radio shows, such as Art Bell's Coast To Coast, Whitley Streiber's Dreamland, Shirley MacLaine, and Jeff Rense.

Website: www.cropcirclesecrets.org

Freddy Silva’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Silva.pdf

Karen & Steve Alexander

Karen Douglas (Alexander) has a background in psychology and counselling and has for many years brought a gentle, empathetic and introspective touch to researching the crop circles. Combining with ease the scholastic and the intuitive, she is a respected and influential speaker and writer. Her work seamlessly fuses sacred art, spirituality, psychology and philosophy.

Steve Alexander is an internationally renowned, award-winning photographer, whose stunning images of the crop circles have graced books, media, documentaries and cinematic films worldwide for over ten years.

Website: www.temporarytemples.co.uk

Alexanders’ individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Alexander.pdf

David Kingston

David Kingston has been researching the crop circles since 1976, when he experienced his first crop circle. He has devoted his life to discovering some answers to these perplexing phenomena.Mr. Kingston is also part of the “World Mystery Research center”, and he is lecturer and one of the leading international crop circles researcher.

Website: http://thecropcirclewebsite.50megs.com

David Kingston’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Kingston.pdf

Joe Nickell

Dr. Joe Nickell, Senior Research Fellow for CSICOP, is considered the world’s leading paranormal investigator. A former professional stage magician and private investigator, he taught at the University of Kentucky before joining CSICOP. Using his varied background, Nickell has become widely known as an investigator of myths and mysteries, frauds, forgeries, and hoaxes. A veteran of hundreds of TV and radio appearances, he is the author of over 20 books.

Website: www.joenickell.com

Joe Nickell’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Nickell.pdf

Ron Russell

Ron Russell made his name as an accomplished artist working for NASA and Hollywood. He visited his first crop circles in 1992 with CSETI and now leads annual research tours to Wiltshire. With Dr Simeon Hein, he tests circles for unusual energy signatures using electrostatic meters, magnetometers, scintillation counters and random event generators in order to find data leading to theories as to why crop circles have so much anomalous phenomena associated with them.

Web-site: www.cropcircles.org

Ron Russell’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Russell.pdf

Eva-Marie Brekkestø

Initiator of Norwegian Crop Circle Group, Eva-Marie Brekkestø, has the latest years held several lectures on crop circles, e.g. in Oslo Spektrum, Grieghallen and to the Norwegian Society of Parapsychology. She is an enthusiastic person, that energetically works to make the mystery of the crop circles known in Norway.

Website: http://uk.kornsirkler.org

Brekkestø’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Brekkestø.pdf

Ilyes

ilyes is an American researcher who has been studying the crop circles for 20 years. She has visited and helped document 7 US Formations in Washington State, Oregon, and California, as well as one little gem in Quebec, Canada. During the Summers of 1992-2000 she visited over 100 Formations in the Wiltshire and Hampshire areas in England; swapped information with international circle researchers; shared her slides and video footage during in-person presentations in England, Canada and around the US. She also has appeared on various Sightings, 20/20, Encounters, news programs and clips, and regularly scheduled public access tv-programs. Her crop circle articles have been published internationally, and her Monograph "The Transmission of a CropCircle" is available in softback as well as online at her Homepage on TheCropCircleConnector.

Website: www.cropcircleconnector.com/ilyes/ilyes.html

ilyes’ individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_ilyes.pdf

Rod Bearcloud Berry

Rod Bearcloud is Native American, visionary artist whose spiritual masterpieces hang in galleries throughout the world. He brings a unique element to this phenomenon, interrelating his traditions with many other indigenous peoples of the world. For the last decade he has gone to England to research the crop circle symbols in the fields, and has come to call these formations Starglyphs. He believes they are a gift to our planet from our star relatives. They speak directly to the heart and soul of man. His visionary abilities have guided him to create highly involved and animated DVD’s, taking the viewer on a unique journey of sacred, geometric understandings. Bearcloud is known for his lectures done both within the USA and internationally.

Websites: www.starnationgallery.com; www.bearcloudgallery.com; www.bearcloud.com

Bearcloud’s individual interview: www.cropfiles.it/special/Interview_Bearcloud.pdf

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Interviewees: Leonardo D. (CropBuster); with the collaboration of Michele P. (Nepos) and Francesca Paola I.

The complete interview will be available (English version) in January, and translated to Italian on February 2007.