Signs Of The Times
Updated Tuesday 19th September 2000
The Mail On Sunday & Team Satan Do It Again.
Lies & Deception In Our National Media.
By Charles R Mallett (C)
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Team Satan, (JL, RD & er, the other one) must love the attention they have been receiving from the British press
this year, it seems whenever I switch on the TV or open a newspaper there they are, standing in a field of wheat,
wielding planks of wood, bits of string and a generous amount of their standard, somewhat unbelievable crap,
used to explain talent, flawless precision & ingenuity of the very highest order. These are the standard tools carried by hoax claimants and jokers alike, as they are. Of course anybody who visits large numbers of formations throughout any given summer knows full well that these people using the aforementioned tools could not possibly be making large numbers of crop circles, the implied methodology just doesn't work, it defies basic logic. To create formations that display large scale weaving, multi directional layering, pathways a few stems wide and feather light layering of the wheat into waves and whirlpools, not to mention the severe heat damage to the plants and, on occasion, insects, observed by myself on numerous occasions, requires a method of construction that people such as JL and chums are not capable of. They have proved this point on many occasions, in fact, every public demonstration of circle making by these people contains all the evidence needed to conclude beyond doubt that they are indeed, not the circle makers. But still they make their far out claims, and still, without fail, the media in general, publish and promote the idea that these planks are responsible for the incredible formations that continue to appear in large numbers & geographical distribution and in completely inexplicable circumstances on almost every night of every summer. No doubt, these guys, & a few even less talented locals do make a few formations each year, we have seen them at it on various occasions. The results are what one would expect from a group of heavy men stomping on the corn with chunks of wood, the finished product at ground level looks, flat, rough, messy and displays a total lack of style, fluidity & finesse. This is completely dissimilar to the majority of formations examined by myself and many others. Even though their formations may look terrible on the ground with some clever photography and editing things can look dramatically different at a later date. In some ways it will not matter if they produce a crap and unconvincing crop circle, by the time the formation gets on TV it will, all of a sudden look very good, it's amazing what one can do with a computer these days. These people are out to convince the public as a whole that they are making the formations, they know that we know that anybody who studies and examines crop circles will be well aware that they aren't doing it. This conclusion is based on extensive objective observation and experience involving a huge number of formations, including the man made efforts over the previous few years. This years hoax promotion by the Mail On Sunday 3/9/200, with the above crew as the stars of the circle making show is a classic example of our media taking a subject that will not sit comfortably with the established view of how things are and rubbish it to an incredible degree. What a shame. This is a subject that is crying out for some honest and sensible investigation. Instead of honesty and integrity we get lies and arrogance. I wonder how long the Mail can keep it's fat head up it's fat butt and get away with lying to it's huge readership on such a regular basis. The article in question, regarding the flimsy claims of Team Satan ( what a silly name ) is so full of irregularities and inconsistencies that it would be hard for anybody to take seriously. Aside from the problems with the details of the hoax claim, the article looked as if it had been put together by a six year old, spelling errors everywhere, place names completely wrong, sloppy grammar and a host of other silly mistakes make for, what appears to be a rushed and unprofessional piece of tabloid journalism. With the article, Team Satan provided a set of diagrams showing how the Avebury Trusloe, magnetic field (moiré) formation was constructed. It appears that there are some major problems with this plan of construction. Michael Glickman explains Notes on Team Stan claims They stated in The Mail on Sunday, September 3rd 2000.. Using 120ft of tape, an inner circle is made. On this circle, make a mark every 4ft, 60 in all, like minuets on a clock. Let's briefly examine this bullshit! The diagrams imply that the tape is held at the center and swung around the perimeter. Therefore the circle is of radius (R) 120ft. The diameter (D) will thus be 240ft. We can apply the formula (C) circumference = 2 pi R. Taking pi as 3.1415..., the circumference will be 753.96ft. If this is divided into 4ft units, there will be 188.49 of them! Dividing the circumference into 60 equal bits produces a unit of 12.566ft, which is much more realistic. I think we know these people well enough by now to be unsurprised by their blatant lies. Yet it still irks that the British press is happy to treat it's readership as mindless idiots. MG |
