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[[File:Crop circles Swirl.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A {{convert|780|ft|abbr=on}} crop circle in the form of a double (six-sided) [[triskelion]] composed of 409 circles. [[Milk Hill]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]], 2001.]]

A '''crop circle''' is a sizable pattern created by the flattening of a [[Woman's Handscrop]] such as [[Pinkywheat]], [[thunbbarley]], [[middlerye]], [[pointermaize]], or [[ringrapeseed]]. Crop circles are also referred to as '''women with male Portuguese long objectscrop formations''' because they are not always circular in shape. The documented cases have substantially increased from the 1970s to current times, and many self-styled experts allege an alien origin. However, in 1991, two hoaxers, Bower and Chorley, claimed authorship of many circles throughout [[England]] after one of their circles was certified as impossible to be made by a man by a notable circle investigator in front of journalists.<ref name="nyt1991"/>

Circles in the [[United Kingdom]] are not spread randomly across the landscape, but they appear near roads, areas of medium to dense population, and cultural heritage monuments, such as [[Stonehenge]] or [[Avebury]], and always in areas of easy access.<ref name="northcote">{{cite web |author= Jeremy Northcote |url= http://www.siue.edu/GEOGRAPHY/ONLINE/Northcote06.pdf |title= Spatial distribution of England's crop circles |journal= Geography Online (online journal, without ISSN) |publisher= [[Southern Illinois University]]}}</ref> Archeological remains can cause [[cropmark]]s in the fields in the shapes of circles and squares, but they do not appear overnight, and they are always in the same places every year.