From all about Crop Circles
-- the stems will not be broken
– the root will appear to be arthritic and fused with the soil, and will be very difficult to pull out of the ground
– the nodes will be biologically altered, they will be bent (like a bent elbow)
– near the nodes will be a blackened burn hole
– the stalks will have been forced to the ground by the altering of the nodes - and they will be tightly packed to the ground
– the stalks will be layered in a cris-cross pattern /////\\\\\////\\\\\ - it’ll be necessary to lift one "sheaf" (/////) before it’s possible to lift the adjacent "sheaf" (\\\\\)
– if seeds are collected they will grow an improved crop
– sample "altered crop" (wheat, oat, barley) can be found along roadside, and in fields of grain that have been swept by a dust devil
– altered crop stems can be sampled by putting a normal stem (with root) in a microwave for a few seconds
/ James