- After constant delays (mostly due to financial constraints)
the X-ray diffraction study of clay minerals in crop circle soils, which
was begun in 1999 and completed in late 2001, is now available on the BLT
Research Team Inc.'s web-site at: http:://www.bltresearch.com/xrd.html.
BLT is most grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Lyman D. Rogers of Newtown, Connecticut,
whose financial support made this possible, and to web-site personnel Kim
McDonald Gazecki, William Bombardier, and Abby Lewis who did the actual
work of transferring the study to the web.
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- This study, funded by Laurance Rockefeller, examined
specific clay minerals (those which are called "expandable" clays
and which are most sensitive to heat) in crop circle soils, in an attempt
to gather further data which might inform us regarding the hypothesized
presence of microwave radiation at crop circle sites. Multiple scientists
were involved (see "Study Personnel"), most of whom were totally
unacquainted with the crop circle phenomenon at the time they carried out
their individual work on the project. These scientists were carefully chosen,
not only for their specific expertise, but because they were unaware of
the phenomenon, thus ruling out any potential assertions by skeptics of
"experimenter bias."
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- The results are startling. Specific clay minerals (illite/smectites)
are shown to exhibit a subtle, but statistically significant, increase
in degree of crystallization....a change heretofore seen only in sedimentary
rock, which has been exposed to the massive pressure (called "geologic"
pressure) of tons of overlying rock and to heat from the earth's core over
hundreds, or thousands of years. To our knowledge this increase in degree
of crystallization has never been reported previously in surface soils
(as is the case here).
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- If "geologic" pressure had been present, obviously
the plants would have been obliterated. And, of course, they were not.
Further, if the intense heat required (a minimum of 6-800 degrees C, over
a period of many hours) to produce the crystalline change (in the absence
of such geologic pressure) had been present, the plants would have been
incinerated. And, again, they were not. The plants did show the well-documented
changes (elongated apical nodes, presence of expulsion cavities) regularly
found in crop circles which are not created by mechanical flattening (i.e.,
with planks and boards). What is MOST interesting is the fact that both
the documented plant changes and the increases in clay-mineral crystallization
occurred at the SAME sampling locations. A regression analysis found that
the node-length increases in the plants were correlated with the increase
in crystallization of the clay minerals in the soils at the 99.2% level
of confidence, a truly extraordinary result.
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- So the data appear to indicate that whatever caused the
plant changes, also caused the soil changes at the same sampling locations.
And yet we realize that the intense energy situation required to produce
the soil effects would have destroyed the plants altogether. As Dr. Reynolds,
the Dartmouth mineralogist and recognized authority on clay minerals and
the XRD technique whom we asked to review our study stated, we are apparently
dealing with an energy currently unknown to science.
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- As is often the case in science, new and intriguing questions
have been raised. The notion of mechanical flattening, however, is without
question ruled out. We hope that all interested members of the crop circle
community will take the time to examine the new study. All of the data
and personnel involved have been included on the web-site. BLT welcomes
comments and/or questions. Please note, also, that many other changes and
additions have been made to other pages on the site, including the following
pages: "Home," "Plant Abnormalities," "Clay-Mineral
XRD Study," "Other Facts," "Professional Consultants,"
"Lab Reports," and "Contact."
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- Nancy Talbott
- BLT Research Team Inc.
- http://www.bltresearch.com
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- From Colin Andrews -
- 3-10-4
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- This IMPORTANT study confirms Andrews 20/80 finding
of 2000 was on the money.
- One has to say this appears to be an excellent study
and meticulously carried out.
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- I am also greatly encouraged because it also strongly
supports my own findings of the "man made/ non man made study of 1999-2000",
also funded by Rockefeller. You could say that while each study was looking
at different things, we came up with the same result.
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- As you know my results which were so vocally apposed
by many like Andy Thomas, Glickman etc, showed that the simple designs
( the 20%) were the ones we were unable to find any indications of being
man made. You will notice that without exception, as far as I could see
in this BLT study, shows the significant findings ALSO only from the simple
designs.
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- I think we are at last on the money and on the same page.
It was a matter of time.
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- I think they are to be congratulated for some good work.
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- Colin
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- Colin Andrews
- Circles Phenomenon Research International
- 20, Collins Drive, Branford. CT-06405, USA.
- Telephone: USA (203)483-0822.
- Web Sites: <http://www.CropCircleInfo.com>http://www.CropCircleInfo.com
- <http://www.CosmicArtistCD.com>http://www.CosmicArtistCD.com
- New Book: Crop Circles - Signs of Contact.
- New CD-ROM: Cosmic Artist 1983-2003
- New DVD: Ultimate Crop Circles - Signs from Space &
- Alien Sign - The Message.
- All Available From <http://www.CropCircleInfo.com>http://www.CropCircleInfo.com
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