Showing posts with label Salinas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salinas. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Confirmed! Crop Circle Mystery Solved | VIDEO
Turns out, it wasn't an alien creation.
We now know the source of the mysterious crop circle that turned up in the small town of Chualar, about two hours south of San Francisco. And it turns out a lot of the speculation about what the viral photo might be was correct.
NBC Bay Area was originally tipped off by an anonymous source, who said Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia was behind the crop circle that was first spotted toward the end of 2013 by a photographer named Julie Belanger. We now have confirmation from the inside. The company plowed through the farm to (eventually) get publicity for their new mobile chip. Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang detailed how the company came to create the circle that got so much attention press conference Sunday night at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, saying he had told his marketing department to find a way to generate buzz about the chip on a shoe-string budget. . . .
Thursday, January 02, 2014
Origin of California Crop Circle Revealed | VIDEO
. . . "Definitely pranksters," said Brandon Brooks of Chualar. "This is kind of a strange place to have anything out of the ordinary happen."
The latter theory got some support from Jim Gillott, who told KSBW that he had seen 20 to 30 people with ladders in the field in the days before the design was discovered.
And Jake Gain said he too had seen evidence that humans were involved.
"Every time I drove by, I saw them either parked over there," he said, pointing, "or people in the field just walking around, and it looked like they had little GPSes or something," he said. . . .
California Crop Circle Mowed Down; Designed Explained | VIDEO
By Tom Watkins (CNN)
www.wptv.com
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On Tuesday afternoon, the intricate design etched into a field of barley was plowed back into the earth.
The property owner, farmer Scott Anthony, 58, ordered a crew to plow the field, CNN affiliate KSBW reported.
Debra Falanga, a crop circle enthusiast who "definitely believe(s) they are created by other-than-human-beings" -- said Wednesday she's disappointed that it wasn't kept intact so that people can "go in and experience the energy."
"When something unusual like this happens, why not let people experience it?" said Falanga, speculating the landowner wants his life "back to normal."
Still, during the short time it did exist, the crop circle attracted plenty of attention.
It was spotted Monday morning by Julie Belanger, a photographer, as she and her husband flew over in a helicopter.
"What is it?" was her first thought, she told KSBW.
Whatever it was, "it was beautiful, quite beautiful," she said, adding that they came upon it by chance. She said she was skeptical that the crop circle was evidence of something otherworldly. . . .
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014
Mysterious Crop Circle Spotted in Salinas | VIDEO
Is it the work of aliens or practical jokers? An unusual creation has popped up on a farm just south of the Bay Area.
A giant crop circle has appeared on Chualar farm in Salinas, Calif.
Aerial photographer Julie Belanger spotted the crop circle as she was flying over the valley Monday morning.
Belanger took the photo you see here as well as this raw video.
"It was beautiful. Quite beautiful," Belanger told NBC affiliate KSBW. "I believe it's possible that aliens exist, but I don't know if they would bother making a crop circle to give us a message." . . .