In 1991, Doug Bower and David Chorley dealt a devastating blow to the crop circle research by telling the media that they invented the phenomenon in 1978, and made all circles in England in the next nine years. But while most news outlets accepted the men's claims, the evidence tells a different story: Bower and Chorley were lying.
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Special thanks to Terry Wilson for all his work on this case and for reviewing the script of this video for accuracy. Visit his website for an exhaustive debunking of the Bower and Chorley story at
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Also thank you to Van Hunt for contributing important research. (www.VanHunt.com)
Sources:
Terry Wilson. Men Who Conned the World. Accessed Dec 12, 2018:
https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.comPat Delgado and Colin Andrews. Circular Evidence: a Detailed Investigation of the Flattened Swirled Crops Phenomenon. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd., 1989.
Terry Wilson. The Secret History of Crop Circles: Recording the Phenomenon In Days of Old. Paignton, UK: Terry Wilson, 2015.
"The Men Who Conned the World." The original story on Bower and Chorley in Today, London, September 9, 1991, and two follow up articles on September 10 and 11. Reproduced in full at:
https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com/1-testimony.htmlCrop Circles: The Human Experience. Interview with Colin Andrews, by Diane M. Cooper:
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/dec2/andrews.htm.
Interview with David Chorley on CBC radio (Canada), September 9, 1991. Full transcript:
https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com/canadian-radio-interview.htmlInterview with Doug Bower and George Wingfield by DJ Nicky Campbell on Into the Night, BBC Radio 1, Sept 10, 1991:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47IF1DPiiTYDebate between crop circle researchers and Bower and Chorley on Up-Front, Granada Television, October 20, 1991. Full transcript:
https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com/up-front-transcript.htmlClas Svahn interview with Doug Bower August 1992. Full transcript:
https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com/clas-svahninterview.html
John Rand Capron, letter to the editor, Nature 22 (May - October, 188
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