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Plasma Vortex Hypothesis

A minority scientific hypothesis, proposed by meteorologist Terence Meaden in the 1980s, that rotating columns of ionised air could naturally flatten simple circular patterns in crops; unable to account for the complex pictorial formations that became common after 1990.

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  • Crop Circlesfrom the late 1970s

    Plasma Vortex Hypothesis attempts to explain Crop Circles.

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  • Plasma Vortex Hypothesis was popularised by Terence Meaden.

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