Measurements have often revealed anomalies in electro-magnetic fields inside the Crop Circles. These measurements have been done using even scientific instruments, recording the most minute variations in the energy fields. The energy disturbances have also effected radio waves, resulting in troubles with cellular phones and radios inside crop formations. It is possible (as mentioned earlier) that the shape of the formation itself causes these effects, in which case the origin plays no role. I have personal experience in the form of camera malfunctions.
Often it can be observed that the humidity in the stalks and soil within a fresh formation is clearly lower than that of the surrounding crop. This suggests a heat or radiation during the creation of the pattern. Also the expanded and exploded nodes support this assumption; the rapid evaporation of the water held inside the nodes produces a sudden pressure which expands the cells.
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2. Smoothly bent stalks and nodes
In some formations the stalks (or a portion of them) are bent into an arc with no snapping, then "frozen" into their new shape. This cannot be accomplished just by pressing the plant against the ground by force; it must first be heated. Even more impressive are bent nodes (the hard joints dividing each stalk into several sections), which sometimes have even exploded.
In laboratory research, it has been found that the cells of the bent nodes have expanded. This effect calls for an energy field or some sort of radiation. The above features are by no means present in all Crop Circles, but I've personally seen them in a few.
Usually the stalks are bent somewhat at the ground level. However, in some cases the bending has happened clearly higher, 10-50 cm (4-20 inches) above ground. It goes without saying that this is not created by stomping. It is hard to imagine how (and why) people could have created this effect. I have seen a circle where the crop was bent in the vertical middle-point of the stalks.
If more than 90% of the laid-down stalk-heads are bent in the same direction (for example to the left from the general lay direction, see picture), this can be seen as some kind of guarantee of genuinity. When stomping with a board or plain shoes, the stalk-heads should bent in different directions randomly. People would hardly bent thousands of stalk-heads individually by hand! In 2000 I visited two Crop Circles with stalk-heads very systematically bent to the left.