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Vital Signs: A Complete Guide to the Crop Circle Mystery and Why It is Not a Hoax Paperback – December 16, 2002

by Andy Thomas (Author), Mike Leigh (Foreword)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
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Crop circles, those beautiful and complex patterns that are visible from the air in fields around the world, have long fascinated the public, media, and scientific community. Vital Signs is a comprehensive guide for newcomers to these puzzling patterns and an essential history for those who are already intrigued. Illustrated with hundreds of full-color and black-and-white photos, this chronological and photographic history is an accessible discussion of the various crop circle theories, physical and statistical evidence, and the surprising effects these formations have had on observers and researchers.
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  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Frog Books
  4. Publication date
    December 16, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    8.3 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1583940693
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1583940693
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  • Steve G. Johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Crop circles
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2010
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    Great book about the year by year history of crop circles as well as a sumation of all the different theories behind crop circles. Also discusses guidelines for judgeing real circles as opposed to hoaxed circles.
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  • Darrell K.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well done
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2013
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    This is a wonderful book, beautiful photos, well done. This is easily the best book that I've seen on the subject.
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  • marge21774
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014
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    Fascinating subject. Beautiful photos. Interesting comments.
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  • David
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Happy Customer!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2024
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    The book arrived to South Korea in due time and in fine condition. Thank you! :)
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  • Michael Miley
    5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive history of the crop circles
    Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2003
    When Andy Thomas' Vital Signs first came out in its UK edition in 1998, it was quickly seen as one of the best historical surveys of the post-1978 crop circle phenomenon. As a longtime editor of the journal of the Southern Circular Research group (now known as Swirled News at [...] as well as a top-notch researcher himself, Thomas had been looking long and hard at the crop formations, from every angle, both inside and outside the glyphs. With great persistence, a feisty spirit, and often hilarious drama at such venues as the annual Glastonbury Symposium and the International UFO Congress, Thomas remains one of the fiercest defenders of the true crop circles, and a defender as well of the hard research that's been done on the phenomenon over the years. I'm happy to see that Vital Signs has come out in an updated version in the US, incorporating the glyphs from the intervening years, including the 2001 season. Readers unfamiliar with the first edition will want to buy this version, one of the best overviews of the phenomenon.
    Vital Signs begins with a painstaking presentation of the ground-level data, including the unusual layering and swirls of the downed crop, while providing important details of the scientific work that's been done analyzing the effects on the stalks and soil, establishing the reality of the phenomenon beyond all the hoaxing. It then goes elaborately into what's seen from up above: the pictorial shapes and beautiful geometries, uncovering the mathematics encoded in the shapes. Along the way, we also learn of the strange balls of light (BOLs) seen hovering over the fields and of the effects of crop circle energies on electronic equipment and the biological systems of humans and animals. We're treated too to eyewitness accounts of crop circles forming, including the important recent case in Amsterdam when Nancy Talbott-a key scientific researcher and member of the BLT Research Team-along with Robbert van der Broeke, saw three powerful tubes of light descend into a bean field outside the van der Broeke home, only to discover a few minutes later that a structured crop circle had appeared in the field. It's stories like these that lead one to believe that crop circles are a key part of the worldwide UFO phenomenon.
    One of the great strengths of Vital Signs is the year-by-year chronology it provides, as well as the beautiful photographic gallery that accompanies the text, including a central color section. It's a chronicle that not only describes the fascinating evolution of the crop formations over the years, but also the rabid atmosphere of controversy that has grown up around them: are they manmade, anomalous, or a mixture of both? How can you tell the real from the hoaxed and what's the percentage of each? Are the simple ones the true phenomenon, or are some of the more complex formations real as well? As Thomas juggles the assertions and denials on both sides of the fence-as well as the natural, supernatural, and ufological theories as to how they're made-what finally emerges is that, if any of them are not manmade (and much evidence supports the idea that many, perhaps most of them are not), then we have a genuine mystery that's growing in scope around the world. However, it's only ongoing, careful research that has the power to cut through the fog of disinformation. Vital Signs is a great introduction for those confronting the crop circles for the very first time, as well as a primary resource for long-time researchers still dazzled by the mysterious signs in the fields.
    -Michael Miley is a contributing editor to UFO Magazine (US).
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  • Stephen J. Triesch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the best introduction to the topic of crop circles.
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017
    Although this book is now 15 years old, it is still arguably the best introduction to the subject of crop circles. The intervening years have not seen the introduction of any new themes that were not present when this book was first written, so it remains current in all essential respects.

    Thomas - although a believer in the non-human origin of many of the circles - does a good job of addressing the issues raised by the hoaxers and skeptics. He avoids the pretentious, messianic tone of some of the "true believers."

    The book has many illustrations, including many in color, but these are in a relatively small format; those people who are interested in large, dramatic photos - or photos of post-2001 circles - should look elsewhere. What "Vital Signs" gives you is a balanced - yet affirmative - introduction to one of the great mysteries of our time.

    The crop circle community comprises a variety of opinionated individualists, with much squabbling and in-fighting, yet Thomas is one of the few who rises above that. Thomas is not a milquetoast, and is willing to defend his own point of view, but does so with a grace and humor that many others cannot maintain.
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  • sue stevens
    3.0 out of 5 stars SACRED GEOMETRY
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2012
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    WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO TELL US THIS WILL STRECH YOUR MIND METAPHYSHICS AT ITS BEST SO MUCH MORE TO OUR WORLD THAN WHAT WE ARE TAUGHT KEEP SEARCHING
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  • Mart
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018
    Great book
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  • JGB
    5.0 out of 5 stars He’s a believer
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 9, 2023
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    This book is absolutely superb.
    The author believes these to be genuine unexplainable phenomena.
    The Doug and Dave nonsense years ago which supposedly solved the mystery was so obviously a government setup that nobody with an ounce of common sense could believe it.
    But it did the job because most people seem to have an inability to think critically.
    This book asks sensible and serious questions about what exactly is going on.
    If you don’t believe what you are being told about crop circles this is definitely the book for you.
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  • Mr Kieron O Hutchings
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the skeptic, good for the avid enthusiast.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2017
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    Really great stand point. Written by an enthusiast with a wealth of knowledge and mind boggling personal experience, with an open thinking mind.
    However humble, not pushy with his view and ends the book on a very neutral, thought provoking, mysterious note. As is the mystery and phenomenon its self.

    Good for the skeptic, good for the avid enthusiast.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars easy to read with great photos
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2014
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    Written in non-technical terms, easy to read with great photos. Although published in 1998 I found the various theories about how the crop circles are formed fascinating. I will now look for a more up-to-date book on the same subject by Andy Thomas.
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  • Andy Pandy 65
    5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling read. Makes you think!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2019
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    Some great photos. A very interesting insight to the power of crop circles.
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  • Mike
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2017
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    A very interesting book and I recommend this book to anyone wishing to find out more.
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