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Crop Circles: Quest for Truth

There has been intense debate over the origins of Crop Circles. Some believe they are communications from extra-terrestrials, pointing to the many sightings and videos of aerial phenomena seen in connection with formations. Others feel the appearance of lights associated with Crop Circles may be generated by unknown natural energies which produce complex ground patterns. Experiments with the power of the mind have suggested it is possible to influence the creation of certain shapes, leading some to believe psychic forces are involved. Beyond this, most other popular explanations for Crop Circles have revolved around human action, either involving satellite technology or the simple actions of pranksters and landscape artists.

Crop Circles: Quest for Truth is a ground-breaking documentary from William Gazecki (Oscar-nominated Director of Waco: The Rules of Engagement) which explores this phenomenon and the possible explanations, visits the sites and speaks to the experts as well as those directly affected by their mysterious appearences.

In demonstrations, human teams have struggled, without success, to reproduce designs as geometrically complex as those seen in fields. Certain formations have appeared within one night; the short amounts of time, the geometric calculations, and the methods of bending and weaving the plants are apparently beyond human capabilities. Work by laboratories on circle-affected crops has shown biological changes taking place at a cellular level, and speculation about the causes includes microwave energy, sound waves, and electromagnetic forces. Other physical tests have shown anomalies that aren’t replicated in man-made experiments.

These, together with the lights, eyewitness accounts, reports of malfunctioning electronic equipment, and positive health effects on people visiting circles, suggest that the phenomenon involves unexplained forces.

Whether crop formations are navigational points, encoded ancient or future technologies, warnings or simply messages of greeting, their stunning beauty and mysterious manifestation continues to spark worldwide controversy.

Future By Design

Future By Design tells the fascinating story of Jacque Fresco, the self taught Scientist, Engineer, Artist, Sociologist and Futurologist. After meeting Einstein as a boy, and coming of age during the depression Fresco immersed himself in learning, from the conflicting ideologies of the time to science and technology. He designed aircraft during the war and afterwards travelled the world before finding himself living with a tribe in Tahiti. It was here that he began to question his values and the organisation of the world, a process that would set him on a path to becoming a prolific inventor, one of the world’s most influential thinkers and the inspiration behind the Zeitgeist Movement.

From the Oscar nominated Director William Gazecki, Future By Design is a visually and intellectually engaging exploration of one man’s vision of a future where war is outdated, there is no shortage of any resource and our focus as a species is harmony and sustainability.

After giving up on the ‘patchwork’ solving of technological and social problems, Jacque decided to start again by re-designing society from the ground up on humanist terms. Far from presenting a vision of Utopia, Jacque demonstrates that with the intelligent management of the world’s resources, a bold combination of high-technology and nature, and a paradigm shift in our attitude to commerce, there could be a viable, sustainable and equitable alternative.

Jacque Fresco’s ideas are not born wholly of optimism or creativity but of the very same scientific rigour that he advocates as the solution to the problems we face. Now in his 90’s, his ideas are more popular than ever, and between world lecture tours he can be found at work in The Venus Project – a research centre built around his vision of the future.

An outspoken and immediately likable character, his radical and sometimes irreverent ideas are sure to draw praise, wonder and controversy.

Jacque Fresco was featured in the Zeitgeist Addendum documentary, and is currently on a World Lecture Tour.