Debunking the Bower & Chorley Story why Crop Circles aren't all Hoaxes

In 1991, two British men shocked the world when they confessed to hoaxing all the famous crop circles found in England in recent years. However, a detailed examination of their claims shows that these men could not possibly have started the crop circle phenomenon, and probably had nothing to do with the famous circles in Wiltshire, England, or anywhere else.Show more

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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 www.menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com.

Also thank you to Van Hunt for contributing important research: VanHunt.com

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Sources:

Terry Wilson. Men Who Conned the World. Accessed Dec 12, 2018: https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com.

Pat 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.html.

Crop Circles: The Human Experience. Interview with Colin Andrews, by Diane M. Cooper: http://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.html.

Interview with Doug Bower and George Wingfield by DJ Nicky Campbell on Into the Night, BBC Radio 1, Sept 10, 1991: https://youtube.com/watch?v=47IF1DPiiTY.

Debate 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.html.

Clas Svahn interview with Doug Bower August 1992. Full transcript: https://menwhoconnedtheworld.weebly.com/clas-svahn
interview.html.

John Rand Capron, letter to the editor, Nature 22 (May - October, 1880): 290 - 291.

Video Sources:

Story on Bower and Chorley's claims on Coast to Coast, a TVS news program, September 9, 1991: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETprYIAqQ5E.

Two report on Bower and Chorley on ITN News at 5:40, September 9, 1991: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C8cE9d20luo and:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=THOLMA0zggI.

Report on Bower and Chorley on South Today, a BBC news program, September 9, 1991: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qzvuqs9Bf7Q.

Bower and Chorley's appearance on Dutch TV channel RTL4, September 1991: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IpVks_FMcLo.

Footage of Ken Brown and Doug Bower's presentation on Crop Circles at Nafferton Hall, Marlborough, July 1993. Filmed by John
Macnish. Available at: https://youtube.com/watch?v=AsuIPIaOk_E.

Doug Bower's appearance on ITV's Schofield's Quest, 1994: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XkGbnUXfh4U.

Doug Bower's appearance on BBC's Countryfile, 1998: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6nr0W4r6mdw.

Doug Bower's appearance on a special edition of BBC's Countryfile, January 3, 1999: https://youtube.com/watch?v=VShMwpqTzaY.

Interview with Doug Bower in 2001 for CircleSpeak, a documentary released in 2005: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jq3MjnCr30k.

Interview with Doug Bower in Circlemakers, a documentary by Matthew Williams released in 2005: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nfKArCWpKWE.