A succession of periodicals have covered the crop circle phenomenon since it captured the public imagination during the 1980s. Some were specialist whilst others carried more of a ufological or general paranormal themed slant. Thanks to Archives for the Unexplained, Isaac Koi, Darren Francis, Barry Reynolds and Andy Thomas, The Croppie has begun assembling a collection of these publications.

We believe this archive is an important overview of crop circle history, presenting contemporary views of the phenomenon across its history. It is one of the few ways in which people new to the subject can obtain an understanding of the circles and the people who have put so much effort, love and dedication into their coverage. 

The sometimes wacky ‘journal of Contact International’ possessed strong links with the Oxford Centre for Crop Circle Studies, so whilst primarily a UFO newsletter Awareness contains some interesting reading.

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: 9 : Vol 18 Issue 3
: 10 : Vol 18 Issue 4
: 11 : Vol 19 Issue 1
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: 15 : Vol 20 Issue 1
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: 17 : Vol 20 Issue 4
: 18 : Vol 21 Issue 2
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: 30 : Vol 25 Issue 2
: 31 : Vol 25 Issue 3
: 32 : Vol 26 Issue 1
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: 35 : Vol 27 Issue 1
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: 37 : Vol 27 Issue 3
: 38 : Vol 27 Issue 4
: 39 : Vol 28 Issue 1
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: 41 : Vol 28 Issue 3
: 42 : Vol 28 Issue 4
: 43 : Vol 29 Issue 1
: 44 : Vol 29 Issue 3
: 45 : Vol 29 Issue 4
: 46 : Vol 30 Issue 2
: 47 : Vol 30 Issue 3
: 48 : Vol 31 Issue 1
: 49 : Vol 31 Issue 2
: 50 : Vol 31 Issue 3
: 51 : Vol 31 Issue 4
: 52 : Vol 32 Issue 1

The British UFO Research Association’s profile has hugely dipped in the 21st century but during the 1980s and 1990s it produced some good material on crop circles thanks to the efforts of Paul Fuller and Jenny Randles. Both are important figures in the history of the phenomenon and Fuller established himself as a vocal sceptic willing to fight his corner.

Reports

: Mystery of the Circles : by Paul Fuller and Jenny Randles, 1985
: Controversy of the Circles : by Paul Fuller and Jenny Randles, 1989

BUFORA Bulletin

: 11 : Jun-Jul 1999

Journal of Transient Aerial Phenomena

: vol5 issue 2 : March 1988
: vol5 issue 3 : September 1988
: vol5 issue 4 : March 1989

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UFO Times

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: 7 : July 1990
: 10 : November 1990
: 11 : January 1991
: 13 : May 1991
: 14 : July 1991
: 15 : September 1991
: 16 : Winter 1991
: 17 : Spring 1992
: 18 : May-June 1992
: 19/20 : Summer 1992 (double issue)

The Cereologist was launched as the internal journal of the Centre for Crop Circle Studies and gained independence after just two issues. Editors included Earth Mysteries legend John Michel and conspiracy minded croppie George Wingfield. Although subject matter tended to drift in the final years of the magazine’s existence, it remains the finest example of a dedicated crop circle publication. It is sorely missed. Note the name differed between two alternative spellings of the title.

Be warned that some of the downloadable PDF files are large.

: 1 : Summer 1990
: 2 : Winter 1990
: 3 : Spring 1991
: 4 : Summer 1991
: 5 : Winter 1991
: 6 : Summer 1992
: 7 : Harvest 1992
: 8 : Winter 1993
: 9 : Summer 1993
: 10 : Autumn 1993
: 11 : Winter 1993
: 12 : Summer 1994
: 13 : Winter 1994
: 14 : Summer 1995
: 15 : Winter 1995
: 16 : Summer 1996
: 17 : Autumn 1996
: 18 : Spring 1997
: 19 : Summer 1997
: 20 : Autumn 1997
: 21 : Spring 1998
: 22 : Summer 1998
: 23 : Autumn 1998
: 24 : Spring 1999
: 25 : Summer 1999
: 26 : Autumn 1999
: 27 : Spring 2000
: 28 : Summer 2000
: 29 : Autumn 2000
: 30 : Spring 2001
: 31 : Summer 2001
: 32 : Autumn 2001
: 33 : Spring 2002
: 34 : Summer 2002
: 35 : Winter 2002
: 36 : Spring 2003
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The in-house journal of the Centre for Crop Circle Studies. These files are rather large.

: vol 1.1 : August 1990
: vol 1.2 : October 1990
: vol 1.3 : December 1990
: vol 2.1 : March 1991
: vol 2.2 : June 1991
: vol 2.3 : September 1991
: vol 2.4 : January 1992
: vol 3.1 : April 1992
: vol 3.2 : July 1992
: vol 3.3 : October 1992
: vol 3.4 : March 1993
: vol 4.1 : June 1993
: vol 4.2 : September 1993
: vol 4.3 : December 1993
: vol 4.4 : March 1994
: vol 5.1 : Summer 1994
: vol 5.2 : Autumn 1994
: vol 5.3 : Winter 1994
: vol 5.4 : Spring 1995
: 21 : Summer 1995
: 22 : Autumn 1995
: 23 : Winter 1995
: 24 : Spring 1996
: 25 : Summer 1996
: 26 : Autumn 1996
: 27 : Winter 1996
: 28 : Spring 1997
: 29 : Summer 1997
: 30 : Autumn 1997
: 32 : September 1998
: 33 : December 1998
: 35 : June 1999
: 36 : September 1999
: 37 : Spring 2000
: 50 : Summer 2003
: 51 : Autumn 2003
: 52 : Spring 2004
: 53 : Summer 2004
: 54 : Autumn 2004
: 55 : Winter/Spring 2005

Enigma

Magazine of the Independent Research Centre for Unexplained Phenomena run by cerealogist the late Paul Vigay. Crop circles tend to feature heavily in many of the issues alongside other Fortean and anomalous phenomena.

: 1 : Summer 1993
: 2 : Autumn/Winter 1993
: 4 : Autumn 1994
: 6 : Late Spring 1995
: 7 : 1995
: 8 : 1996
: 12 : 1997
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: 14 : 1997
: 15 : 1998
: 16 : 1998
: 17 : 1999
: 18 : 1999
: 19 : 1999(?)
: 21 : 2000
: 22 : Autumn 2000

Home produced ‘journal of strange phenomena investigations’ covering everything weird and wonderful. Edited by the massively prolific Malcolm Robinson of Strange Phenomena Investigations with a heavy Scots bias.

: 18 : November-December 1989
: 21 : August-September 1990
: 22 : November-December 1990
: 24 : May-June 1991
: 27 : February-March 1992
: 28 : May-June 1992
: 29 : August-September 1992

Gordon Creighton’s popular but outlandish UFO journal proved central to the early days of cerealogy, bringing coverage of the phenomenon to the flying saucer community. Contributors included Pat Delgado, Busty Taylor, George Wingfield and Colin Andrews, all of whom toyed with paranormal explanations for the circles.

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Professor Terence Meaden’s Journal of Meteorology was a truly wonderful publication, covering extreme weather in all of its forms and the oddities that sometimes accompany it. It’s the crop circle stuff we’re interested in here though, and J. Met gave us some fascinating insights into Meaden’s thinking at the time. It is essential reading for anyone fascinated by the golden age of cerealogy. Only issues relevant to the crop circle phenomenon are featured here.

: 57 : March 1981
: 59 : May/June 1981
: 66 : February 1982
: 75 : January 1983
: 81 : September 1983
: 89 : May/June 1984
: 97 : March 1985
: 100 : July/August 1985
: 109 : May/June 1986
: 116 : February 1987
: 118 : April 1987
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: 144 : December 1989
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: 147 : March 1990
: 148 : April 1990
: 149 : May/June 1990
: 150 : July/August 1990
: 151 : September 1990
: 152 : October 1990
: 153 : November 1990
: 154 : December 1990
: 156 : February 1991
: 157 : March 1991
: 158 : April 1991
: 159 : May/June 1991
: 164 : December 1991

Legendary, wonderfully opinionated publication covering all kinds of weirdness … a bit like Fortean Times with attitude. Issues relevant to the crop circle phenomenon are featured here.

: 31 : November 1988
: 37 : October 1990
: 38 : January 1991
: 39 : April 1991
: 41 : November 1991
: 42 : March 1992
: 44 : October 1992

A short lived quarterly from the mid-90s that included some pieces on crop circles and associated phenomena. We recommend issue 5 for the curious article discussing a possible cattle mutilation said to have occurred during 1990’s Operation Blackbird cropwatch. 

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As well as being a leading British ufologist, Jenny Randles was a cerealogist in her own right, working with colleague Paul Fuller on at least three books on the crop circle phenomenon. Northern UFO News was Randles’ home produced newsletter focusing on the hot issues within domestic ufology. Issues with circles related material are reproduced here.

: 103 : July-August 1983
: 108 : July-August 1984
: 109 : September-October 1984
: 111 : January-February 1985
: 112 : March-April 1985
: 114 : July-August 1985
: 120 : July-August 1986
: 121 : September-October 1986
: 132 : July-August 1988
: 133 : September-October 1988
: 137 : June 1989
: 138 : August 1989
: 141 : February 1990
: 142 : April 1990
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: 144 : August 1990
: 145 : October 1990
: 146 : December 1990
: 147 : February 1991
: 148 : April 1991
: 149 : Summer 1991
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: 152 : December 1991
: 153 : Winter 1992
: 154 : April 1992
: 155 : June 1992
: 156 : August 1992
: 157 : October 1992
: 158 : December 1992
: 159 : Spring 1993
: 160 : April 1993
: 161 : June 1993
: 162 : September 1993
: 163 : Winter 1993
: 164 : New Year 1994
: 165 : Spring 1994
: 166 : Summer 1994
: 167 : September 1994
: 168 : Christmas 1994
: 169 : Winter 1995
: 170 : May 1995
: 172 : Christmas 1995
: 173 : March 1996
: 175 : Autumn 1996
: 178 : Winter 1998
: 181 : New Year 1999
: 184 : Summer 2000
: 185 : Winter 2000

Produced by the late Omar Fowler, OVNI was the understated but surprisingly engaging journal of East Midlands based Phenomenon Research Association. Only issues relevant to the circles phenomenon are included. Also featured is the unfortunately named report ‘Crop Circles: The Final Solution’, notable for featuring a quasi-meteorological explanation for the circles as late as 2005! Didn’t that nonsense disappear in 1991?

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Reports

: Crop Circles – The Final Solution : Published 1991, revised 2005. Held offsite.
: Crop Circles – The Final Solution : 1993 version

The journal of Bristol UFO group NUFOR (SOUTHWEST) which investigated crop circles found at Westbury, Wiltshire during 1980. Coverage was subsequently given to the whirlwind theories of Terence Meaden before the group moved towards supporting the human-made-circles hypothesis. Issues featured are those which include crop circle related content.

: vol 1, issue 2 : August 1980
: vol 1, issue 3 : December 1980
: vol 2, issue 3 : December 1981
: vol 2, issue 4 : March 1982
: vol 3, issue 2 : October 1982
: vol 3, issue 4 : April 1983
: vol 4, issue 2 : October 1983

A publication exploring everything pseudoscientific from a skeptical viewpoint. Includes some coverage of the crop circle phenomenon, with those issues being featured below. 

: vol iv, issue 5 : September/October 1990
: vol v, issue 5 : September/October 1991
: vol v, issue 6 : November/December 1991
: vol vi, issue 5 : September/October 1992
: vol vi, issue 6 : November/December 1992
: vol vii, issue 2 : March/April 1993
: vol vii, issue 4 : July/August 1993
: vol viii, issue 1 : 1994
: vol viii, issue 2 : 1994

Sussex Circular (SC)

Edited by Andy Thomas, SC was a monthly newsletter exploring the circles and their associated politics from both a local and national perspective. 

: 1 : January 1992
: 2 : February 1992
: 3 : March 1992
: 4 : April 1992
: 5 : May 1992
: 6 : June 1992
: 7 : July 1992
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: 11 : November 1992
: 12 : December 1992
: 13 : January 1993
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: 16 : April 1993
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: 24 : December 1993
: 25 : January 1994
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: 28 : April 1994
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: 30 : June 1994
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: 32 : August 1994
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: 36 : December 1994
: 37 : January 1995
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: 40 : April 1995
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: 43 : July 1995
: 44 : August 1995
: 45 : September/October 1995
: 46 : November 1995
: 47 : December 1995
: 48 : January 1996
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: 50 : March 1996
: 51 : April 1996
: 52 : May 1996
: 53 : June 1996
: 54 : July 1996
: 55 : August 1996
: 56 : September 1996
: 57 : October 1996
: 58 : November 1996
: 59 : December 1996
: 60 : January 1997
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: 62 : March 1997
: 63 : April 1997
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: 69 : October 1997
: 70 : November 1997
: 71 : December 1997
: 72 : January 1998
: 73 : February 1998
: 74 : March 1998
: 75 : April 1998
: 76/77: May/June 1998
: 78 : July 1998
: 79 : August 1998
: 80 : September/October 1998
: 81 : November/December 1998
: 82 : January/February 1998
: 83 : March/April 1999
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: 777 — The Inconvenient Truth : by Andy Buckley, Self Published, 2008

: Anonymous, Anti-Capitalist and Awe-Inspiring: Were Crop Circles Actually Great Art? : by Benjamin Myers, The Guardian, 5 May 2022

: A Boardgame From An Alien 1 : 2 : by Peter Laws, Fortean Times, No.413, December 2021

: Circles in the Corn : by Terence Meaden, from New Scientist, 23 June 1990

: Confessions of a Crop Circle Spy : by Jim Schnabel from MUFON UFO Journal, November 1992

: Corn Circle Fakes : by Edward Harris from Cosmology Newslink, Spring 1991

: Crop Circles — Do They Have a Future and Did They Have a Past? : by Paul Fuller and Jenny Randles, New Ufologist issue 1, 1994.

: Crop Circle Phenomena — The Truth : by Armen Victorian, UFO Magazine, March/April 1992

: Crop Circles of 2023 — The Sun Comes Out : by Andy Thomas, Nexus, October/November 2023

: H-Glaze Report : by John Burke by BLT Research, 1994

: Invasion of the Barley Snatchers : The Guardian, 24 September 2022

: Men Who Conned The World : TODAY, 9, 10 and 11 September 1991

: Necrolog: Doug Bower : by Rob Irving, Fortean Times, 371, October 2018

: UFOs, Crop Circles and Sensitive Military Establishments — A Connection? : by Graham W. Birdsall, UFO Magazine, May/June 1992