Important update (5/08) -  The ICCRA has cracked the central crop circle code!  Links:

http://www.xsorbit3.com/users/cropcirclesthemessage/index.cgi?board=crop_circles&action=display&num=1211634847 (on my messageboard)

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?s=756ce187cd5a4b9b4d036c0a1a9ba624&t=26861 (on David Icke's forum)

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=126878&st=0 (on unexplained-mysteries.com )

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Check out the Masons' attempt to debunk me on www.masonicinfo.com by clicking here.     

Check out my response on my message board by clicking here.  -- Jim Prange 3/20/06

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This essay is intended for readers already familiar with the published findings of crop circle investigators, and/or theories about the ancient coalition of royal bloodlines which conspiracy researchers often call  "the Illuminati." The focus of the first half of this writing is on some discoveries that I (with help from several friends) recently made about the crop circles that appeared in Livingston County, Michigan in a field near the city of Howell in July 2003 and August 2006, in light of information about these two subjects. I will not elaborate on the theories about the Illuminati or crop circles beyond the most basic information required to understand my decoding of the Howell crop circles, as that would require a full-length book. Those unfamiliar with the subjects would be advised to read a book on both. On the subject of crop circles, the best book I have read is Secrets In The Fields by Freddy Silva. The best authors in whose works I’ve read what I believe is accurate information on the Illuminati would be David Icke (The David Icke Guide To The Global Conspiracy & How To End It), Jim Marrs (Rule By Secrecy), and William Cooper (author of Behold A Pale Horse, who followed up that groundbreaking book with a modified and more accurate "big picture" in his lesser-known 1997  MAJESTYTWELVE essay.)

The larger 2003 formation (Smaller circle not included in pictures)

The 2006 formation

I believe the information contained within this decoding of the Howell crop formations may provide one doorway to freedom, as it seems to explicitly illustrate that in the makers of most of the genuine crop formations we have allies whose level of intelligence and overall advancement is equally matched, if not superior, to the Illuminati's level of advancement—in other words, they may represent the human race’s strongest allies in the struggle to end the Illuminati bloodlines’ ancient and covert regime, and preventing their long-planned totalitarian global government, often called "the New World Order." By decoding genuine crop formations we will find powerful information, including information that will help  expose the Illuminati’s dark intentions for the human race.

Many people don’t want to hear about anything categorized as “conspiracy theory,” content to conform to the illogical, media-enforced norm of dismissing the possibility of anything with that tag being true. It’s easier, and socially acceptable, to ignore the possibility and laugh it off, without ever having to admit to oneself that the laughter is rooted in fear. However, knowing that the masses have an ally equally matched to the Illuminati’s intelligence would give many more people the courage to investigate this crucial information, which would result in many more people becoming “unplugged” from their brainwashing. The Howell crop circles' message might help accomplish this partly because it exposes a telltale imprint of the Illuminati (a classic display of hidden negative symbolism as frequently described by the above-mentioned authors on the Illuminati) and indicates that the circlemakers intended to expose it for our benefit. The appearance of the 2003 crop formation has also resulted in my discovery of a previously unknown archaeological site, as detailed in this essay. One of the most common themes in the crop circle phenomenon is their proximity to sites such as ancient mounds and stone circles- sites considered sacred by those who marked their location into the Earth. The 2003 Howell formation was unique among crop formations because it has actually resulted in the discovery of such a location. These are some of the reasons why this document must be distributed as widely as possible.

To start with, one thing must be made clear: the 2003 Howell formation was not a hoax. To this date, no (living) human being has been able to duplicate the elongated nodes, cellular-level changes, or other classic anomalies found in all of the most impressive patterns found worldwide; the Howell formation not only contained some of the classic anomalies, it also contained a couple new anomalies to the crop circle phenomenon itself- namely exaggerated expulsion fissures at the nodes, and the presence of smaller circles woven underneath the lay of the main circle. (Click here to read the field report by crop circle investigators Jeff Wilson, Todd Lemire, Dr. Charles Lietzau and Roger Sugden.)

(The 2006 Howell formation, if confirmed as genuine, will also be an anomaly, in that it will be the first crop formation in the U.S. to appear in the same field as a previous crop formation confirmed to be genuine. So far, news of the new circle has been posted on the website Earthfiles; a reproduction of the article can be viewed by clicking here. (After visiting this link, scroll down a couple pages and you'll see it.) In October 2006, Mike Esper noticed the new formation while harvesting his field, and then called up Jeff Wilson, director of the Independent Crop Circle Researchers Association, to report it. Jeff then gathered a team of ICCRA researchers to examine the formation, including Roger Sugden, Dr. Charles Lietzau, Ted Robertson, and myself. So far, it seems that the 2006 circle is probably genuine, as we found no evidence of hoaxing. However, the best test that can be done to determine the likelihood of its authenticity- growing seeds from inside and outside the circle- is still underway. The plants grown from these seeds may be ready to analyze by some time early this year, after which I will post links to the field report, which is also not yet ready to publish.)

The  Howell formations could not have been put there by an unexplained, unconscious force of nature either. The formations, as you will see in this essay, geometrically and artistically reference manmade features on the ground, as viewed from the air. To create such a visual reference requires a conscious intelligence.

Part 2 - The Illuminati vs. The Circle Makers

So why would a group of advanced beings choose crop circles as their preferred method of communication? My answer will come as no surprise to readers familiar with the theory of the Illuminati detailed in the books of David Icke, Jim Marrs, William Cooper and William Bramley, which is that a group of highly advanced non-humans (according to Icke, specifically a race of reptilian humanoids) has been dominating the Earth since at least the beginning of the current wave of civilization, via their hybrid reptilian-human "royal" bloodlines. My answer: because of this situation, crop formations are the only way any advanced beings trying to help us can tangibly communicate with the masses on a large scale.

Although many "conspiracy theories" have been published, the "theory" on the Illuminati explored by the authors mentioned in the first paragraph is by far the most prevalent, apparently through word of mouth as these books are rarely mentioned by mainstream media, despite their prominence in sales in the UFO/Conspiracy category at any bookstore that stocks them. In the next paragraph is a condensation of the theory explored by the above-mentioned authors (of which only Icke goes into detail about reptilians) as well as countless other lesser-known authors:

The dominating group of reptilians, working through an interconnected web of secret societies and bloodlines whose leaders are collectively known as the Illuminati (or the Brotherhood of the Snake), have expertly used classic Machiavellian techniques of leadership and long-term planning to keep their human cattle ignorant and at war with each other throughout the ages. (According to the theory, the reptilians created the homo sapiens species by fusing their genes with homo erectus, thus explaining both the "missing link" shrug in Evolutionism and the Creationism stories of major religions-- this would be the middle ground, the truth resting between the two intentionally polarized extreme viewpoints.) 

Knowing that covert domination (achieved through mind control) is far more effective than overt domination (achieved by force), and being few in number when compared to the human masses, their long-term plan over the centuries has been to form a high-tech, totalitarian global government through "baby steps." Factoring in the exponential increase in the availability of information and technology in the last 100 years, it is the Illuminati's hope that their New World Order is firmly in place before the human masses get too smart. 

To expand on the subject of the New World Order with my personal theories: 

I think that the Illuminati have paced the advancement level of civilization, including the advancement level of publicly-known technology, to develop at a specifically timed rate over the years, in order to sync up with the Earth changes predicted by the Mayans for 2012, so that they can exploit these changes to contribute to the ultimate "end-of-the-world" fear push (helped by their media) needed to scare the masses into submitting to the final stages of the New World Order. This pre-2012 fear push would be mostly induced by the Illuminati, not nature. Meaning, the primary source of fear would come from governments staging "natural" disasters and "terror" attacks, using their media to present their version of events, while the natural Earth changes occurring would be played up by the media to be something different and far more threatening than what they actually are. 9-11 and the Orwellian "War On Terror" would be current examples of the former, while the version of the "truth" behind global warming endorsed by Al Gore & Prince Charles could be an example of the latter. Some future events that I think may be planned by the Illuminati over the next five years to achieve their final New World Order push may include a staged "alien" invasion, and/or an artificial "triggering" of the slumbering Yellowstone supervolcano. (Some believe the "Bible Code" is evidence of "God's influence on the prophet-writers of the Bible" while I think that if the "Bible Code" is real, it's merely more evidence of long-term manipulation by the reptilian Illuminati, designed to get gullible human cattle to dance to their tune when the time arrives. The "Bible Code" apparently predicts a major Yellowstone eruption in 2010, as detailed on a "believer's" webpage found at: http://www.exodus2006.com/yellcode.htm )

I think that one of the methods the reptilians use to control the masses is to try to make make their fears our fears; for them, the ultimate fear, their "end of the world," would be the awakening of the human masses, or the "lifting of the veil." The word "Apocalypse" is directly derived from the Greek word apokalypsis, which means “lifting of the veil” or "revelation." Thus, they have tried to train the masses to fear, and act accordingly to,  the signs of an "Apocalypse." (Read more of my thoughts on the subject by clicking here.) For example, some people fear crop circles, viewing them as potential "signs of the Apocalypse."

On a related note, I think that the Mayans ended their calendar in 2012 not because it's destined to be an actual "Doomsday," but because they specialized in measuring certain natural patterns of the Earth well enough to expect the new calendar cycle begun at that date to be marked by change and renewal, a large enough change where the systems of time measurement within their knowledge used for their calendar would be made obsolete. I think that this shift in the Earth's natural patterns includes physical changes to the Earth that may, for example, be the real cause of global warming, as recently described by David Icke on the "Latest Headlines" page of his website:

"Global warming is being caused overwhelmingly by vibrational change, part of a long-predicted cycle, that is affecting the earth's energy field at an ever-quickening rate. We have seen nothing yet, as they say. The same vibrational change is affecting more and more people and waking them up from the amnesic state the system tries so hard to instill." - David Icke, 2/2/07

It is interesting how some TV shows handle the Mayan calendar issue; one show I saw on the History Channel, “Decoding the Past: Mayan Doomsday Prophecy”, featured interview clips of some experts on the Mayan calendar, which were then misrepresented by the narrator. For example, one of the experts said (and I'm paraphrasing until I locate the script online or record the show) "I don't think it's necessarily a doomsday date;" after that clip, the narrator started his next passage with (paraphrased), "So the Mayan's 2012 DOOMSDAY date..." To read one of these interviewed experts' complaints about how the show handled the subject, read the 2006 article "How Not To Make a 2012 Documentary" by John Major Jenkins.

I think that the reptilians have known about this upcoming vibrational change- and its accompanying effects on both the Earth and the evolution of the masses' consciousness- for thousands of years, and have long seen it as a "due-date" for their New World Order for that reason, and, as I stated earlier, have thus deliberately set the pace for the technological, intellectual and spiritual development of human civilization to be exactly where it's at- the pivotal stage of "adolescence" that human civilization is experiencing right now- in the years leading up to 2012.

It is unclear where the reptilians came from, but I lean towards the theory  that they evolved from a species of dinosaur that survived. The reptilians could be entirely Earthly in origin, though I suppose it's possible their species may have been genetically engineered or (at some point) enhanced by actual extraterrestrials. (I don't know much about genetics, but if the reptilians are at least partially descended from certain species of dinosaur, then it seems more plausible that they would be genetically compatible with other Earth creatures, as opposed to a species that evolved entirely on a  different planet.) Some theories on the reptilians' origin are explored in detail by cryptozoologist John Rhodes at his website: http://www.reptoids.com .

Since the Illuminati have always controlled most of the key leaders in governments, religions, corporations, and major media companies, any opposing groups of advanced beings who might try to reach the masses with information to help our situation would have to use alternative methods for their message to get out. For starters, they could never send an uncorrupted message through the mainstream media networks. 

My personal experiences and studies related to crop circles have led me to think that the most likely primary force behind the crop circle phenomenon is an organized coalition of 4th (or higher) dimensional beings, including or consisting of the spirits of our human ancestors, who are possibly assisted in the physical creation of crop formations by the nature-connected spirits that some call "devas." 

However, let's say there is a high-tech, highly evolved group of non-human beings who are concerned with the future of Earth (whether these beings are extraterrestrial or Earth based) and are opposed to the Illuminati agenda. If these beings were to, for example, bring some spaceships into plain sight over a large city in an attempt to make contact with the masses, the Illuminati-controlled governments and mass media currently still have the power to shape the much of the public's perception on what is happening, and know that much of the world would believe the official story. If the UFO appearance was significantly more blatant than the Illuminati's own frequent, intentional and tightly controlled UFO appearances, the official version of events presented by the Illuminati media would likely be that it was an “invasion.” I would think that the last thing any advanced beings on our side would want to do right now would be to force the Illuminati to play their "alien invasion" card.

I think that William Cooper's 1997 MAJESTYTWELVE essay is a brilliant summary of the likely truth of this matter: that the Illuminati have been conditioning the masses for a potential staged "alien" invasion. I think that this is something the Illuminati might try, if they think the masses will respond accordingly. Global populations have been subjected to this conditioning for quite a while, from the intentional frequent appearances of the Illuminati's UFOs, to the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast scare in 1938, to the "alien" abduction program (which also doubles as a means of obtaining ongoing genetic information from designated test subjects- multiple abductees- from key human bloodlines), to the consistent slant of TV coverage on the matter, to the bizarrely mutilated cattle sometimes found deposited near crop circles. This is part of why I do not think that contact with friendly extraterrestrials, should it happen, will take the form of "flying saucers on the White House lawn" with the world the way it is at this moment in time.

Based on these factors, my view is that crop formations are currently the best way for any anti-Illuminati, pro-human-rights, advanced entity to get unaltered messages through to millions of people. Examination into the phenomenon is an instant mind-opener, and the valuable messages in them are encoded in a wordless, universal language, transcending the language barrier. The messages encoded in the formations- including mathematical theorems and music- seem designed to help the masses develop intellectual and spiritual awareness. (If "a picture is worth a thousand words," then a picture of a real crop circle is worth at least 10,000 words!) When a real crop circle is properly documented and photographed, and then made known to the public, its message is preserved as hard data that cannot be erased or altered. With crop circles, there is no "middle-man"/gatekeeper required; they are a direct line between the masses and a higher force communicating messages using a tangible, physical medium.

I think that this is why the only sci-fi movies about crop circles allowed to be presented on TV, including the smash-hit atrocity Signs, portray the crop circle makers as “terrorist” extraterrestrials putting strange marks on the land to somehow help them coordinate an invasion. (Regarding Signs, that description pretty much sums up the full extent of the explanation for crop circles given in the whole movie, as little sense as it makes in light of the details of the real-life phenomenon that "inspired" the movie.) To the Illuminati, the crop circle makers are the ultimate “terrorists,” and their crop formations are "markers to help them coordinate an invasion," and that’s how they want crop formations to be viewed by anyone else on this planet who has learned that not all of the formations can be explained by human hoaxers or nature. (Fictional movies can be quite effective in programming the subconscious minds of their more impressionable viewers to make assumptions about the real-life counterparts to the movies' subject matter. National Treasure or The Da Vinci Code, anyone?)

I fully agree with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's review of Signs, which appeared in the form of a quote in Rolling Stone in November '02:

"I saw one movie that could have been the worst I've ever seen: Signs. It's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. It's just such a closed view of the world, like Night of the Living Dead crossed with a propaganda film for late Christianity. Its view of the outside world seems a lot like George W. Bush's. The aliens might as well have been wearing turbans. It was abysmal." 

The crop circle makers know that the key to humans overcoming the Illuminati's mind control is through opening minds and educating. In the case of the Howell circles, they were pointing out the Illuminati's obsession with symbolism with a specific example. For starters, the Howell circles have pointed out the presence of a giant, geometrically perfect Masonic compass-and-square symbol subtly encoded in the landscape around Mike Esper's field, found by drawing straight lines connecting certain prominent landscape features around the field with the smaller 2003 circle and  the 2006 circle.

If it sounds odd that the Masons (the highest degrees being the largest and most blatant branch of the Illuminati tree) would go through the trouble of such creative landscaping just to carve their symbol into the area, consider: 1) The Illuminati's notorious tendencies to display their symbols where they think it will increase their power, and 2) The fact that the 1/2 square mile of land in question is wedged exactly between American Concrete Products’ gravel aggregates operation (visible on Page 19) and Mason Road (named after the nearby town of Mason to which it leads- a town which was named after Michigan's first governor, Stevens T. Mason, who lived in the Livingston County area.) 33 is the Masons' most important number; for 2 examples, there are 33 degrees in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; the large Masonic Temple in Grand Rapids, Michigan is located at 233 Fulton Street.

Most significantly, I never would have examined that stretch of land and seen the Masons’ symbol had the crop circle not drawn my attention to it. It strongly confirms my view that genuine crop formations are humanity's only mass link to beings that can match wits with the Illuminati and show us the way to true freedom, in part by specifically pointing out the Illuminati's machinations. While other forms of contact may exist between the crop circle makers and individual humans (symbolic occurrences intended for an individual’s interpretation, psychic contact), this is probably the only reliable (and believable) way for them to consistently get through to millions of people.

Part 3 - The Howell Crop Formations Decoded

Here's how I found the Masons' symbol in the landscape; refer to the following satellite photos at this point.

A few days after getting back from the Howell formation in early August '03, I logged on to Terraserver to view Mike Esper's field and the surrounding area. ( Click here if you wish to log onto Terraserver directly to the photo of the area they currently have posted to see it and interact with it first-hand. ) The satellite photo posted at the time of my discovery was taken in April 1992. 

(Note- The above paragraph was edited today to reflect the following news: Today I clicked on the above link for the first time in a months, only to find that Terraserver has replaced the 1992 photo with a photo from 1998! Many of the features mentioned in the essay are still intact, but signiificantly, half of the trees forming the "S" disappeared during those 6 years between the photos. There is more on this new development later in the essay. -- Jim Prange, 2/24/05)

The first thing that caught my attention was an odd structure in the woods due North of where the crop designs appeared in Esper's field, just East of the concrete company. It appears to be the letter "M" with the bottom pointing at the concrete company and a line resting on the top of the letter to form a triangle within the letter. It is obviously manmade: 5 straight lines in a cluster, each line around 200 feet long. It is located roughly north of where the two crop circles appeared, and is due north of the Berry house. (For those of you who have read earlier versions of this essay, the last detail is one that I originally had distorted by accident, but have now corrected.)

The second thing that jumped out at me in the satellite photos of the field was a large circular pattern of discoloration (possibly indicating the buried foundation of a manmade structure) a few hundred yards southeast of where the crop circles appeared. It seemed to be a similar shape to the larger 2003 formation- a slightly elliptical, "squashed" circle.

A scan of the Terraserver satellite photo from 1992, as is

Since I have learned that most crop circles geometrically reference ground features both manmade and natural (surely an indication of intelligent design), my first instinct was to draw a straight line starting from the center of the large circular pattern of discoloration, through the centers of where I thought the crop circles had appeared and to the edge of the paper. 

Next, I noticed that the bottom of the triangle in the strange "M" formation was directly "pointing at" (in reverse) the large circular pattern of discoloration! Naturally, I extended downward the lines of the two sides of the triangle to highlight that the large circular pattern of discoloration was directly in the middle of the two lines created. The left line intersected with the first line I had drawn (the one going from the large circular pattern of discoloration through what I thought was the location of the crop circles.) To instinctually complete the geometry implied by these first three lines, I then created a mirror line of the line containing the crop circles using the tip of the triangle in the "M" as the center reference point, emanating from the large circular pattern of discoloration towards the northeast to symmetrically intersect the other (right-hand) line drawn down from the "M" formation. What emerged was the ancient square-and-compass symbol of the Freemasons.

However, I did not get the geometry of the square in the square-and-compass symbol correct until the 2006 circle was reported, which drew my attention back to the measurements of the field as I set about adding the new circle to my diagram. Here is the updated diagram:

1 = The current location of the Berrys' house

(The current edge of the field is drawn into the photo between points #1 and #2)

2 = The location of the smaller 2003 formation

3 = the location of the 2006 formation

4 = the location of the larger 2003 formation

5 = highlighted feature in the field that seems to share the same size and shape of the larger 2003 formation, visible in the 1998 Terraserver photo.

The following is one of Roger Sugden's airplane photos of the 2006 formation, where Jeff Wilson highlighted some ground features that may be archaeological features, including the large circular pattern of discoloration, which are highlighted in yellow:

My hunch is that this archaeological feature is the remains of an ancient circular Indian earthwork.

The following is one of Roger Sugden's airplane photos of the 2006 formation, where Jeff Wilson drew in the locations of the 2003 circles onto the photo in black:

As I measured various satellite and airplane photos of the field to place the 2006 circle on my diagram (with help from the above diagram), I noticed an error that I had made in my original diagrams: it turns out that the west edge of the field had moved further east some time between 1992 and 1998, due to the construction of the Berry family's current house and lawn on the west end of the field at some point during that time period. I had used the west edge of the field in the 1992 Terraserver photo as a reference point, thinking it was the current edge of the field, and so I had drawn in the circles too far to the west.

However, when I corrected the measurements of the 2003 circles and added the 2006 circle to the diagram, the true geometry of the Masonic landscaping in the field was revealed. If a straight line is drawn between the smaller 2003 circle and the 2006 circle, the line runs through both the corner of the Berrys' house and the center of the circular pattern of discolored plants near Mason Road - a pattern which is very likely an archaeological feature. If an axis-line is drawn from the north point of the triangle inside the "M" symbol in the forest through the center of the circular pattern of discolored plants, it ends up creating a perfect 45 degree angle with the first line. If a mirror-line of the line created by the crop circles is drawn from the center of the circular pattern of discolored plants, with the axis-line as the center reference, the new line ends up matching with a conspicuous dark line of trees in the forest. Thus, the real Masons' symbol in the landscape not only contains a perfect 90 degree angle in the "square" part of the square-and-compass, it also contains what seems to be a visible landscaped marker in the forest, bringing the total of visible likely manmade features for the lines in the symbol up from 2 to 3, since I made the correction.

After I corrected the error involving the moving west edge of the field, it turns out that the larger of the 2003 circles was not part of the square-and-compass geometry. Instead, it seems to me it was likely meant to duplicate both the size and the shape of another conspicuous feature in the field, while creating a straight line between that feature and the Berrys' house. The newly noticed feature i speak of is a patch of sunken, wet ground in the field on the north rim of the large (possibly archaeological) circle of discolored plants near Mason Road. The 1998 Terraserver photo reveals a startling similarity between this shape and the larger 2003 formation, with only an extra dark patch of plants on the NW side of the feature preventing them from being better matches.

Here is my drawing of the larger 2003 formation, compared to a zoom-in on the feature to which I refer:

Here is part of the 1998 Terraserver photo, for the context of its location:

I suspect that this patch of wet, sunken ground may be Howell's original wellhead, while the large circular pattern may be the outline of an ancient circular Indian earthwork, or possibly the outline of an underground reservoir attached to the wellhead and also connected underground to the small lake right on the other side of Mason Road.

When I first found the Masons' symbol in the landscape in 2003, I looked for the "G" that's usually in the center of the Mason symbol, but it wasn't there. Instead, slithering through the center appears to be a dark snake formed by the darker-colored trees in the forest. The midsection of the snake forms an "S" in the center of the Mason symbol. So, why would there be a snake forming an "S" in the center of the symbol instead of a "G;"  what could it symbolize? Here's six possible interpretations, some or all of which might be what the various designers intended:

1) The “G” in the Masons' symbol actually stands for Genetics, despite what the lower degrees are told (God, Geometry?). Masons who have more royal (reptilian) DNA in their blood are the ones who climb faster and higher within that organization. The "divine right" of kings to rule based on bloodline has been a theme throughout human history. Among the reptilian-homo erectus lab experiment that are called homo sapiens, those with more of the reptilian DNA are more likely to climb higher in any Illuminati organization, as they are easier influenced, or possessed, by reptilian consciousness. Those with the highest percentages of reptilian DNA are able to shape-shift between human and reptilian form. By changing the "G" to an "S" formed by the midsection of a snake, the hidden Masonic symbol in the landscape is brought closer to its real meaning. (Note that the snake also resembles a section of DNA when coupled with the summer solstice sigil discussed later in this essay; this may or may not mean anything.)

2) The curved front part of the snake appears oddly similar to the overhead appearance of nearby Exit 133 on I-96, which is one of the strangest-shaped freeway exits I've ever used; I've never before used a freeway exit with that kind of layout, although there are probably a few others in existence. (Was that exit designed by a high-level Mason to visually reference the nearby sacred site?) Meanwhile, the snake's head is pointing directly at the concrete company.

3) Reversing or distorting a symbol, to some followers of the occult such as the upper-level Masons, symbolizes its corruption into the opposite side. For example, to "Satanists," a cross turned upside down symbolizes Satanism. 

A traditional symbol for good health used by the American Medical Association is the snake winding its way up a pole. The snake on the landscape, however, is winding downwards. Does this also symbolize to the landscape designer(s) that this area is where specially chosen chemicals seep into the water supply? 

The larger crop circle did contain five swirls inside the main swirl, strongly resembling draining water. Is this what the circlemakers are warning us about in this case? (Since the snake also resembles a fragment of a DNA strand, when coupled with the semi-attached summer solstice sigil (see below for more on the summer sigil-- I discovered on 7/12/04 that it the sigil also symbolizes the Serpent), could this also symbolize the kind of poisoning that can alter a person's DNA?)

4) If you follow the dark line that resembles the snake, (From the head, NW to the dark triangle in the forest, east to the eastern border of the forest, then south through the forest, ending about 70 yards into the field) the overall appearance easily evokes a snake urinating into the field, where two of Howell's major drinking water wells are located. 

Now, let's stretch the imagination even further for a moment and picture a scenario (detailed later in the essay) where Howell, because of its proximity to the meeting of three major water tables and its proximity to the water-related sacred site, has long been designated by the reptilian Illuminati as the site of a long-term experiment involving drugs added into either the local drinking water supply, the rest of the area's water table (which runs off into Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie), or both.

If the symbolism-obsessed, reptilian Illuminati have chosen, or even planned the city of Howell (H2O-WELL) as the site of such a long-term, drug-based mind control experiment, they would be hard-pressed to find a more effective symbol to display this situation than a snake urinating into the field containing two of Howell's "backup" wells, which is also only about 1/3 mile away from the Red Cedar River.

Mind-dulling drugs intentionally added to a city's water supply would directly result in a more ignorant local population, and tiny Howell (pop. 9232) happens to be home-base to one of Michigan’s largest factions, possibly the state's largest faction, of the Ku Klux Klan. Is there a connection? 

One anonymous black resident of Livingston County created a website where he sounded off his opinions on many issues; in particular, he expressed his frustration about  the history of racism and the KKK in his county, and its continuing influence on the county's residents. Click here to visit the archived snapshot of the Livingston County page of his website, "Black Circle," which went offline in February 2006.

The long-standing presence of the KKK in Livingston County was recently brought into the national spotlight when a Howell man named Gary Gray held an auction of KKK memorabilia in Howell in January ’05. Here's an article about the event:

"KKK Robes, Books Sell at Michigan Auction" - AP, 1/29/05, posted on http://www.freerepublic.com

 

Due to the controversy raised by this event, he was pressured by locals to choose a different location for his second planned auction:

 

“Gray had booked the (second) auction in two other locations before coming back to Livingston County. The first location in Flint canceled Gray's reservation when local media started to ask questions. The second place, Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw Township, canceled Gray's reservation earlier this week.” -  from the “KKK Auction Moves to Mason” article, 4-8-05.

 

The final location Gray attempted to secure for the second auction, Mason, MI, was the hometown of black civil rights leader Malcolm X. The auction was canceled after a large number of KKK recruitment flyers were distributed in Mason in the week preceding the planned event, as had happened in Saginaw.

 

Here are links to a few articles from early April detailing the story:

“KKK Auction Moves to Mason” – The Detroit News, 4-8-05

"Auction Canceled After KKK Fliers Found" - Fox News, 4-9-05

“Gallery Tables Auction” – The Detroit News, 4-12-05

 

By April 15, after his planned auction in Mason was canceled, Gray decided to sell his remaining items privately:

“Auction of KKK items permanently canceled” – The Detroit Free Press, 4-15-05

 

Now, considering the long history of the KKK's presence in Livingston County, and considering the Masonic symbolism uncovered by the Howell crop circle, there is one important connection that must be mentioned at this point: the connection between the KKK and Freemasonry. It is a fact that the KKK was created by Albert Pike, the most powerful Mason in the world for the last quarter of the 19th century, who used Freemasonry as the model for the rituals and structure of the KKK. After creating the KKK, Pike held the office of Chief Justice of the KKK while he was simultaneously Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite of Masonry, in the Southern Jurisdiction.

 

While modern day Masonic writers publicly deny an ongoing connection between their organization and the KKK, and even try to severely downplay the importance of Albert Pike to Freemasonry, many of the best conspiracy writers, including David Icke, Jim Marrs, William Cooper and William Bramley, believe the two organizations remain connected at the top of their respective hierarchies. The fact that Pike is one of only a few men to have the "honor" of being buried right in the walls of the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree headquarters in Washington, D.C., seems to negate modern-day Masons' assertions that Albert Pike is not very significant to their organization.

 

Here are links to two articles exploring this issue, posted on freemasonrywatch.org:

“The Ku Klux Klan’s Masonic Origins”

“Proof That Freemasonry Is Lying About Albert Pike and the Ku Klux Klan”

 

K is the 11th letter of the alphabet; K = 11. So:

K + K + K = 33.

 

The article at the following link further details the issue of the KKK's presence in Howell: http://www.highestwire.com/sections/feature/2005/08/01/2/

 

According to the article, "In The '60s until the '90s Howell was considered the KKK capital north of the Mason-Dixon line."

 

5) If a straight line is drawn between the NEE and SWW points of the Mason symbol, the top half of the symbol becomes the Illuminati’s pyramid-with-defined-capstone symbol, with the snake/"S" in the center of the pyramid. The “all-seeing eye” usually found in this symbol appears to be staring out from the “capstone,” although the resolution of the photo isn’t fine enough to confirm that possible detail.

6) If a straight line is drawn from the top of this pyramid, through the middle of the “S”, through the large circular pattern of discoloration and beyond, you can spell the word “MASON” with the features on this line. The “M” formation and the lines drawn from it are the “M” and “A,” the snake is the “S,” the circular watershed pattern is the “O” and the "N" is traceable in the field south of Mason Road exactly on this line, using said line for the middle line of the "N." 

This detail is present without any help from the crop circles. It is a detail that points to the idea that there was already Masonic symbolism encoded on that line before the crop formation appeared. In other words, this points more to the idea that the crop circles were highlighting Masonic symbolism that was already there in the landscape, including the square-and-compass, rather than towards the idea that the crop circles independently created the square-and-compass feature using the older landscaped symbols in the ground and the circular pattern of discoloration as a reference. The presence of 1 definite and 2 probable manmade markers already visible in the field supports the first scenario.

Pagan/Druid sigil for winter solstice (left); Sigil for summer solstice (right)

Since the original version of this essay was distributed in 2003, a new discovery about the possible origin of the “M” has come to light that indicates strongly that the Masonic symbolism around the field is merely their (relatively) modern-day addition to a much older ground feature- their “claim” to a site that may have been recognized as sacred by the Native Americans long before the Freemasons came to Michigan.

In February ‘04, I met with a good friend, who I will refer to as “Bill,” who is well-versed in the symbols of ancient cultures, and who I hadn’t seen since I visited the crop circle in August ’03. When I showed him the satellite photos, he spent a moment trying to remember where he had seen the “M” symbol before, said “when you think Masons, think Egyptian,” and then proceeded to pull out a book of pagan symbols and located the “M” symbol, a sigil with origins in ancient Egypt that was later adopted by the Druids, among other pagan groups, to mark the winter solstice for rituals at places they considered sacred sites.

“Bill” then said that if the “M” is indeed a Egyptian-style marking of the winter solstice at a sacred site, which it appeared to be, then the corresponding sigil used for the summer solstice should be visible nearby. He then proceeded to locate the summer solstice sigil on the Terraserver photo within seconds.

It is located in between the winter solstice “M” symbol and the location of the crop circles, on top of/attached to the “S”/snake. (See photo below.)

On July 12, 2004, a friend of mine pointed out something relevant to this mystery from The Book Of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot) by Aleister Crowley. On page 278 there is a chart of the symbols of Egyptian Tarot. From left to right, the chart gives the number and title printed on the tarot card, the Hebrew letter, the Hebrew name of the number and letter, the numerical value, the attribution symbol, the English designation for the symbol, and the key scale. Cards #XI and XII contain a special significance to the Howell mystery:

So, it turns out that the sigil used by Druids and other pagans to signify the summer solstice is ALSO the symbol for the Serpent under the symbolism of Egyptian Tarot! This new discovery greatly reduces the possibility that the "snake" in the forest is merely a natural ground feature. Now that I know that the summer solstice symbol attached to the snake also happens to symbolize the Serpent, I think the full meaning of the symbols carved into the ground is becoming even clearer than before. 

Also made more plausible by this new discovery is the possibility that the criscrossing of the summer solstice symbol with the "snake" in the ground is meant to symbolize a segment of DNA-- now I know that it's not just a solstice symbol opposite the "snake," it's a SERPENT symbol opposite the "snake," meaning there's two intertwining snakes. According to Icke and many other authors, the symbol of two intertwining snakes winding up a pole used by the AMA doesn't just symbolize health, it symbolizes DNA. Now that I'm seeing TWO snakes intertwining rather than merely a snake intertwining with a solstice symbol, I'd say that the crossing of these two symbols in the forest has much more in common with the AMA symbol than I previously realized.

And then there's the symbol listed right below the Serpent symbol... look familiar? In Egyptian Tarot, the upside-down triangle by itself symbolizes WATER. This symbol, of course, comprises part of the winter solstice symbol, especially the way it's "drawn" into the forest in Howell.

To see the full image of page 278 of The Book Of Thoth, click on this link:

http://www.scatterdome.com/images/other/online essay/tarot reduced.JPG

The "M" symbol in the forest could be a "combo-symbol;" if that's the case, the meanings of both symbols combined to create the "M" are significant to the site, to those that created the "M." Here's a visual illustration of one possibility of the intended meaning of the "M" involving the first two symbols discussed:

+ =

Winter Solstice (Yule) + Water = The "M" symbol in the forest.

The "M" symbol also bears a close resemblance to the ancient alchemical sigil for Crocus Martis. "Crocus Martis" is an archaic alchemical term for ferric oxide (Fe2O3), a substance known today by many names: Rust, Hematite, Colcothar, Red Iron Oxide,  MIL-I-706A, Synthetic Maghemite, Rouge, "Blood Stone." Here is the listing for Crocus Martis, scanned from page 400 of The Dictionary of Occult, Hermetic and Alchemical Sigils by Fred Gettings:

To see the entire scan of Page 400 for context, click here.

In modern terminology, "Crocus Martis" is still used today by ceramic artists to describe a specific, naturally-occuring, toxic kind of ferric oxide which is purplish-red and used as a finishing glaze in ceramic art.

However, if the "M" symbol is meant to be a "Crocus Martis" sigil, I think it would be the archaic meaning of the term - ferric oxide - not the modern meaning which describes a specific toxic form of ferric oxide, as I think that the "M" has probably been there since the 19th century. Interestingly, ferric oxide is sometimes used in concrete as a strengthener; the American Concrete Products operation next-door to Esper's field has an aggregates division, where concrete is broken down into gravel, and some of the waste products, according to some nearby neighbors of the business, are dumped into the adjacent lake. (More on this later.)

The "M" symbol in the forest could be meant to reference all of the above, a combination of two of these symbols, just one of them, or none of the above.

If the "M" is meant to refer to all three meanings simultaneously, in a symbolic Illuminati display of "killing three birds with one stone," here's one possible speculation on its meaning: perhaps the "M" site is (or was) used annually for Luciferian sun-worship rituals on the Winter Solstice by high-ranking Freemasons connected with the site, whose highest-ranking leader(s) would also be aware that the site is not only ground-zero for their water-doping (chronic iron overload?) operation (being located between the Red Cedar River, the small lake next to American Concrete Products, and the field above Howell's "backup" wells) but also located in the general area of land where three water drainage systems meet- an area which stretches roughly from Howell to Hartland. It would not surprise me if the general area of the "M" and Esper's field also marks the location of an intersection of ley lines, as is so often the case with the locations of crop circles; if that is the case, it may explain why Howell's well and the concrete company next door were built on this precise spot.

Over 90% of the world’s crop circles appear within 40 miles of Stonehenge—the same small area of England that also contains, by far, the largest concentration of circular prehistoric monuments in the British Isles. In general, crop circles are known to often appear nearby monuments marking sites considered sacred sites by ancient cultures—sites that in modern times have often been found to be located at major intersections of the recognized ley lines that crisscross the Earth.

(For more on ley lines, check out the website of Peter Champoux, author of "The Gaia Matrix." I think that this man is on the cutting-edge of ley line research; his numerous maps of ley lines, many of which can be downloaded for free (as pdf files) from his website, may be the most accurate and detailed yet made available to the public. Also, on his website, Champoux makes numerous references to his conclusion that the locations of many American cities and roads have been planned by high-ranking Freemasons integrating their knowledge of the locations of ley lines into the planning- a subject to which an entire chapter of his book is dedicated. The main link to his website is: http://www.geometryofplace.com )

If this site is indeed located at an intersection of ley lines, then that would give the Howell formation another major characteristic of many genuine crop circles, in addition to the things that have already been documented in the field report, such as the classic plant anomalies and close proximity to a power line and an underground water table.

Recently, I contacted the current property owners of the forest containing the "M." I filled them in on the basics of what was found, and pointed them to the web address of Terraserver so that they could see what was on their property. They were astonished at what they saw; until that moment, they had no idea it was there. However, they did recall that a now-deceased member of the family who had previously owned the property, the Berrys, had informed them that there were "sacred grounds" somewhere on their property! Until their sale to the current owners, members of the Berry family had owned the property since at least as far back as 1915, as can be seen on this 1915 property map:

http://www.livgenmi.com/1915MIatlashowell.htm

Members of the Berry family continue to reside in the house near the road right next to the west edge of the field leased by Mike Esper, meaning the crop circles appeared only about 135 feet from their house. The two circles were pointing at their back yard, along the straight line that forms the Mason symbol. However, the formation was not reported until Mike Esper noticed the formation while harvesting the field, after which he immediately reported it. When interviewed by the research team, the Berrys said they did not know the formation was there until the local media visited their house.

The following is the basic account of the formation's discovery that the Wilson/Sugden/ Lietzau/Lemire team were able to gather, from their field report:

Mike Esper, the farmer, on the afternoon of July 24, was harvesting his field at the corner of Mason and Burkhardt roads when he noticed a small, approximately 10’ diameter circle of flattened wheat near the Western edge of his wheat field. He didn’t think very much of it, other than considering it might have been made by some kids, and drove his combine right over the top of it. Soon after, about 100 feet to the East, Mr. Esper spotted a much larger, flattened circle of wheat, and steered his harvester around the circle leaving approximately 10-15 feet of standing wheat bordering the flattened wheat. 

Mr. Esper was insistent that there were no tracks into either of the circles, and there was no other flattened wheat in the field. Mr. Esper had contracted a third party to spray parts of his field for weeds two times in the previous three weeks, and contacted the sprayer to see if he had noticed the circles. Although the area where the circles were located had not been sprayed, the sprayer said that he hadn’t seen the circles the first time he sprayed, but when he had sprayed the field two weeks later, he had noticed them, but didn’t bother to mention it to Mr. Esper at the time. Therefore, we can only narrow down the time of formation to this two-week window of time from about July 10-24.

Ground photo of the 2003 Howell crop formation facing West, with the Berrys' house in the background

In the GlobeXplorer photo, which was taken in 2000, part of the dark trees that formed the snake in the 1992 Terraserver photo appear to have been surgically cut out of the woods, leaving a “C” shaped scar where the top of the “S” used to be. (To interact with GlobeXplorer's photo, 1) click here to log on, 2) search for "4950 Mason Road, Howell, MI", 3) zoom out twice, then 4) click "East" once and you'll recognize the area.) And, the large circular pattern of different-colored plants is more uneven. (Is this due to nature, less optimal conditions for the GlobeXplorer photo, or the Illuminati responding to the increase in satellite photo availability between 1992 and 2000 by altering the landscape again, making their symbols at the site less blatant to the casual internet observer? I’m not sure.) The “M” is still visible in the GlobeXplorer photos, but appears light-colored in contrast to the surrounding landscape; this is because it is comprised of strategically-planted hedges defining the course of deep pathways in the ground that were filled with water only for the 1992 Terraserver photo.

The "M" in the 2000 GlobeXplorer photo (left); and in the 1992 Terraserver photo (right)

The GlobeXplorer photo, taken in 2000. 

(American Concrete Products' aggregates operation is the sandy area next to the lake)

Had anyone in the know about the Illuminati actually stumbled on the hidden symbols in the 1992 Terraserver photo before the crop circles appeared, it would have been a disturbing sight seen by few people—a display of power with too many possible interpretations and no obvious rays of hope, which is part of why the Illuminati do these things. Now that the crop circles appeared and this document is circulating, it would be interesting to see if Terraserver, after having the same photos of Howell for over a decade, updates or changes its Howell photos in 2004.* I would encourage readers of this essay to do further internet research to find more satellite photos of the area from different years, in case they are all changed (or even doctored) soon.

I first visited the "M" in the woods with Jeff Wilson, one of the researchers whose findings I used for much of the factual basis for this essay, and the current director of the ICCRA (Independent Crop Circle Researchers Association.) After he read my essay using the link I provided on the messageboard of the website with which he is involved, ( http://www.cropcirclenews.com ) he contacted me, interested in visiting the site of the "M" with me and examining it in person, which prompted me to make my initial contact with the property owners to seek permission to visit the woods on their property. The property owners were kind enough to accompany us on our journey into the woods, and even lent us their extra wading boots, which proved essential as the woods were very swampy. With my satellite photos of the "M" in hand and their familiarity with the woods, we managed to locate the "M" together. The "M," it turned out, is a strange swampy clearing in the woods, where there are virtually only two types of plants-- 25-foot hedges and 7-foot weeds that I did not find in such abundance anywhere else in the forest. The "M" consists of deep grooves in the ground in between the hedges; the grooves were filled with the 7-foot tall weeds at the time we visited.

While the property owners were kind enough allow us, as researchers working on the case, to examine the site in person, they understandably do not welcome trespassers and thus do not want any sort of mass publicity regarding this finding; so, out of respect for that wish, I am not submitting this essay to mainstream, printed publications; I am keeping this essay's distribution limited to a fairly underground, internet-based availability, where just enough of the right people will see it-- serious crop circle researchers, and others who would want to pass along the link to raise awareness of the various issues highlighted in the essay. (More likely than not, no mainstream media, if the mainstream media is controlled by the Illuminati to the extent I think it is, would even consider publishing this essay, or anything about it, anyway.) I would not recommend going against the property owners' wishes regarding trespassing; the whole forest area is a swampy drainage field, difficult to navigate and spotted with random patches of Michigan quicksand; also, any intruders entering the forest from any side would be extremely visible, as all edges of the forest area are surrounded by large stretches of flat, open fields. On top of that, the consequences of being caught by the Howell police for trespassing there may be worse than the consequences of trespassing anywhere else in Howell; if the officers that would arrest a trespasser to those woods are Masons, a trespasser arrested for snooping there might find themselves in MUCH more trouble than a trespassing charge. (For those who are curious to see what it looks like in person, at some point soon I will post some video footage and photos of our expedition on this page.)

For now, here are some new aerial photos of the "M," taken in 2006 by Roger Sugden:

In the Wilson/Lemire/Lietzau/Sugden field report, several anomalies to the phenomenon itself were reported, suggesting that the circlemakers want us to pay special attention to the Howell formation. While the standard “expulsion cavities” were found in the node collars of the wheat inside the circle, there were also a new, more extreme type of expulsion cavity found in other wheat samples from the circle which the researchers describe as an “expulsion fissure,” a slightly burnt crack around the circumference of the node.

According to the report, the “swirls within the swirl” are also a rarity:

“In an extensive search of the crop circle literature, we believe this is the first time that multiple circles in a formation have appeared, and then a larger circle has been flattened right over the top of the original circles.”

One of the "swirls within the swirl" at the Howell formation.

The team also reported a GPS anomaly which might provide some insight to the message:

“The crop circle formation is located at approximately 42?36.04m N latitude, and 84?00.04m W longitude. However, we were unable to conclusively obtain an approximate feet-above-sea-level measurement from within the formation. Our attempt resulted in a measurement inside the large circle +858ft above sea level, and a reading of +854 ft above sea level for the smaller circle. The two circles were exactly 135 feet apart. Between the two circles, we took a GPS reading every 20 feet and received elevations of +943-+955 feet above sea level. The area does not change in elevation more than 15 feet across the distance between the circles, so we have an anomaly of the circles appearing to be approximately 100 feet in elevation below the rest of the field.”

If the circlemakers intentionally left some sort of residue so that GPS equipment would malfunction that way inside the formation, here’s one possible message intended: Something is happening 100 feet below the field.

The two circles were exactly 135 feet apart. As someone pointed out to me on a messageboard in July '04, 33 yards + 33 feet + 33 inches + 3 inches = 135 feet... exactly. "33" occurs again in the measurements of the formation: in the larger circle, the north and south "swirls" were each 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet from the perimeter of the circle. Since "33" is the Masons' trademark number, these details point strongly toward the idea that the appearance of the crop circles was intended to draw our attention to the Masons.

Here is one more quote from the report:

“Arriving at the field, we noticed a special blue road sign reading ‘Wellhead Protection Area.’ Inquiring as to what this designation meant, it turns out that the field marks the beginning of a boundary of where a specially protected area has been defined to protect the local watershed from certain polluting industries, and where the city of Howell draws its water supply. The field where the crop circle formation appeared has two large wells – one of which helps supply the city with water. Also located about 100’ East of Circle #1 is a drain field that empties into a swamp at the North border of the field. The field itself sits on top of a large aquifer and a layer of sandstone that is being mined by a cement company less than a mile to the west of the field. Between the cement company and the Western border of the field is a branch of the Red Cedar River. Crop circles have been noted to appear near some sort of body of water: a creek, a pond, a drainage ditch, etc, and with this formation, water appears to be in plentiful supply all around – and below – this formation.”

The formation has the same shape as the nearby almost-circular pattern of discolored plants it references; the "hourglass shading" and "swirls within the main swirl" with holes in their centers could be interpreted as picturing draining water.

Part 4 - H2Owell

Since the time the original version of this essay was written in 8/03, I discovered (at the beginning of May ’04) some additional facts that have brought back to the forefront my initial suspicions that the Howell formation was not only pointing out the Masonic symbolism carved into the landscape, but also pointing out a poisoning of the local water supply by the nearby American Concrete Products. In the process of updating the essay to include the identification of the “M” symbol and discovery of the accompanying summer-solstice symbol, I did some more research that uncovered some facts that may or may not prove relevant to this case:

American Concrete Products' aggregates division, located a stone’s throw from where the crop formation appeared (as visible in the GlobeXplorer photo), is owned by a man named Brad Jonckheere. D&J Gravel first began operations at the site in 1950, under the ownership of David Jonckheere. In March of 2001, American Concrete Products, a company founded in 1999 by Brad Jonckheere, acquired the site. (See ACP’s “about us” page by clicking here.)

The Livingston County Drain Commissioner, it turns out, is a man named Brian Jonckheere. Here is his own description of his duties, as taken from his website. (Link to Brian Jonckheere's website here.)

“The role of a Drain Commissioner can best be described as a water resource manager. Areas that concern the Drain Commissioner are storm water drainage, lake management, hazardous waste disposal, Wastewater treatment, and other duties. The Drain Commissioner deals almost exclusively with issues that directly or indirectly affect water quality.

The role of Drain Commissioner is an intensive balancing act.  The Commissioner must balance the need to protect individual property and human health with environmental protection.”

Livingston County’s Executive Administrative Secretary, it turns out, is a woman named Carol Sue Jonckheere. As listed on Livingston County’s webpage listing the county’s administration ( click here for the link to that page ), she is in charge of the following:

- Manages the functions of the County Administration Office

- Assists the County Administrator

- Supervises, coordinates and finalizes County contracts and agreements upon Board authorization

- Maintains county contract database

- Schedules appointments and meetings

- Prepares agendas and takes minutes at various meetings

- Researches and compiles data for special projects

- Maintains files on all county projects and buildings

- Records issues and tentative agreements during bargaining sessions with Unions

- Coordinates construction project records and files

So Carol Sue is in charge of keeping the county’s files… if there was any major construction around the city’s drinking water wells in the field in question, she would have the file on it. Perhaps she could tell us who paid for the removal of the trees that formed the snake, which occurred some time in between the 1992 Terraserver photo and the 1998 Terraserver photo currently featured on Terraserver. Since the field where the formation appeared is owned by the city (Mike Esper leases the field from the city) it is also likely that she has the files on any landscaping or construction that has occurred around the field.

Could it be that this is a crucial conflict of interest that the crop formation has helped to point out? While this is not evidence that certain members of the Jonckheere family are knowingly poisoning Howell’s water supply, it is evidence that if Brad, Brian and/or Carol Sue had a “family plan” to intentionally poison Howell’s water table nearby the ACP operation, they could easily do it, as they hold three key positions that would be preferred to be held by “insiders” if such a conspiracy to poison the water near where the crop formation appeared exists. (For readers familiar with the way Illuminati bloodlines operate, this is far from an unheard-of concept.)

It is the uncanny timing of an article that appeared in the Detroit News on July 30, 2003, which points the strongest towards such a conspiracy existing in the area. Before I relate the contents of that article, here is the first paragraph of the Wilson/Lemire/Lietzau/Sugden field report to consider:

“On July 29-31, 2003, a private scientific research team documented physical evidence revealing that the Howell Township, Livingston County, Michigan crop circle formation was not made by hoaxers. The team consisted of Jeffrey Wilson, Todd Lemire, and Dr. Charles Lietzau of Michigan, and Roger Sugden of Indiana. Arriving at the field on July 29, 2003, we discovered and photographed the presence of several anomalies that cannot be duplicated by hoaxers.”

The July 30 Detroit News article, a lengthy piece with a simple headline of “Coalition Protects Water,” details the various plans that Brian Jonckheere has to protect the water in Livingston County, complete with two photos of Brian personally inspecting the water. To view the article, taken off the Detroit News website, click here.

So, six days after the discovery of the circles-- and the very day after the arrival of a team of serious researchers who end up determining that the Howell formation is not a manmade hoax-- the Detroit News chooses to print an article reassuring the public that Brian Jonckheere is protecting the area’s water supply?

If the Howell formation’s message has nothing to do with a conspiracy to poison the water in Livingston County, then this is just a remarkable coincidence, especially considering that this is the only news article easily available on the internet about Brian Jonckheere.

But if the formation was indeed placed where it was not just to point out the Masonic symbolism in the landscape, but to also point out that someone is poisoning Livingston County’s water, then the timing of the Detroit News article would fit right into that scenario, provided that the media-control element of the general theory of the Illuminati explored by Icke, Marrs, Bramley, Cooper and others is largely correct.

Under that “theory,” the Detroit News, like all major newspapers, is controlled by the Illuminati, who would be well aware of every genuine crop circle’s appearance and intended message. Putting out an article reassuring the public that the water in the area is protected would be a typical, expected Illuminati response to the appearance of a crop formation whose message is that the water is being poisoned; the timing of the article would illustrate that they rushed out this article as a direct response to the formation’s appearance. (The old saying that “the best way to hide something is to put it right in plain view” illustrates a constant characteristic of the Illuminati bloodlines’ psychological manipulation of the masses since civilization began.)

In addition to providing a major clue with its timing, the Detroit News article also revealed to me a fact that indicates that if the water table is being poisoned in Livingston County, it is actually affecting a much larger area:

“A coalition of 12 municipalities along with the county's drain commission and road commission are formulating a plan to protect the county's water resources, which include 53 major lakes of 60 acres or more and dozens of streams that connect to four watersheds: the Looking Glass and Red Cedar in the west and the Huron and Shiawassee in the east.

‘Activities in our county have a direct impact on three of the Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron and Michigan,’ said Livingston County Drain Commissioner Brian Jonckheere.”

This means that Brian Jonckheere is not just responsible for protecting Livingston County’s water—he is also responsible for ensuring that no poisons are leaking into three of the Great Lakes from his county, which is the county where the water tables from those three Great Lakes meet.

It occurred to me that if Brad Jonckheere was poisoning the water and it was actually exposed despite Brian and Carol Sue’s key government positions, then the nature of the operation would provide the perfect cover story to explain contaminants leaking out of the site. A wide variety of rocks are broken down into gravel there; any health-reducing or mind-dulling chemicals found leaking into the water supply would likely be plausibly explained as accidental runoff from the wide variety of minerals broken down into gravel there. No one would ever consider it was intentional— or rather, it is unlikely anyone would consider that it was an intentional contamination if they haven’t read this essay.

(Recently I talked with a few residents of the immediate area (who will of course go unnamed for their protection) who confirmed that American Concrete Products openly, and regularly, dumps its waste right into the adjacent lake! Is Brad Jonckheere acting on that old adage, that the best way to hide something is to put it right under people's noses? It is apparently common knowledge to the neighbors of the ACP operation that this is how the company disposes of some of their waste. Perhaps it is assumed by these locals that this is not a questionable activity, since after all, The Drain Commission would never let the ACP operation do that if it was bad for the water supply, right?)

However, it is of utmost importance that no witch-hunt of the Jonkheeres mentioned in this essay occurs—I am not accusing, I am only speculating. Perhaps the three Jonckheeres have actually been placed into their key positions by positive forces of fate they don’t understand, for the purpose of uncovering a long-standing water-drugging operation in their county which the three of them could work together in exposing, in a way that’s only possible with a combination of their family bond and the key positions all three of them hold in the county. If there are three file cabinets whose contents would be among the most valuable in discovering background information that might reveal signs of a potential leak of chemicals from the American Concrete Products’ waterside site into the Howell water supply, it would be the files of the owner of American Concrete Products, the Livingston County Drain Commissioner, and the county’s Executive Administrative Secretary; maybe the fact that all three of those people have turned out to be from the same family is a blessing, a happy coincidence of a family bond that will ensure no red-tape snags or smokescreen interferences in the three people combining forces to effectively figure out if the water is being poisoned, whether it’s being poisoned intentionally or not.

Whether the Jonckheeres are the villains or the potential heroes in this story, one thing is clear— Brad, Brian, Carol Sue and David Jonckheere have some questions to answer. I encourage the more courageous readers of this essay living in Michigan to ask Brian and Carol Sue some questions and to make note of both their answers and their emotional reactions. Those two are public servants and are required to give an answer to most questions related to their duties and knowledge; as long as the person(s) asking the questions maintains a non-confrontational, non-accusatory and “non-crop circle-related” line of questioning, then we may get somewhere with the necessary next step in solving this mystery. Also, it may be a crucial factor to find out first whether any of the four Jonckheeres mentioned in this essay are Freemasons or members of similar orders, and if so, what ranking they hold; if any of them are, keep in mind that they would likely not admit it unless it’s already known; interviewing several of their acquaintances might be the only way to find that out that particular question. I’m not going to do it myself; with this essay I feel I’ve done my part, and I hope that the right people are inspired by this essay to do the necessary further research.

If at least one of the Jonckheeres mentioned in this essay turns out to be a Freemason (or a member of any other bloodline-related secret society), then any answer given by them in response to questions regarding this issue must be taken with a grain of salt.

It is likely the location for the gravel operation was chosen partially because of the potential for multi-layered symbolism in it, despite what the cover story may be. (“Directions: On Mason Road, just off of exit 133…”) I was not able to find out if the first appearance of the industrial operation at 4950 Mason Road was in 1950 when David Jonckheere set up D&J Gravel there; but if it was, then that would point strongly towards David Jonckheere being a high-level Freemason, considering the heavy Masonic symbolism surrounding the site, as exposed by the crop formation.

I think that the Howell formation' message to the masses is multilayered, with the most “concrete” part of the message being that there are manmade symbols landscaped into the forest and field, indicating a previously unknown (except to a few) archaeological site. More on the speculative end of things is the possibility that Howell's water supply is being poisoned at the site by the same forces who originally designed the landscaped symbols, and that this was another part of the Howell formations' message. (I have not yet personally gathered water samples from the area; even if I did, and managed to find contaminants with the help of a chemist, I'm not sure how such evidence could be proven as fact to readers, unlike the other elements of this essay.) However, I have uncovered enough coincidences on the matter so far where I feel it is worth including in this writing.

Part 5 - Clues From Howell's History

The bizarre presence of the manmade occult symbols pointed out by the crop formation naturally raises the questions: "who," "when" and "why."

My theory is that the Illuminati had a plan for a city named Howell (H20-WELL, a town where the well would be doped) before the location was ever chosen. I think they likely chose the general Livingston county area for the town for symbolic and maybe practical reasons, as it is the area where three drainage systems (rivers draining to Lake Michigans, lake Huron & Lake Erie) meet. (After a coalition of Chippewa, Pottawotamie and Ottawa Indians wiped out the Hopewell Indians who previously occupied the area, the three tribes defined their territories based on the borders of these three drainage systems. This is a clue that the area was likely considered sacred to the local Native Americans.) I think they chose the specific location of the well possibly based on the largest intersection of ley lines they could find near a river in the general area where the three drainage systems meet, and then chose of the location of the town based on a practical riverside location that would be near the well. Subsequently, the location of the town of Mason would have been chosen so that the symbolism would occur of the East-West road from Mason to Howell - Mason Road - running right past the well site. Grand River Road was built right on top of a major Native American trail that also runs very near the site; I think it's no coincidence that I-96, which runs closely parallel to Grand River Road and replaced that road as the major Howell-Lansing highway, would later be planned so that Exit 133 would occur where it is, symbolically placing the "M" site right between "Mason Road" and "133."

In late 2006, I uncovered many historical facts about the area that strongly support my theory that the locations of the city of Howell, the city of Mason, Mason Road, and Grand River Road were all planned out by the Illuminati to intentionally reference the "Mason Road site" and to create the multiple layers of Masonic references around this site, as detailed in this essay. My journey through history also revealed a background story in which the theory that the town of Howell was actually named in reference to the well becomes entirely plausible. (This theory was first suggested to me by  a poster on the messageboard at http://www.cropcirclenews.com on 5/27/04.)

The most bountiful source of information in my search of the history of the area turned out to be the website of The Livingston County Michigan Historical Geneological Project. (Keep this fact in mind as you read what I’ve uncovered, as later I will detail the story of the bizarre problems the webmaster of this site, Pam Rietsch, has been experiencing since about 2002, shortly before the crop formation appeared.)

This website contains complete transcriptions of several books written about Livingston county history, as well as maps and pictures from the 19^th century. Their main web address is: http://www.livgenmi.com

The site’s online library of Livingston history can be directly accessed at this link: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/

Here is a chart of the first land purchases in the Howell area, from The History of Livingston County, published in 1880 by Everts & Abbott and written by Franklin Ellis, found at the following link: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1880/Howell/

For a visual reference to the Section numbers, here is a link to a Howell Township property map from 1875: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1875/Howell/index.htm

The first land entry in the greater Howell area, designated Howell Township, was made by Orman Coe, and preceded these four purchases in the village. Link:

http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1880/Howell%20Twp/

Here are the first paragraphs of the segment from this page titled “FIRST SETTLEMENT AND EARLY SETTLERS,” on the early settlement of Howell village:

The first actual settlements within what is now the village of Howell were made by George T. Sage, John D. Pinckney, James Sage, and David Austin, in the year 1834.

John D. Pinckney was a native of Dutchess Co., N.Y., and remained a resident of that county until the year 1833, being then located with a wife and two children, at the village of Hughsonville, engaged in the business of his trade, which was that of butcher. Having determined to emigrate to the West, he started in the year named, and came by the Erie Canal and Lake Erie to Detroit, and thence to Salem, Washtenaw Co., where his father and brothers were then living. At that place he also found George T. Sage, who was, like himself, desirous of purchasing eligible government lands on which to establish a farm and a home. With that object in view, these two men, accompanied by Mr. Pinckney's brothers, struck but towards the northwest, over the Indian trail, into the wilderness of Livingston, which had then recently been erected a county, though not yet organized as such.

Whether they were in any degree influenced in their explorations by the prospect of future advantages to arise from the probable location of the county-seat is not known, but it is certain that about the end of the second day's journey they found themselves at the geographical centre of the county, as shown by the surveyors' marks and numbers, and were soon engaged in prospecting among the inviting oak-openings which stretched away from the shores of the little lake, over and beyond the present site of Howell village. On or near the spot now occupied by the residence of Hon. Mylo L. Gay, in the western part of the village, they hastily built a rude, temporary shelter --a bark-roofed cabin in which they slept, and made their headquarters for about a week, while engaged in exploring the neighboring region and choosing the lands for location. It was almost wholly a matter of choice with them, for all the lands in the vicinity were open for entry (except the two eighty-acre tracts which had previously, in the same year, been entered by C. C. Trowbridge and John J. Eaman, on sections 35 and 36, respectively), and nowhere in all the region was there any sign of clearing or settler, nor any traces of the work of human hands, except the blazings and marks left by the government surveyors.

Having made and noted their selections of lands the party returned to Salem, and thence Pinckney and Sage proceeded without delay to the land-office in Detroit, where they entered and purchased the tracts, as above noticed, on sections 35 and 36. Mr. Pinckney, then went to his home in the East (where he arrived after an absence of nearly two months), and Mr. Sage returned to Salem; and both began their preparations for removal and settlement on their new lands in Livingston County.  

Three interesting things stand out to me in this narrative. 

The first thing is the fact that the earliest land purchase in the Howell village area was by C.C. Trowbridge, the man who would later be president of the Plank Road Company. (That ties in to an issue explored in detail later in this essay, during the discussion of E.B. Danforth's association in the planning of the Plank Road with both C.C. Trowbridge and the man who was the "Worshipful Master" of the Howell Mason Lodge (#38) for the years 1856, 1857 and 1858, Frederick C. Whipple.)

The list of Howell’s early Masonic leaders from the 1880 book by Franklin Ellis can be found at this link, about 3/5 down the page: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1880/Howell/d.htm  

The second thing that stands out to me is the fact that Mylo L. Gay, a man who was Worshipful Master of the Howell Mason Lodge (#38) for the years 1864 and 1865, as well as the Eminent Commander of the local Knights Templar lodge (#28) in 1879, was, by 1879, living on the precise location of the original one-week campsite of Howell's first settlers, John D. Pinckney and George T. Sage. Perhaps he got a kick out of the symbolism of living there.

The third thing that stands out to me in that excerpt is something that also points towards Masonic symbolism. Of the first five men to make land entries in the Howell area, the two men that actually settled on the future site of the village, John D. Pinckney and George T. Sage, made their purchase of the site together on the date of December 3, 1833.

Standard shorthand of this date would be 12-3-33. The Masonic signature of this date is revealed when the basic digit summing process used in numerology is applied, as this process has been shown to be frequently used in Masonic symbolism. Digit summing in numerology reduces all numbers to a single digit, with exceptions such as 2-digit multiples of 11. (11, 22, 33, etc.) Under this process, 12 is reduced to a 3; 1+2=3. 3 is left alone as it already is a single digit; 33 is also left alone as it is a 2-digit multiple of 11.

So, what you get after digit summing the individual elements of the date of the original purchase of the site of Howell is:

3-3-33

Interestingly, if you use digit summing on all the numbers of this date to arrive at one number, you get a 3, whether you’re using 12-3-1833, 12-3-33, or 3-3-33.

The next bit of Howell history is one that tells the story of how the town was named. My theory on the matter (again) is that the town, unbeknownst to its residents, was named Howell because the town's well, as described previously, was the very reason the town was founded: H20-WELL. I find the known story of its naming quite compatible with this theory, especially when compared to other American towns. The following excerpts are from the same page linked above.

On the 2nd of July, 1835, the west half of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 36, in township 3 north, of range 4 east (Howell), were sold and conveyed by Alexander Fraser (the lands having been entered by John D. Pinckney for Fraser, to whom the duplicates were assigned) to David Wetmore and Edward Brooks, of Detroit. On the 17th of September, in the same year, Edward Brooks and wife and David Wetmore (the latter by Charles G. Hammond, his attorney) sold and conveyed one undivided third of both the above tracts to Flavius J. B. Crane, of Detroit; and on the 29th of October following, David Wetmore, by his attorney, Hammond, conveyed his remaining interest to Edward Brooks.

By these transfers, Crane and Brooks became joint proprietors --the former having a one-third, and the latter a two-thirds, interest in the above described tracts, upon which they proceeded to survey and lay out a village plat, --the original plat of the village of Howell,--and to file the same in the office of the Register of Oakland County.

The prospective village thus laid out by Crane and Brooks was named by them HOWELL, in honor of Thomas Howell, a friend of Mr. Crane, and a son of Judge Howell, of Canandaigua, N. Y. The name, however, did not immediately come into general use, and the place continued to be known as Livingston Centre for a considerable time afterwards.

So, in short, after Flavius J.B. Crane and Edward Brooks purchased the main village site, Brooks named it “Howell” in honor of Crane’s friend from New York, Thomas Howell, a man who had absolutely nothing to do with the village other than being a friend of Crane’s. No wonder it took years for the name “Howell” to catch on with the area’s residents.

Crane and Brooks were the men who surveyed and laid out the original village plat, meaning they are the original architects of Howell’s basic street design. While that alone does not prove that they were Freemasons, road planning and design is one of the Freemasons’ specialties, a fact that they do not hide. (Consider the bounty of Masonic symbols found in the street layout of Washington, D.C.)

The next bit of history details two of the three bizarrely reoccurring variations on the phrase “Gardener Mason” that I found in the names of three key people in the early history of Howell. The two excerpted paragraphs are from The History of Howell, Michigan by Elisha H. Smith, published in 1868. The direct link to this page is: http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MI/Livingston/1868/settlement.htm

About 1840, Gardner Mason planted a nursery on section 35. Subsequently he removed it to the western part of the township. Mr. Mason died July 30th, 1853. A few years later, Dr. Gardner Wheeler established a nursery on section 35.

Gardner Wheeler, M. D., settled in the township in 1838. He was the first resident physician of the place, and a man of intellectual ability, and skill in his profession. He died January 11th, 1859, and was interred according to the rites and ceremonies of the Masonic Fraternity, of which he had long been a member.

Once again, the list of Howell’s early Masonic leaders from the 1880 book by Franklin Ellis can be found at this link, about 3/5 down the page: