Paul Fuller
Welcome to another Crop Watcher. As regular readers
will know, over the past year or so I've found it increasingly
difficult to catch up on my demanding publication schedule of six
issues per year. One problem I have faced is that the subject has
been so thoroughly discredited by the antics of its researchers
that there is simply not enough reliable material to publish
whilst maintaining acceptable standards. Regular readers will
also know that over the past couple of years crop circles have
taken a real beating from the skeptics. In my opinion this was
long overdue and deserved. Perhaps the lack of attention will
drive away the hoaxers?
The crop circle subject is currently going through a period of
re-evaluation, of learning lessons and trying to address some
unpalatable questions. As you all know, The Crop Watcher
has existed to highlight the evidence which other researchers
exclude from their analysis of the phenomenon. I feel that to a
limited extent I've achieved this and vindicated some of the
explanations Jenny Randles and myself have suggested. However, we
also admit that we have made mistakes and these will be examined
in a proper article in our next issue.
Meanwhile The Crop Watcher will continue! CW is
produced in my spare time and has always been a loss-making
venture. There has to be a limit to how much time and money I
plough into the magazine. Also it can be very frustrating coming
home after another hard day at the office only to find that
instead of spending the evening doing proper crop circle research
I've got to type up another article for CW! ... Well, it's
a pretty sad state of affairs isn't it!!
I've decided that from now on I will publish Crop Watcher
on a quarterly basis. The subscription details will remain the
same, ie £ 9 for 6 issues (£ 15 for overseas subscribers), but
these 6 issues will be spread over 18 months ! This means that a
year's subscription now costs only £ 6 for UK subscribers and £
10 for overseas subscribers. Existing subscribers need not do
anything until you receive a renewal reminder. I'm not quite sure
how many pages I can afford to produce per issue but hopefully
there will be between 28 and 32 pages plus the occasional
photograph.
Don't forget The Crop Watcher exists to publish
material that other crop circle magazines and UFO magazines
refuse to publish. Readers who submit articles and material have
their subscriptions increased accordingly. Now on to more
important things ...
