The media has given next to zero coverage of this year's patterns which usually appear overnight in fields the world over.

Each one needs to be studied to attempt a determination of how it was made, by whom, and why.

What follows are 10 pictures of crop cirlces that have appeared this summer in England. There have been many more found than just these 10.

While some crop cirlces are known to be man-made, most arrive with no certainty to their authorship.

More info:

http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2004/2004.html

http://www.cropcircleresearch.com/database/index.html