Posthuman Blues

Last August, a unique crop formation depicting an alien alongside ASCII computer code "appeared" near the Chilbolton Observatory in England. This was the third such message in an apparant sequence; the Augusts of 2001 and 2002 also witnessed formations in the observatory's vicinity. (For my analysis of the 2001 formation, please see my Mars site.)

This August, many crop-watchers hoped and expected that a fourth formation would appear. It never did. Why am I not surprised? Whoever left 2002's coded message had this to say:


Beware the bearers of FALSE gifts & their BROKEN PROMISES. Much PAIN but still time. EELRIJUE. There is GOOD out there. We OPpose DECEPTION. COnduit CLOSING [bell sound]


"Conduit closing" -- an esoteric way of saying "Signing off"?