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Crop Circles and the Characteristics of a Good Hypothesis

by Peter Ellerton — last modified May 21, 2008 07:23 AM

Applying the characteristics of a good hypothesis to the theory that crop circles are caused by aliens.

Crop Circles and hypothesis.doc — Microsoft Word Document, 155Kb

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