This most recent 2018 crop circle season has been as beautiful as it has been perplexing. My favorite crop circle of the summer was the July 24th, 2018 "open door" that showed up in Gurston Ashes in Wiltshire. Many people have theories about what the design means, with the most popular being that it represents a portal into a new dimension, or opening up of a new world. Notice how the door is not all the way open, but only kind of, almost like it is beckoning us:

What do you think of this recent crop circle? Is it the work of some otherworldly or alien entity? Crop circle expert Michael Glickman, who I recently interviewed for "The Weird UFO Show," believes that most crop circles are not man-made, and he had this comment about the geometry of the Burston Ashes door: "the doorknob is located at the center of the enclosing and outer circle."

What do you think? Do you think this crop circle is man-made or "alien" in nature?  Let me know what you message you think this crop circles, and others, are trying to convey to humanity in the comments, or on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

•  When: September 9th, 2018 at 11:22 PM and September 10th, 2018 at 2:10 AM
• Where:  Hot Springs, Arkansas
• What: Bright beam of light appears in trail cam footage

An Arkansas resident with a deer cam ended up capturing a very mysterious, elongated beam of light - on two separate nights! They fortunately shared the photos with MUFON (case 95022) along with a "normal" photo from the daytime. 

What do you think of this amazing trail cam UFO? Is it really a UFO or just an unexplained light, maybe even something reflecting off the camera lens?  Share your theories on this latest UFO sighting and more in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!

• When: September 16th, 2018
• Where: Mexico City
• What: Swarm of helicopters fly alongside a UFO

Photos taken of a group of helicopters over Mexico City show a UFO, which makes you wonder if the helicopters were observing the UFO or even escorting it. Check out the photos below, which were sent to me by witness Gustavo Barajas. The photos were taken about the same time, with one photo just showing the helicopters and the other photos showing a dark, elongated object among them:

What do you think of this photograph? Does it show aliens, a top-secret military craft, or something else unexplained? Or perhaps this is just a camera anomaly? Share your theories in the comments or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Are you in Mexico City?  Did you see this, too? Report your sighting!

• When: September 14th, 2018
• Where: Stillwater, Minnesota at 10 PM
• What: Object with ring of lights hovers and then ascends; possibly identified as lights from nearby casino
  

September 18th, 2018 Update: According to the local Mystic Casino in Minnesota, these lights were just coming from them and weren't aliens at all. However, the Mystic Casino is over an hour away from Stillwater, where this photograph was taken, so what do you think? Is this case solved, or still very much open? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

Original report
A mysterious ring of lights was seen and photographed hovering over Minnesota. According to secondhand testimony sent into MUFON (case 94921), the object eventually ascended, and to the naked eye, clearly resembled a spacecraft:

Could this UFO be the same one that was photographed in Fort Worth earlier this month? Or the one that multiple times in Houston in 2014 and 2015? Compare to the photos below and you be the judge:

Do you live in Minnesota? Did you see this "spacecraft," too? Report your sighting!

Do you think this photo really could show an alien spaceship?  If so, is it the same on that haunted Texans in 2014 and 2015? Share your ideas in the comments or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!

I just finished reading all 673 pages of "Sekret Machines Book 2: A Fire Within," and they skipped by as fast as a flying saucer.

The story begins in 3,216 BCE in Iraq with a 15-year-old apprentice sneaking away from home to pursue a mysterious light... or ancient UFO... but "A Fire Within" doesn't hang around in BCE for long. It swiftly picks up to modern times, and more modern-day UFOs, following the lives of Timika Mars, an investigative journalist, Barry Regis and Alan Young, top-secret military pilots and childhood friends, Nicolas Tan, a young archaeologist, and Jennifer Quinn, a rich English heiress, who are all daring to unravel the truth about... well, they're not sure yet. But they aren't alone in their search for the truth. And in fact, they may not be alone in the universe, either.

The reader is brought along for many different journeys, instead of having to follow around just one protagonist. This gives Delonge and Hartley the chance to tell a very hectic story without ever losing them.

For those of you who've followed Tom Delonge's nonfictional search for the truth about UFOs and aliens, and especially for those who've read Book 1, "A Fire Within" is equal parts original and familiar.

That is to say, the plot includes triangle UFOs (specifically referring to the "Tr3b"), flying discs, cigar-shaped craft, crop circles, remote viewing, cattle mutilations, Atlantis, fairies(!), and well, aliens of course. Not the stereotypical aliens you might expect in a summer blockbuster, but a more relatable and as a result, more ominous kind.

Almost every plot line in the book can be followed up with a Google search, which will lead you to real news articles and declassified government files, all requiring their own long reading sessions to fully grasp.  After all, a good chunk of "A Fire Within" takes place at Area 51, AKA "Dreamland."

This book should be read with caution. The heads of Tom Delonge and A.J. Hartley are admittedly full of real government intel, and so that means "A Fire Within" is full of real government intel... and possibly even disinformation.

That said, "A Fire Within" is a breezy read that picks up where the government has left off - filling in all the redacted lines from the Roswell case files, and others like it, with memorable and colorful characters and scenes.

If you consider yourself a fan of ufology, "A Fire Within" makes sense to add to your bookshelf. However, for people who are new to the field or Tom Delonge's book series, it's advised to do some independent searching for the truth before delving into this "fantastical" take on it.

Have you read Sekert Machines? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below, or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!