The New York Times? Weren't they the ones who broke the story that Saddam had purchased large quantities of uranium and was currently working on building nukes?
They're literally Globohomo McNews.
Either way, there are a lot of complexities to the crop circle phenomenon that I haven't seen explained anywhere, like how some of them have their fallen wheat weaved together meticulously in perfect circles and the stalks are flattened with no actual damage to their structure, something that would seem to be pretty unlikely if a person is flattening them with a board (which creates numerous structural breaks).
I also think we should have a Why Files thread, that's a real good idea.