What is being called the first crop circle of 2013 has shown up in East Field near Alton Priors, Wiltshire, in the United Kingdom and was reported on June 2nd, 2013. What are crop circles really? A National Geographic special below, “Crop Circles, Is It Real?” examines the fact that not only are they NOT going away, they are appearing with increasing frequency around the world. In the land of Stonehenge and all around the world, are crop circles highly complex messages from our celestial cousins or a man-made hoax of profound proportions?