This is the first book to bring together the two most mysterious phenomena of our time - crop circles and UFOs. In spite of the efforts of hoaxers and a vigorous policy within science, government and the media to dismiss them, these crop circles just won't go away! Sightings of the strange and often geometrically complex designs are now world-wide and continue to appear in crops as far apart as Siberia, the Argentine, Saskatchewan and Queensland. At the same time, there is a resurgence in UFO sightings in many parts of the world. There has been collusion amongst major governments to claim that they are false, perhaps fearing mass panic, although some governments have begun to cooperate with lay UFO study groups. Many observers have seen UFOs and other anomalous phenomena near the formation of a crop circle. In bringing together, for the first time, the two most unexplained phenomena of our time, the book demonstrates that they have many features in common and shows some of the reasons why conventional science is unable to deal with these mysteries. The first part of The Cosmic Connection is an informative update of the latest research into crop circles, such as soil radioactivity and chemical changes in the stalks, and reports from all over the world. The second half is a popular summary of the present understanding about the connection between UFOs and ETs. It includes the dramatic evidence of structures on Mars which have apparently been built by intelligent 'beings'. A correlation of all the evidence points to the conclusion that ETs have had a part in initiating the crop circles over the last thirty years, and suggestions are made as to their possible agenda. Michael Hesemann is editor of Magazin 2000 in Germany, one of the foremost UFO research magazines in the world. He has also spent several years researching crop circles in England, Germany, the U.S. and Canada.