ROBBERT van den BROEKE CASE
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| Robbert van den Broeke in a crop circle near his home (July 2001). Photo: Peter v/d Broeke. |
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| As far as is known Robbert van den Broeke, a young Dutchman who lives in the southern Netherlands' village of Hoeven, is singular in his ability to consistently and accurately predict the appearance of new crop formations in his general vicinity. Now 28 years old (2008), he has since early adolescence experienced "visions" which contain both the location and the design of the new crop circle accompanied by a clear sense that the new formation is either occurring at that precise moment or that it will occur soon. In the days just prior to these experiences he generally feels a build-up of physical and/or mental "angst" (nervousness and tension) which dissipates once the crop circle has actually formed. Over the years he has also visually witnessed quite a few crop circles forming, these circles usually accompanied by unusual light phenomena although not the same light anomalies in each instance. In both daytime and at night he has observed single or multiple spheres of bright white or yellowish light hovering over a field (frequently the one that is directly behind his home), under which the plants suddenly flatten into a crop circle. Sometimes he simply sees a flash, or multiple flashes, of light, after which new circles or formations of circles are seen in the field.
In several cases he has witnessed highly energetic tubes of light descend to the crop surface, resulting in a new formation; for report on one instance of this, see: http://www.bltresearch.com/eyewitness/eyewitness1.php. In another very dramatic instance, he watched one night as a "pinkish-purple" football-shaped light flew in down low over the field, subsequently becomming stationary, then elongating into a pinkish-purple disc-shaped light from which a visible "energy" descended down to the crop surface, resulting in a new circle. Many of the crop circles which he has either sensed or visually observed occurring have been plain circles or fairly simple groupings of different-sized circles, but many of the formations have been considerably more complex in overall "design." They regularly appear in a wide range of plants, including grasses, wheat, corn (maize), spinach, string-beans and many other crops, often arriving as early in the growing season as April and as late as November. There have also been several snow circles found in winter, out in the field behind Robbert's home.
Since 2005-06 he reports with increasing frequency
the direct involvement of solid-looking "UFO-like" objects
(which he either observes visually or "sees" in his mind's
eye) present during the creation of crop circles. See report
of a March, 2007 incident: http://www.bltesearch.com/robbert/hoeven2007cc.php. He also states that he increasingly experiences
both a "UFO" energy (a vibrant, intense sort of feeling) and
a "Mary" energy (also intense, but gentle and very loving)
as being present both at the time when specific crop circles
are forming and afterwards, when he visits the new formations
in the fields:
In addition to Robbert's unique recognition of the presence of these unidentified energies which are apparently present just before and during the appearance of crop circles (and often remnant afterwards in the fields), Robbert increasingly exhibits other highly unusual sensitivities. He has become known in Holland as a "medium" of considerable ability (a person with enhanced psychic talent) and now regularly sees clients who have requested healing sessions and/or "readings" (for which there are long waiting lists). This ability to somehow "know" a very wide variety of highly personal facts about anyone can be startling, but I see that he cannot always stop this information from surfacing in his mind's eye. One afternoon at his home I was brushing my teeth in the upstairs wash-room and experienced this situation personally. I had left the door open and Robbert walked by, on his way downstairs. He stopped suddenly and asked me if I had any false teeth? He and I had never discussed such things before and he had no way of knowing that I have for many years had a partial dental bridge (which is semi-permanent and cemented in place). I'm sure the only reason he became aware of it on this occasion was because--for just that instant his attention, his focus, was drawn to my teeth. In the spring of 2008 I visited Holland during Easter. Because Robbert has little interest in most material possessions I have rarely thought to bring him a present, but just before this trip I had a sudden urge to bring him an Easter basket. Not knowing for sure whether the Dutch even knew about Easter baskets, I hand-carried a wicker basket, the yellow cellulose stuff one puts inside, ribbons, a chocolate Easter Bunny, multiple Easter eggs and jelly-beans, and several of the almost-fluorescent yellow marshmellow chickens my family has always called "peeps," and which my mother had regularly included in my Easter baskets when I was a child. Upon arriving in Hoeven I immediately hid all of this material, since I wanted to surprise Robbert on Easter morning. I couldn't stop myself from telling him that I had brought him a present--about which he was curious--but we got involved in other things and he apparently forgot about it. A few afternoons later Robbert came into my room and asked, again, what this present was. Enjoying his curiosity I coyly stated that he had to "wait until Easter," forgetting entirely that it was Robbert I was dealing with. He, not in the least deterred, sat down at my little desk, focused himself for just a few seconds and then, picking up my pen, drew the sketch below. As is apparent, he "saw" even the little yellow "peeps" with their dark black eyes.
I think it is this same mechanism which provides Robbert with the information about the lives of his clients and which also lets him immediately recognize whether a new crop circle (in Holland or elsewhere) is "the real McCoy." All it takes is a moment of focus, a second or two of him paying attention and the information floods in. ____________
The Robbert van den Broeke case is not only the most complex situation we have encountered during our crop circle research, it also provides evidence that many (if not all) "anomalous" events currently labeled and thought of as separate situations are, in fact, various aspects of the same big unknown.
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NOVEMBER 2010: Since early 2004 Robbert has been capturing human faces in
photos, some of people we know who have died, others of
people we do not recognize. These "apparition" photos occur
on any camera Robbert uses (cameras are always set in "auto")
and--regardless of the actual ambient light--if a human image
appears |
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JULY 2010: Infra-red spectroscopy & inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy reveal that a very fine white powder found inside a crop circle near Hoeven, Holland on October 5, 2009 is at least 99.99% pure magnesium carbonate. Highly refined white powders have appeared repeatedly in circles in the area & also at incidents inside Robbert v/d Broeke's home. Details>> |
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DECEMBER 2009: "Crop circles" in snow have been reported occasionally but have never before been as complex or as large as these two discovered near Hoeven. Fieldworkers report no sign of human footprints, no marks in the centers in the circular rings -- and close-up photos show the bottom inch or two of snow in the rings to be intact. Details>> |
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NOVEMBER 2009: Although generally-accepted ideas of what UFOs represent have not played a major role in Robbert's understanding of the crop circle phenomenon that continues in the fields of southern Holland, images of what certainly look like UFOs have begun to appear on photographs he takes. This summer, using multiple cameras handed to him by many different people, Robbert photographed a variety of "UFOs." Details>> |
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FEBRUARY 2009: For many years Robbert has been capturing increasingly dramatic "light phenomena"(??) anomalies on his photographs. This report presents an extensive overview, representative of the additional thousands in his personal archive. Details>> |
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JUNE 2007: Witnesses see Robbert v/d Broeke disappear in front of them as a small glowing red ball of light approaches him. When Robbert re-appears later in a different part of the field, a new crop circle is found where he had been standing originallly-- with a large deposit of white powder in its center. Details>> |
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MARCH
2007: On the evening of March 12th Robbert experiences a waking "vision" in which he sees a very large UFO hovering over a nearby field. Multiple metallic-looking "satellites" shoot down to the crop surface, creating a new 3-circle crop formation. Details>> |
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OCTOBER
2006: Events surrounding this young man in Holland increasingly indicate that many so-called "paranormal" occurrences are inter-related with the crop circle phenomenon. This report documents a variety of anomalous effects Robbert is able to exert upon ordinary physical matter and discusses his increasing psychic abilities. Details>> |
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Robbert van den Broeke observes a "black cloud" down low over a field, and then a "black spiral going down into the ground" just 30 feet in front of him and Nancy Talbott. A new crop circle in the form of a "Celtic Cross," is found immediately afterward. Multiple anomalous photographs were taken in conjunction with this event. Details>> |
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AUGUST 2001: Nancy Talbott & Robbert v/d Broeke see 3 "tubes" of brilliant white light descend into stringbean field approximately 100 ft. away. A truncated ellipse w/pathways was found immediately afterward, exactly where light-tubes had impacted field. Details>> |