No they’re not crop circles. Actually, they’re more like sage circles. Sage and earth. And while they’re made by humans, they mark a ‘return point’ for travelers in the future from other places in the universe. This particular set of interlocking circles and diamonds also happen to match the logo of the Church of Spiritual Technology.

The Washington Post currently features this report about a small Albuquerque TV station, it’s discovery of these markings, and the ensuing drama vis-a-vie the Church of Scientology. Apparently it marks a mountainside vault protecting titanium etchings of the works of L. Ron Hubbard, the late science-fiction writer who founded the church in the 1950s. Read the full story.