I think that one of the methods the reptilians use to control the masses is to try to make make their fears our fears; for them, the ultimate fear, their "end of the world," would be the awakening of the human masses, or the "lifting of the veil." The word "Apocalypse" is directly derived from the Greek word apokalypsis, which means “lifting of the veil” or "revelation." Thus, they have tried to train the masses to fear, and act accordingly to, the signs of an "Apocalypse." (Read more of my thoughts on the subject by clicking here.) For example, some people fear crop circles, viewing them as potential "signs of the Apocalypse."
On a related note, I think that the Mayans ended their calendar in 2012 not because it's destined to be an actual "Doomsday," but because they specialized in measuring certain natural patterns of the Earth well enough to expect the new calendar cycle begun at that date to be marked by change and renewal, a large enough change where the systems of time measurement within their knowledge used for their calendar would be made obsolete. I think that this shift in the Earth's natural patterns includes physical changes to the Earth that may, for example, be the real cause of global warming, as recently described by David Icke on the "Latest Headlines" page of his website:
"Global warming is being caused overwhelmingly by vibrational change, part of a long-predicted cycle, that is affecting the earth's energy field at an ever-quickening rate. We have seen nothing yet, as they say. The same vibrational change is affecting more and more people and waking them up from the amnesic state the system tries so hard to instill." - David Icke, 2/2/07
It is interesting how some TV shows handle the Mayan calendar issue; one show I saw on the History Channel, “Decoding the Past: Mayan Doomsday Prophecy”, featured interview clips of some experts on the Mayan calendar, which were then misrepresented by the narrator. For example, one of the experts said (and I'm paraphrasing until I locate the script online or record the show) "I don't think it's necessarily a doomsday date;" after that clip, the narrator started his next passage with (paraphrased), "So the Mayan's 2012 DOOMSDAY date..." To read one of these interviewed experts' complaints about how the show handled the subject, read the 2006 article "How Not To Make a 2012 Documentary" by John Major Jenkins.
I think that the reptilians have known about this upcoming vibrational change- and its accompanying effects on both the Earth and the evolution of the masses' consciousness- for thousands of years, and have long seen it as a "due-date" for their New World Order for that reason, and, as I stated earlier, have thus deliberately set the pace for the technological, intellectual and spiritual development of human civilization to be exactly where it's at- the pivotal stage of "adolescence" that human civilization is experiencing right now- in the years leading up to 2012.
It is unclear where the reptilians came from, but I lean towards the theory that they evolved from a species of dinosaur that survived. The reptilians could be entirely Earthly in origin, though I suppose it's possible their species may have been genetically engineered or (at some point) enhanced by actual extraterrestrials. (I don't know much about genetics, but if the reptilians are at least partially descended from certain species of dinosaur, then it seems more plausible that they would be genetically compatible with other Earth creatures, as opposed to a species that evolved entirely on a different planet.) Some theories on the reptilians' origin are explored in detail by cryptozoologist John Rhodes at his website:
http://www.reptoids.com .
Since the Illuminati have always controlled most of the key leaders in governments, religions, corporations, and major media companies, any opposing groups of advanced beings who might try to reach the masses with information to help our situation would have to use alternative methods for their message to get out. For starters, they could never send an uncorrupted message through the mainstream media networks.
My personal experiences and studies related to crop circles have led me to think that the most likely primary force behind the crop circle phenomenon is an organized coalition of 4th (or higher) dimensional beings, including or consisting of the spirits of our human ancestors, who are possibly assisted in the physical creation of crop formations by the nature-connected spirits that some call "devas."
However, let's say there is a high-tech, highly evolved group of non-human beings who are concerned with the future of Earth (whether these beings are extraterrestrial or Earth based) and are opposed to the Illuminati agenda. If these beings were to, for example, bring some spaceships into plain sight over a large city in an attempt to make contact with the masses, the Illuminati-controlled governments and mass media currently still have the power to shape the much of the public's perception on what is happening, and know that much of the world would believe the official story. If the UFO appearance was significantly more blatant than the Illuminati's own frequent, intentional and tightly controlled UFO appearances, the official version of events presented by the Illuminati media would likely be that it was an “invasion.” I would think that the last thing any advanced beings on our side would want to do right now would be to force the Illuminati to play their "alien invasion" card.
I think that William Cooper's 1997 MAJESTYTWELVE essay is a brilliant summary of the likely truth of this matter: that the Illuminati have been conditioning the masses for a potential staged "alien" invasion. I think that this is something the Illuminati might try, if they think the masses will respond accordingly. Global populations have been subjected to this conditioning for quite a while, from the intentional frequent appearances of the Illuminati's UFOs, to the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast scare in 1938, to the "alien" abduction program (which also doubles as a means of obtaining ongoing genetic information from designated test subjects- multiple abductees- from key human bloodlines), to the consistent slant of TV coverage on the matter, to the bizarrely mutilated cattle sometimes found deposited near crop circles. This is part of why I do not think that contact with friendly extraterrestrials, should it happen, will take the form of "flying saucers on the White House lawn" with the world the way it is at this moment in time.
Based on these factors, my view is that crop formations are currently the best way for any anti-Illuminati, pro-human-rights, advanced entity to get unaltered messages through to millions of people. Examination into the phenomenon is an instant mind-opener, and the valuable messages in them are encoded in a wordless, universal language, transcending the language barrier. The messages encoded in the formations- including mathematical theorems and music- seem designed to help the masses develop intellectual and spiritual awareness. (If "a picture is worth a thousand words," then a picture of a real crop circle is worth at least 10,000 words!) When a real crop circle is properly documented and photographed, and then made known to the public, its message is preserved as hard data that cannot be erased or altered. With crop circles, there is no "middle-man"/gatekeeper required; they are a direct line between the masses and a higher force communicating messages using a tangible, physical medium.
I think that this is why the only sci-fi movies about crop circles allowed to be presented on TV, including the smash-hit atrocity Signs, portray the crop circle makers as “terrorist” extraterrestrials putting strange marks on the land to somehow help them coordinate an invasion. (Regarding Signs, that description pretty much sums up the full extent of the explanation for crop circles given in the whole movie, as little sense as it makes in light of the details of the real-life phenomenon that "inspired" the movie.) To the Illuminati, the crop circle makers are the ultimate “terrorists,” and their crop formations are "markers to help them coordinate an invasion," and that’s how they want crop formations to be viewed by anyone else on this planet who has learned that not all of the formations can be explained by human hoaxers or nature. (Fictional movies can be quite effective in programming the subconscious minds of their more impressionable viewers to make assumptions about the real-life counterparts to the movies' subject matter. National Treasure or The Da Vinci Code, anyone?)
I fully agree with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's review of Signs, which appeared in the form of a quote in Rolling Stone in November '02:
"I saw one movie that could have been the worst I've ever seen: Signs. It's the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. It's just such a closed view of the world, like Night of the Living Dead crossed with a propaganda film for late Christianity. Its view of the outside world seems a lot like George W. Bush's. The aliens might as well have been wearing turbans. It was abysmal."
The crop circle makers know that the key to humans overcoming the Illuminati's mind control is through opening minds and educating. In the case of the Howell circles, they were pointing out the Illuminati's obsession with symbolism with a specific example. For starters, the Howell circles have pointed out the presence of a giant, geometrically perfect Masonic compass-and-square symbol subtly encoded in the landscape around Mike Esper's field, found by drawing straight lines connecting certain prominent landscape features around the field with the smaller 2003 circle and the 2006 circle.
If it sounds odd that the Masons (the highest degrees being the largest and most blatant branch of the Illuminati tree) would go through the trouble of such creative landscaping just to carve their symbol into the area, consider: 1) The Illuminati's notorious tendencies to display their symbols where they think it will increase their power, and 2) The fact that the 1/2 square mile of land in question is wedged exactly between American Concrete Products’ gravel aggregates operation (visible on Page 19) and Mason Road (named after the nearby town of Mason to which it leads- a town which was named after Michigan's first governor, Stevens T. Mason, who lived in the Livingston County area.) 33 is the Masons' most important number; for 2 examples, there are 33 degrees in the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; the large Masonic Temple in Grand Rapids, Michigan is located at 233 Fulton Street.
Most significantly, I never would have examined that stretch of land and seen the Masons’ symbol had the crop circle not drawn my attention to it. It strongly confirms my view that genuine crop formations are humanity's only mass link to beings that can match wits with the Illuminati and show us the way to true freedom, in part by specifically pointing out the Illuminati's machinations. While other forms of contact may exist between the crop circle makers and individual humans (symbolic occurrences intended for an individual’s interpretation, psychic contact), this is probably the only reliable (and believable) way for them to consistently get through to millions of people.