Oh dear

Dear Professor Brian Cox,

I was very interested to hear you say, on national television tonight, that crop circles do not exist. I have a feeling you may be receiving a number of photographs in the near future. I did not photograph the one my wife and I saw several years ago, as I was driving at the time, but it definitely existed.

It's possible that what you intended to say was something along the lines of "yes, of course crop circles exist, but there is at the moment no conclusive evidence that they are caused by anything other than human agency, and as a scientist I prefer in this instance to go with the explanation that best fits the available evidence," but it was cut for time, or for some other reason, putting you in a position of going on record, admittedly in an entertainment context, as blatantly denying observed facts; not actually that scientific.

Still, that's showbiz for you. We very much enjoyed the programme.

Love,

Me

P.S. I say I say I say, what's the difference between "aliens" and "dark energy"?