The episode is notable for the fact that one of the deaths is not adequately explained in the denouement due to a mistake in the editing process.
A local Ufologist claims extra terrestrial involvement but DCI Tom Barnaby looks for a more plausible explanation.
When a series of bodies are found in mysterious crop circles in the cornfields of Sir Harry Chatwyn, squire of the village of Midsomer Parva, it looks like a case of extra terrestrial kidnapping.
Two bodies, bearing the classic hallmarks of alien abduction – burnt fingers, a puncture wound to the lower back and a chunk cut out of the hair - seem to provide evidence that UFOs do exist.
But when Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy dig deeper, it seems there could be a far more simple explanation for these deaths – cold blooded murder motivated by greed, love and jealousy.