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First published on July 6, 1989 MYSTERIOUS cornfield circles are reappearing on the Marlborough Downs, but this year scientists believe they are closer to discovering their origin. And because some of the affected plants appear to have undergone a molecular change, scientists are advising farmers to hold off with harvesting. Although not overly alarmed they say that until more in known such cereals should not enter the food chain. Talks are already under way with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Within the last month more than 120 of the symmetrical circles have cropped up in fields throughout Wiltshire and a further ten have appeared in Hampshire. There are 28 alone in a field north of Silbury Hill. They also appeared near the man-made monument, between Marlborough and Beckhampton, last year. The annual phenomenon has so far puzzled scientists, but now Colin Andrews, research coordinator of the Circles Investigation Group, based at Andover, says it is possibly a natural occurrence, brought on by the world's ozone layer crisis. "We're looking at cell structuring of cosmic proportions and as such it is very complicated," he said. "It could well have something to do with the problems the planet is experiencing." Mr Andrews, an electrical expert with the Test Valley Borough Council, says he has been working in close contact with a professor at Nihoy University, Tokyo. "He is a plasma fusion expert who is studying the electric field distribution around the planet, which is changing, and it's probably changing because of the ozone problem, the greenhouse effect," he said. "It has coincided with the arrival of these things, but what we can't account for is the referencing of them to man-made features such as lanes, telegraph poles and roads. "They are not appearing in a random fashion which has eliminated meteorological conditions and hoaxes. And we are picking up energy emissions from these sites which is unnatural. They last for about two years. I think the ministry should instruct farmers not to harvest the plants until we're satisfied that there is no molecular contamination." The five main cereal crops involved are wheat, barley, oats, rye grass and rape. "It's not ringing the alarm bells, but we are now looking at a real phenomenon and one which must entail serious scientific research," said Mr Andrews. "The public would be well advised to remain well away." There are currently about 50 scientists and engineers working on the project, but more funding is desperately needed. At the moment private donations are keeping the research alive, but organisers say the government should help with the costs. The group now has six years worth of data and its members are thankful that the phenomena is at last being taken seriously. "It has been exhausting trying to convince people that something is happening, that it's not little green men," said Mr Andrews. Back to 1989 index |
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