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First published on August 18, 1988 A PILOT has reported more mystery circles in a cornfield as well as an odd effect in the sky above them. The markings, four small rings of flattened corn equally spaced round a large circle, appeared overnight on land near Silbury Hill, Avebury. They were spotted by a private pilot who reported turbulence when he flew over them, supporting the theory they may be natural phenomena. The latest patterns are less than a mile away from 13 similar circles which have been dismissed by some experts as hoaxes. The pilot, who wished to remain anonymous, later flew a Gazette reporter and photographer over the site. His single-engined light aircraft was buffeted by turbulence at 500ft when it was directly over the circles. "I have been flying for 10 years and I have never experienced anything like this," he said. No footprints or tracks were visible between any of the circles. There have been several reasons put forward to explain the mystery including whirlwinds, energy fields, helicoptors and, inevitably, UFOs. Paul Horwood, of the Wiltshire-based Borderland Phenomona Research Group, said: "It's very difficult to fake something like this. People have suggested the circles are caused by wind but they are so perfectly formed and the rest of the crop is not even crumpled." Back to 1988 index |
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