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Cornfield circle experts were left scratching their heads over an amazing formation found at Alton Barnes, near Marlborough, in July 1990.  Colin
Andrews, a representative of the Circles Phenomenon Research Group, which
examines the patterns throughout the world, said the group of circles was
of a type never found before.The first circle, some 20 feet in diameter, was hailed by circle experts as the largest they had ever seen. In a concentric pattern, the outer circle lay anti-clockwise and the inner clockwise. The circles were joined by corridors of flattened corn and straight-edged symbols go off to the sides. As the yards-long pattern stretched away from the road the corridors became narrower and one small circle, about a foot in diameter, lurked to the side in the chest high crop. A further two isolated circles appeared to one side of the main pattern. Mr Andrews said: "These formations will have eliminated any possibility of a meteorological phenomenon of any kind." He said the corn did not show the angular momentum one would expect from something produced by the weather. As awestruck visitors made their way through the site at Stratton Farm, a number of them said they could feel tingling sensations, and one told of a man of 70 who had been on the scene soon after the circles appeared. The elderly man had been unable to get near the centre of the circles, feeling himself pushed back by some force until he felt he would lose consciousness. Others could hear humming, as if they were under an electric pylon. The circles turned into quite a money-spinner, bringing in more than £5,000 in souvenir takings. In just one month some 600 T-shirts, 250 photographs and hundreds of key rings were sold to thousands of visitors. Souvenir takings came to more than £5,000 - not counting the £1 admissions. Money was donated to the Family Holiday Association and the Alton Barnes village hall fund. |
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