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From Raymond_Shaw@mindlink.bc.ca (Raymond Shaw) Sat Aug 15 05:15:37 1992 Path: igor.rutgers.edu!rutgers!ub!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a1593 From: Raymond_Shaw@mindlink.bc.ca (Raymond Shaw) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors Subject: Crop Circles Message-ID: <14320@mindlink.bc.ca> Date: 15 Aug 92 09:15:37 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 317 I have been following the various postings on Crop Circles and thought people in this group might find an interview with Colin Andrews (founder of Circles Phenomenon Research, an internatiional organization dedicated to the investigation of the crop formations) by Monte Leach, USA editor for Share International magazine, of interest. This interview is excerpted from the July/August 1992 issue of Share International. ******************************************************************************* THE SIGNS HAVE ARRIVED Interview with Colin Andrews by Monte Leach Colin Andrews is an electrical engineer and former senior officer with local government in West Hampshire, England. He is founder of Circles Phenomenon Research, an international organization dedicated to the investigation of the crop formations. His 1989 international best-selling book Circular Evidence, co-authored with Pat Delgado, brought widespread attention to the phenomenon, and has been translated into Japanese, German, Spanish, and Italian. A more recent book, The Latest Evidence, was published in 1990 (see Share International July/August 1991). Monte Leach interviewed him. SI: What is the latest update on the crop circle phenomenon? CA: We have been showing evidence, arrived at by a German distillation process at HSC laboratory, at Stroud in Gloucestershire, that there had been a change in the crystalline structure of the [crop circle] plants. This is an unconventional process that's worried a lot of scientists, who were concerned that we were travelling up the wrong road in our research. I disagreed, and continue to disagree. But because it was an unconventional approach, we had to find a laboratory prepared and equipped to undertake more conventional analytical processes. Dr W.C. Levengood, a biophysicist and plant expert in Michigan, took up the challenge. He already has secured two major discoveries. One is that the cells at the nodal point, the point at which the plants bend, about a half to one inch above ground level, have fractured and scarred. That cannot occur by the trampling of feet, or whirlwinds, or the other processes that we hear about. Dr Levengood is not able to state precisely what causes that to happen, but is suggesting that it is due to a rapid increase in temperature within the plant. This fracturing and scarring of the cell structure supports the HSC Laboratory results. SI: What was the other important finding? CA: Dr Levengood planted the seeds from the cereal crops involved in this phenomenon (those that were involved last year) and germinated them in environmentally-sound conditions. He found that the date at which the plants germinated was consistent with the controls, the plants outside of the crop circle area. What he then found, and this is consistent with what we have been looking at over the years, is that the plant growth is positive. That is to say, the plants, once they've germinated, grew at a very much more accelerated rate above ground level [than the control samples]. The root structure was also much more extensive and healthy below ground level, as compared with the control samples -- indeed many-fold healthier and more productive. That, too, is a very important discovery. The plants were taken from three sites in the world -- Australia, America, and Great Britain. We're looking at a consistency here. Again, comparing that with wind damage, hoaxing, and trampling by human feet, it isn't an effect than can be replicated. SI: Will these results be published in any way? CA: Yes, they will be. In fact, in a limited way, they have already been published recently.* SI: Are there any other developments with the scientific research? CA: Yes, the work of Gerald Hawkins, the respected scientist in Washington, DC, who has written books on the geometry of Stonehenge. SI: What has he found with the crop circles? CA: It's looking very exciting indeed. Prior to the launch of Circular Evidence, we had an 'uncontaminated' period, a period during which -- I would pretty well put my life on it -- we were not receiving any hoaxes at all. Since the book was launched, the public became aware that something unusual was going on, and of course now we have a high number of claims of hoaxes and indeed physical hoaxes as well. But in the crop formations of that pre-contaminated period prior to 1989, what Gerald Hawkins has proven is that, well beyond a chance of over 90 per cent, we are looking at diatonic ratios within the crop circles. And perhaps we're looking at ancient geometry which could relate to sound itself, because these are the same ratios which underlie the diatonic scale in music. It's an extremely significant development. What's for sure is that I doubt if there is any hoaxer in the world who would begin to even know what it is we're talking about, let alone calculate his handiwork to compare ancient diatonic ratios of that kind. The Gulf Breeze incident SI: Anything that we can look forward to in the coming months? CA: Early this summer, there's going to be a surveillance operation. It will be similar to what happened when I planned Operation Blackbird with the British Army, but it will involve no media whatsoever. It will be confidential. A site has been chosen. It's in central-southern England, and it will be at a site where the ground markings have appeared regularly, and also where aerial phenomena are occurring regularly. We're interested in those two particular elements because of a major development which took place in Gulf Breeze, Florida, on 13 March this year. SI: This is your work with Steven Greer? CA: We've been working with Dr Steven Greer, a physician here in the US. He's now heading his own SETI project [Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence], and has worked out over a period of 18 months a protocol for interaction with an airborne object. He took his team of 33 observers to Gulf Breeze, opposite the Pensacola military establishment there. On 13 March, his team of 33 observers established their position. Using powerful one million candle-watt search beams they formed a triangle of light in the sky. Within seconds five white lights with orange balls on the under side appeared, moved across the sky and took up position at the triangle's apex. They maintained this position. In the next stage Steven flashed the search beam at a pre-determined rate onto one of the objects. Meanwhile, everything was being filmed on video camaras. There were, I believe, another 20 or so members of the public observing this from six other locations around Gulf Breeze. The team then traced a course with a beam from above the five objects down onto the beach, suggesting to the objects that they move along this line to ground level. Two objects broke away from the five, and moved along that beam. But they stopped, took up a hovering position directly over the observers there. They maintained their position for quite some while, and at that point, through binoculars, all of them, Steven included, could see the structural detail of those objects. At this point, the objects gave out two flashes of white light, and all of them, the two and the remaining three, just simply disappeared. A CBS television film crew was there on the following Tuesday filming something quite different. Some of Steven's team were still in the area. I don't know how they made contact with one another, but apparently they suggested to CBS that they should stay and that Steven's team would have a second try at this. They did, and the television crew filmed two UFOs, which responded similarly. Quite an extraordinary case. If it is as reported, we have something here of great importance. Steven and his team will be coming over to Britain, and carrying on that particular process over the fields where these markings have appeared. I have a very positive feeling about this, as Steven does himself. We may well be entering a critical phase. Response to a sick molecule SI: Could you talk a bit about what you believe the crop circles mean? CA: We are entering a very crucial and important phase in our evolution. The crop markings are only a part of a major shift in the consciousness of mankind, and moving us forward, probably the biggest leap forward in our evolution in history. In terms of this planet, I believe that we are looking at a single, living molecule. The Gaia theory makes perfect sense to me, that we are indeed looking at a living planet, a living organism. It's what the indigenous peoples have always tried to tell us. They have survived only because they have understood how to interact with nature. They found their place in nature. We are here in a material way, and are on a course to folly. We have a limited time to put things right. It's 10 seconds to midnight. Unless we learn to harmonize, to interact with all living things, I'm afraid we are going to see the closing down of a living organism on which we rely. This message is also coming from those who are working in pure science right now. We have a big problem. The planet has a big problem. The evidence is there. I believe that the crop circles are graphic markings that have within them, in their entirety, a meaning. That meaning, and the response to that visual intake, is automatic, because it's within our blueprint. It is within us subconsciously to recognize them. Many people feel this, but they are unable to establish where they've seen them before. It is, I believe, part of the change of consciousness. There are high levels of energy which are being intelligently placed into position in critical parts of the planet. These, if you like, are probably the chakra points, to give it a term, important energy points of the living organism. They are not random, and they have never been random. They are at specific points, and they recur at those locations. I believe that they are occurring literally at the interface between this dimension of the world that we know quite a lot about and those other dimensions of which we know so very little. We are beginning to see that we can interact in a limited way, directly with other dimensions. We are seeing, I think, the reaction of the brain end of the universe, the thinking end, which is automatically responding to a very sick molecule. If you were to cut your finger, the brain end of your universe, your head, would react subconsciously to that. You certainly wouldn't be saying, "Send me haemoglobin and white corpuscles." But the brain end automatically responds. If we could watch the processes going on within your framed universe, what we would see in a microscope is white blood corpuscles moving to that point and interacting. The behavioural tendency would be the equivalent of the UFO. That would be the UFO response from the brain-end of the universe to this planet. That's the analogy. The manifestation to come SI: In the video 'Undeniable Evidence' you say that this crop circle phenomenon is leading to a manifestation of some type. What do you think is going to happen? CA: I have felt for quite some years that we are certainly going to experience something of great magnitude. It is going to be very soon. We are going to encounter something here which I don't think any man or woman is going to doubt. This coming few months is going to see one or two events which are going to shake the world. It is going to focus our attention and the reality of knowing we are not the only thinking components of this living planet. We are going to be stunned into accepting that we have much more to consider. SI: Do you have a bottom line? Do you know what it's going to be, but hesitate to make it known in public? CA: I do, because I still feel it is most important at this juncture, as it has been for the last 10 years, that this research, this effort at disseminating what we already know about this phenomenon, must be kept rational. SI: You believe this event will take place soon, and will leave no doubt that we are not alone here. Is that the main purpose of these events? CA: It is indeed. We will be receiving assistance of new knowledge, new abilities, because we will be working at a different level. We will see manifestations of the Fatima** type. That is the picture that is in my mind. It is a very clear picture. I see certainly a Fatima-type experience occurring. I believe it will be in the vicinity of Silbury Hill, Stonehenge, Avebury in southern England, because that's where the focus of attention is. There has to be a reason why this is happening right there. Having said that, I believe that will be the door opener. The whole world is going to experience something of tremendous importance. Close to a Golden Age SI: What you are saying correlates in some ways with Benjamin Creme's message. CA: I would like to say on the record that I have great respect for Benjamin Creme's work. Indeed, I hope to meet him. I have read a fair bit of your magazine, in fact. The thinking end, the brain end of the universe is the way I have been putting it in recent times. We could easily fall out with society here because there is potential for great difficulty when we are talking about the thinking component of the universe. That could be Jesus. It could be God. It could be extraterrestrial. It could be high nature. I don't feel that we have time to fall out over that. We have something which has thought, something which is intelligently interacting with us, and providing us with proof of its existence. SI: I believe that all of these phenomena are very much connected. I think the appearance of the Teacher, the crop circles, the UFOs, are all working together to raise the consciousness of humanity. That's my opinion. CA: It's one that I share totally. We are living in special times. There is no doubt that at this time next year, the world is going to be very different. We are living very close to a Golden Age. I really feel that. But equally, one has to say a word of warning, that always there are equal quantities of blackness right alongside. It's as easy to get it wrong as it is to get it right. We have to put out that white light, to put out there positive thinking, with sincerity and good heart. At the end of the day, we'll be doing all we possibly can for humanity. It is also worth bearing in mind the Hopi Indian prophecy. We have reached a stage at the very end of the evolutionary path where the Hopi are awaiting the white man who left their land to return with the missing piece of a tablet on which there will be the signs. I would suggest to you that if we can focus our attention on the crop circles and the interaction with the UFO, in the very near future we will appreciate that the signs have arrived. As the Hopi prophecy shows, we are about to hold and shake the hand of the Spirit, the very Spirit that started us on this path. *Linda Moulton Howe, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a UFO researcher, has helped to co-ordinate Dr Levengood's work. Howe had these comments at a recent conference in San Francisco: "Dr Levengood has found under microscopic examination that in the plants that were affected, the cell pits -- the tiny holes in cells of plants where fluid moves back and forth, and keep the plants growing and healthy -- have been expanded. The only way that Dr Levengood could duplicate this cell pit separation was to put plants inside of a microwave for up to 30 seconds. He's not saying that it's microwave radiation that did it. He's saying that rapid heating was the only way he could duplicate the cell pit separation in the plants. "Further, a nuclear design engineer in Tennessee has done preliminary work on some soil samples and has found that there were three different types of isotope changes that were found in the soil underneath at least two crop formations. That work is now considered to be tentative. They need many more soil samples from many more formations to make any kind of definitive scientific presentation. But at least the preliminary findings are intriguing because they suggest that some kind of energy is being applied in the formation of these crop circles that is not understood." **Three children in Fatima, Portugal, reported a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917. The experiences culminated in October of that year in a manifestation which included miraculous phenomena witnessed by thousands. (c) 1992 Share International Foundation. All Rights Reserved. From rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) Mon Aug 24 15:14:53 1992 Path: igor.rutgers.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!decwrl!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!rutkows From: rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors Subject: Latest NAICCR info on crop circles Summary: Latest NAICCR list of crop circles and UGMs Keywords: north america, crop circles, NAICCR Message-ID: <1992Aug24.191453.29996@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 24 Aug 92 19:14:53 GMT Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 141 1992 North American Crop Circles and/or UGMs Reported to NAICCR as of 24 August 1992 920426 Jonesboro, Georgia - a "formation" of crop circles, "exactly" like those found in 1991 in the same location, was discovered. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley; Vance Tiede 9204?? , New Hampshire - UGMs were found following a small local flap of UFO reports. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley; Vance Tiede 920506 near Edmonton, Alberta - a "space cookie" UGM was discovered in a meadow. It is a perfect circle, 6 metres in diameter. Its depth varies from 5 cm to 31 cm. Grass is growing straight up both inside and outside the circle. No tracks were found leading to the area. The UGM is not a sinkhole. Source: Gordon Kijek 920525 Limerick, Pennsylvania - at least 12 "matted down" areas were found in a wheatfield north of Philadelphia. Three were circles about five feet in diameter, arranged in a triangle. One feature was "T-shaped". Soil samples taken by a UFO investigator "showed no irregularities". Geiger counter readings were also normal. Although a hoax was suspected by the UFO investigator, the owner of the field believes that the UGMs were caused by lodging, wind and fertilizer damage, and that "It happens every year". Source: Steve Bernheisel on FIDONET; UFO Newsclipping Service #275 920627 Raeford, North Carolina - a circle of flattened grass was found in a hay field following a CE2 UFO sighting. A loud noise, "like a freight train", was heard, and two witnesses ran to look out their front door. A object "the size of a swimming pool", "like orange windows lla around it", was in a field about 300 feet away from their house. When they went to call other witnesses, the object disappeared. Source: Patrick Kirol on FIDONET 9206?? , Massachusetts - a small area of flattened cattails was found in a marsh close to a major highway and reported as a crop circle. Source: Tom Randolph on DEC COM via INTERNET 920701 St. Adolphe, Manitoba - nine "horseshoe-shaped" patches of flattened grass were found on either side of a brook in a Winnipeg suburb. Because of rece storms and heavy rainfall, lodging was thought to be the cause Source: Guy Westcott; NAICCR 920705 Hobbema, Alberta - two ovals of flattened barley were found in a field after unusual lights were observed descending to the ground. The largest UGM has a major axis of 47 feet. The crop is pushed away uniformly from the centers of the patches, but the centers are "clumped", like breaking waves. Barley inside the circles is "white", and devoid of colour. It was later suggested that the areas were due to spilled seeds and fertilizer, combined with lodging. Source: Gord Kijek 920715 St. Adolphe, Manitoba - a field beside a highway was discovered to have numerous patches of flattened crop, in irregular patterns. The formations were discovered by the same person who found case 920701. Investigation by NAICCR and interviews with the owner of the field established that the crop had been laid down by strong winds and heavy rain. The person who discovered the formations was convinced that aliens created the flattened patches. Source: NAICCR 920721 Friedensruh, Manitoba - a farmer found a triangular area of flattened/swirled grass which was surrounded by an electric fence. The dimensions were 31x27x17 feet. Local residents could not explain the phenomenon. However, NAICCR investigators found evidence that animals had trampled the site. Source: NAICCR 920799 Pilot Peak, California - according to the Phoenix Project, a number of "landing zones" were discovered near the site of an alleged underground alien base. Visits to the site by independent invesyigators have found only patches of grass trampled by deer and other animals. Two "landing zones" were claimed. Source: John Pickens on INTERNET via Paranet 920799 Miniota, Manitoba - it was reported that a crop circle was discovered in a field of oats. The circle is perfectly round and 32 feet in diameter. The oats are flattened and swirled in a clockwise fashion. The center of the circle is devoid of vegetation. Source: NAICCR 920801 Strathclair, Manitoba - a circle of flattened wheat was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. It was 28 feet in diameter. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise fashion. Source: NAICCR 920808 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars (a circle with an attached arrow pointing away from it) was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. The main circle was 28 feet in diameter, with no detectable eccentricity. The wheat was flattened counterclockwise. In the arrow, the wheat was flattened away from the circle. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 260 degrees. Source: NAICCR 920815 Ipswich, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered just east of Ipswich. The main circle was elliptical, with axes 26 and 24.5 feet. The wheat was flattened counterclockwise. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 65 degrees. A large, dark object with yellow lights was seen hovering over the site the night before the formation was discovered. Source: NAICCR 920815 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat was found near other crop circle UGMs. It was roughly 20 feet in diameter. Wheat was laid down in random clumps. Examination suggested the area was caused by lodging. Source: NAICCR 920815 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered west of Strathclair. The main circel was 24 feet in diameter. The wheat was flattened in a counterclockwise fashion. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 120 degrees. Source: NAICCR 920817 Brandon, Manitoba - a television station received an anonymous call that a crop circle had been found on the property of the Brandon airport. Source: CKX-TV -- Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca Royal Astronomical Society of Canada University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada From rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) Mon Aug 24 16:19:11 1992 Path: igor.rutgers.edu!rutgers!att!pacbell.com!mips!decwrl!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!rutkows From: rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors Subject: NAICCR Report on Crop Circles Summary: Report on recent crop circles and UFOs Keywords: crop circles, NAICCR, north america, report Message-ID: <1992Aug24.201911.7372@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 24 Aug 92 20:19:11 GMT Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 312 NAICCR (North American Institute for Crop Circle Research) Report on Investigations of Crop Circles in the Area of Strathclair, Manitoba 18 August 1992 Following media reports about several new crop circles in western Manitoba, NAICCR representatives travelled to the area for onsite investigations. Five crop formations were discovered, one of which was easily explained as lodging. Of the other four, three were in the shape of the symbol for Mars: a circle with an attached arrow. Two were alongside a major highway, while the others were next to less-travelled farm roads. The two near the major highway were apparently made on the night of 14-15 August 1992. Rumours of the circles spread through the community, and many people went to see the formations. By Monday, 17 August 1992, an estimated 200 people had visited the sites. News media mentioned the sites in newscasts on 17-18 August, but the formations did not attract the wide publicity that other, less impressive and explainable formations had garnered a month earlier. NAICCR investigators were able to visit the sites on 18 August 1992, after a four-hour excursion from Winnipeg. Wheat and soil samples were taken from all sites. Mapping was done, though, because of excessive trampling of the formations, measurement errors of about six inches were possible. Compasses were employed, but no magnetic anomalies were detected. Both VHF and AM/FM radios were tested, but no interference was detected. Tape recordings taken at the sites were unaffected. No unusual sounds were heard, and no unusual "feelings" were sensed. Insects were present in normal quantities at the sites. According to residents, animals were not afraid to enter the areas. At one formation, two youths guarded the entrance and brandished a sign reading: "A Loonie a Look"; they charged a dollar to anyone wanting to enter the site. [Note: "loonie" is a slang term for a Canadian dollar coin.] At Strathclair No.4, two NAICCR investigators decided to try an experiment in circle creation. They walked between the rows of wheat into an unaffected area and began walking around in a circle. After five minutes, they had produced a circle of comparable size to Strathclair No.4. The new circle was swirled and flattened, and examination of wheat stalks showed no breakage whatsoever. The stalks were only gently bent at a height of about one to two inches above the ground, and did not appear to have been subjected to any force. The appearance of the new circle was relatively "messy", but after a few minutes of "touch- ups", it began to look more like the "real" circle. Suggestions were offered as to ways in which more even flattening could be produced. Since Strathclair No.4 was created on the night of 14- 15 August 1992, only a few days after full Moon, it was proposed that a hoaxer could easily have created the formation without any flashlights and ducked down below the level of the five-foot-high wheat when an occasional car passed by. The hoax theory is complicated by a CE1 UFO sighting over the field where the Ipswich formation was discovered. One close witness and two other witnesses observed an unusual object moving over the field and then fly away on the night that that formation was likely created. On the night of 14 August, a television program about crop circles had been aired. Residents of the area had recalled seeing the episode. However, at least two of the formations had been discovered before the program was aired. It is not thought that the television program had necessarily precipitated the later formations. Wheat samples will be given to several researchers for testing. As some cerealogists have claimed that seeds from plants inside circles grow faster/better than those from a control sample, double-blind tests of this theory will be performed. Further investigations are continuing. Descriptions of the formations follow, along with a number of UFO reports from the same time period. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Strathclair, Manitoba UGM 920801.1 Found: 1 August 1992 A circle of flattened wheat was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. It was 28 feet in diameter. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise direction. The circle was approximately 40 feet from a municipal road. Known as Strathclair No.1. Reported to the media on 16 August 1992. NAICCR investigation was on 18 August 1992. The site had been badly trampled by visitors during the interim. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Strathclair, Manitoba UGM 920808.1 Found: 8 August 1992 A flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. The main circle was 28 feet in diameter, with no detectable eccentricity. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise direction. The formation was approximately 40 feet from a municipal road, directly opposite a circle which had been discovered a week earlier. In the arrow, the wheat was flattened away from the circle, following the lines of the arrow. The arrow pointed away from the circle on a bearing of 260 degrees. The arrow was 18.5 feet in length, with left and right arms of 6 and 6.5 feet in length, respectively. The width of the arrow was approximately 36 inches. The arrow pointed almost directly away from the road. Known as Strathclair No.2. Reported to the media on 16 August 1992. NAICCR investigation was on 18 August 1992. The site had been badly trampled by visitors during the interim. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ipswich, Manitoba UGM 920815.1 Found: 15 August 1992 A flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered in a field just east of Ipswich. The main area was 26 feet in diameter along its major axis and 24.5 feet along its minor axis. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise direction. In the arrow, the wheat was flattened away from the circle, following the lines of the arrow. The arrow pointed away from the main area on a bearing of 65 degrees. The arrow was 17.5 feet in length, with left and right arms 7.5 and 11 feet in length, respectively. The width of the arrow corridor was 28 inches. The arrow pointed toward a farm road, its tip being only 36 feet from the road. Known as Ipswich. Reported to the media on 16 August 1992. NAICCR investigation was on 18 August 1992. The site had been badly trampled by visitors during the interim. A UFO had been seen at the site on 14 August 1992. See: ND Case 920814.1 in UFOROM files. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Strathclair, Manitoba UGM 920815.1 Found: 15 August 1992 A flattened area was found in a wheat field near other crop circle UGMs. It was roughly 20 feet in diameter. Wheat was laid down in random clumps, and some sections had rebounded upright. The area was visible from a nearby road. Examination suggested the area was caused by lodging. Known as Strathclair No.3 Reported to the media on 16 August 1992. NAICCR investigation was on 18 August 1992. The site had been trampled by visitors during the interim. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Strathclair, Manitoba UGM 920815.1 Found: 15 August 1992 A flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. The main circle was 24 feet in diameter, with no detectable eccentricity. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise direction. The formation was approximately 100 feet from a provincial highway. In the arrow, the wheat was flattened away from the circle, following the lines of the arrow. The arrow pointed away from the circle on a bearing of 120 degrees. The arrow was 16 feet in length, with left and right arms of 8.5 and 10 feet in length, respectively. The width of the arrow was approximately 66 inches. The arrow pointed away from the road. Known as Strathclair No.4 Reported to the media on 16 August 1992. NAICCR investigation was on 18 August 1992. The site had been badly trampled by visitors during the interim. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Brandon, Manitoba UGM 920817.1 Reported: 17 August 1992 A television station received an anonymous call that a crop circle had been found on the property of the Brandon airport. Investigations pending. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Miniota, Manitoba UGM 920799.1 July, 1992 It was reported that a crop circle was discovered in a field of oats. The circle is perfectly round and 32 feet in diameter. The oats are flattened and swirled in a clockwise direction. The center of the circle is devoid of vegetation. The circle was found "in mid-summer". It was reported to NAICCR on 21 August 1992. ------------------------------------------------------------------ UFO Reports: Ipswich, Manitoba ND Case 920814.1 14 August 1992 2115 local time A woman was driving east from Shoal Lake to Strathclair when she saw a pair of bright yellow lights over a field to her left. The lights appeared to be about 50 to 100 feet above the ground. She stopped her car to get a better look, and watched as the lights moved in tandem, one above the other, progressing over the field heading west. As it was not quite dark, she was sure that she could see a dark object behind the lights, with another very small flashing light at its "tail". The witness' daughter and son-in-law were following in their own car, and they also saw the object before it moved out of view behind some trees. The object was visible for about two minutes as it progressed slowly over the field. No noise was heard. Reported to the media on 15 August 1992. The next day, a crop circle UGM was discovered in the wheat field over which the UFO had travelled. See NAICCR case 920815.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoal Lake, Manitoba NL Case 920814.1 14 August 1992 2300 local A witness reported seeing a brilliant green flash of light which illuminated the countryside. Source: Greg Nesbitt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoal Lake, Manitoba NL Case 920815.1 15 August 1992 2200 local A witness reported seeing a brilliant green flash of light which illuminated the countryside. It was visible for "a few seconds". Source: RCMP, Shoal Lake Detachment -------------------------------------------------------------------- Winnipeg, Manitoba NL Case 920826.1 26 August 1992 0535 local A witness reported a bright green object, "like an airplane going to crash". The object was rapidly moving from the west to the east, but looked like it was "going up". The object had a "long tail". It appeared to be over the Winnipeg airport. It was visible for only a few seconds. Source: Anonymous phone call from the witness to UFOROM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A full report on the incidents, with detailed drawings of the crop formations, will be available in hard copy from NAICCR at a later date. The full report will be published in a major UFO journal and cerealogy journal. The Strathclair flap of UGMs and UFOs will be noted in the annual NAICCR and UFOROM reports when published in 1993. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For further information, contact: NAICCR (North American Institute for Crop Circle Research) Box 1918 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3C 3R2 On INTERNET, e-mail can be addressed to: rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca ======================================================================= -- Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca Royal Astronomical Society of Canada University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada From mcgrew@klinzhai.rutgers.edu (Charles Mcgrew) Sun Oct 11 21:45:20 1992 Path: igor.rutgers.edu!klinzhai.rutgers.edu!mcgrew From: mcgrew@klinzhai.rutgers.edu (Charles Mcgrew) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors Subject: Re: crop circles Message-ID: <Oct.11.21.45.19.1992.7061@klinzhai.rutgers.edu> Date: 12 Oct 92 01:45:20 GMT References: <cass8806.307@elan.glassboro.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 47 cass8806@elan.glassboro.edu (KYLE CASSIDY) writes: are there any books out about those crop circles which were popping up in europe? ... there are some books, and some magazines that I know of: Magazines: The Cerealogist, 20 Paul St., Frome, Somerset, BA11 1DX, England The Circular, 58 Kings Rd., West End, Woking, Surrey GU24 9LW, England The Crop Walker, 3 Selborne Court, Tavistock Close, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 7TY, England Some books and papers: The Crop Circle Enigma, edited by Ralph Noyes, Gateway Books, UK. Crop Circles, the Latest Evidence, Pat Delgado and Colin Andrews, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK North American Crop Circles and Related Physical Traces in 1990 - available from NAICCR (see below). "Crop Circles: The Mystical View" and "How to Measure a Crop Circle", MUFON Journal #278, June 1991. Summer 1991 Crop Circles - available from Fund for UFO Research (see below). "Summer 1991 Crop Circles" -- condensation of the above report, MUFON Journal #282, October 1991. "Once Upon a time in the Wheat", and "English Hoax Update", MUFON Journal #284, December 1991. "The Circles of Summer", MUFON Journal #293, September 1992. North American CC organizations: North American Institute of Crop Circle Research, 649 Silverstone Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2V8, Canada. North American Circle, PO Box 61144, Durham, NC 27715-1144 Other addresses: Fund for UFO Research, PO Box 277, Mount Rainier, Maryland, 20712. MUFON, 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, TX 78155 Hope this helps, Charles From: rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Chris Rutkowski) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors Subject: 1992 NAICCR Crop Circle Report Summary: crop circle report available Keywords: crop circles, UGMs, NAICCR Message-ID: <C4At18.DtM@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Date: 22 Mar 93 16:12:43 GMT Sender: news@ccu.umanitoba.ca Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Lines: 942 Nntp-Posting-Host: ccu.umanitoba.ca Thanks to David Thacker of AUFOSG, the 1992 NAICCR Report on Crop Circles and UGMs in North America has been scanned in and is hereby made available online: >From 70744.3253@compuserve.com Sun Mar 21 21:52:27 1993 Date: 21 Mar 93 22:42:57 EST From: David Thacker <70744.3253@CompuServe.COM> Subject: 1992 NAICCR UGM Report _____ - - ** ** =================== NORTH AMERICAN CROP CIRCLES and RELATED PHYSICAL TRACES REPORTED IN 1992 A Study Conducted by the North American Institute for Crop Circle Research Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada February, 1993 This study was conducted by the North American Institute for Crop Circle Research in conjunction with Ufology Research of Manitoba. Research associates with NAICCR and UFOROM include: Roy Bauer, Grant Cameron, Jeff Harland, Chris Rutkowski, Vladimir Simosko and Guy Westcott ========================================================= Thanks are due to the following people who significantly assisted NAICCR in its research: Chad Deetken, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Gordon Kijek, Colin McKim, Ted Spickler, Michael Strainic, David Thacker and Pamela Thompson ========================================================= Contributing groups and organizations: North American Institute for Crop Circle Research 649 Silverstone Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2V8 Ufology Research of Manitoba Box 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3R2 Alberta UFO Study Group P.O. Box 38044, Capilano Postal Outlet, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6A 0Y0 Center for North American Crop Circle Studies P.O. Box 4766, Lutherville, Maryland 21094 USA Pacific Research 2743 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6K 1W9 Mutual UFO Network 103 Oldtowne Road, Seguin, Texas 78155-4099 USA ========================================================= Thanks are due to those who sent information to NAICCR for the purposes of this study. Their contributions were greatly appreciated. This report was prepared by Chris A. Rutkowski Published by: North American Institute for Crop Circle Research in conjunction with Ufology Research of Manitoba North American Crop Circles and Related Physical Traces Reported in 1992 Since 1990, NAICCR (North American Institute for Crop Circle Research) has been requesting and collecting information on UGMs (unusual ground markings) in North America. The 1990 and 1991 NAICCR reports were widely circulated, and have been reprinted in a number of books and publications around the world. The favourable response of the ufology and cerealogical community to NAICCR's efforts has encouraged the continued gathering of data for comparison and analysis. One of the reasons NAICCR has been making UGM and crop circle data available to researchers is because no comparable reports are produced regarding UGMs in Britain. Various factions and cerealogists are said to maintain extensive databases on crop circles, but the data is normally not disseminated. True, several coffee-table books have been published with remarkable aerial photographs of unique formations, and cerealogy "alphabets" have been circulated which categorize the agriglyphs, but raw data including all possibly relevant parameters is hard to come by. In addition, there is the alleged "hoarding" of crop circle data by some researchers, and the selective winnowing of cases by others. Since British data has been so elusive to some researchers, NAICCR associates have attempted to gather UGM data from the entire continent of North America, rather than focusing upon the British scene. This has been no small feat. The effective area of North American cerealogy is several times larger than that of Britain, so North American cerealogists have a much more difficult task than their counterparts across the ocean. "Stakeouts" of circle-prone areas are possible in England, but not in America. The principle which guides the collection and dissemination of crop circle data by NAICCR is the open exchange of information for all those involved in the field. It has been suggested that the sharing of information and the co-operation between researchers is a vital aspect of both ufology and cerealogy. In practice, although requests for information are frequently made, relatively few researchers and investigators respond by sending NAICCR the required data. Typically, local investigators send information to regional directors of their organizations, if they send their information to anyone at all. The quality and style of investigations tend to vary considerably, and therefore make comparative studies very difficult. The need for standardization of investigative techniques is clearly an issue in UGM studies. As a result, information about many UGMs comes by way of second-hand sources, newsletters, magazines, computer bulletin boards and media reports. Some reports of UGMs are nothing more than rumours, despite attempts to substantiate claims and alleged witnesses' accounts. For these reasons, the usefulness of the data is limited. However, it is the position of NAICCR that the collection and publication of this data are important in the development of the field. At the very least, researchers who perhaps read only a few publications can be apprised of the broader aspect of the phenomena, and the variety of the cases. While it is admirable that many researchers have taken it upon themselves to study specific cases or aspects of UGMs, those who claim expertise or are portrayed as being very knowledgeable of the subject are sometimes poorly versed in the phenomenon. Indeed, some lack the necessary background to speak with authority on UGMs or related phenomena. This has resulted in some "experts" making unscientific or otherwise unsupported claims during media interviews, contributing to misconceptions about the facts of the phenomenon. The situation is complicated further by the delineation of "camps" within the UGM field, whether they be vortex theorists, UFO adherents, skeptical refuseniks or ultraterrestrialists. These are additional reasons why an objective presentation of all the raw data from all sources is considered essential in order to gain a more complete understanding of the phenomena. It is the hope of NAICCR that the presentation of North American UGM data in this Report will encourage more co-operation and discussion among researchers at all levels, whether the reader is an armchair theorist, a field investigator or a debunker. The general position of NAICCR is that no one theory is favourable over any other at the present time. This flies directly against the belief by many skeptics that "all crop circles are hoaxes", and also the belief by many ETH supporters that crop circles are definitely communications from aliens. The hoax issue is not trivial. Debates are raging between cerealogists concerning the fraction of "genuine" formations that have been found. First of all, we must realize that the exact determination of this fraction is impossible, since we have no exact figure for the number of all UGMs in Britain. Are there 1000 recorded sites since 1980? 2000? 3000? Do the numbers reflect individual UGMs, or complete formations? Is a site with ten "grapeshot" circles counted as "ten" or "one"? Second, cerealogists have gone on record as saying that hoaxers have become so proficient at their craft that there is now no way to tell a "genuine" circle from a "fake" one. The implications of such a statement should alarm researchers. If hoaxed circles look "genuine", then all circles could be hoaxes just as easily as all circles could be "real". Third, claims of hoaxing are themselves not proof of hoaxing. Although skeptics would invoke Ockham's Razor and point out that hoaxing is the simplest explanation for crop circles, the problem is more complex than that. Aside from the Bower/Chorley demonstrations, comparatively few hoaxers have admitted their handiwork and have described their exact method used. This has resulted in many cerealogists adopting a "doubting Thomas" attitude; unless hoaxers are caught red-handed or come forward after the fact with detailed information about their hoax effort, the hoaxers are not to be believed. In North America, though several individuals have claimed to have hoaxed crop circles, only a few have met the "doubting Thomas" criteria. The situation is much worse in Britain, given the larger number of sites. A common observation among cerealogists is that hoaxing cannot be a viable explanation because thousands of crop circle sites would require huge armies of hoaxers, all of whom were clever enough to make intricate formations without being seen, indeed, in some cases, under the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras. But are the logistics of hoaxing really that impossible? Since many formations were discovered days or even weeks after they were likely created, they could have been done without any witnesses. By the time many were found, visitors might have trampled tell-tale signs of hoaxing. We do not have accurate figures available on the fraction of sites which were under observation, and which were also investigated prior to visitors. How many of the 1000 (or 2000) UGMs are considered highly reliable? Let us assume that there is one determined and expert crop circle hoaxer in Britain. Let us also assume that he (or she) made one crop circle per night during a 100-day farming season. This one person could have made all 1000 circles in Britain since 1980! This is absurd, of course. The time requirements, personal cost, travelling, secrecy and other factors would make this scenario ridiculous. But let us assume that the variables were altered. Suppose there were ten hoaxers. Suppose that ten crop circles were made each night. Suppose that some circles were created by a mysterious natural or preternatural phenomenon (!). The reader is left to speculate upon other scenarios. This exercise does not, by itself, imply that hoaxing is the most likely explanation for crop circles. However, it puts into perspective the problems of coming to terms with the phenomenon. What of the other theories? What evidence is there to support the vortex or extraterrestrial theories? In the former, there do exist several dozen recorded cases of eyewitnesses to strong, spiralling downdraughts making circular patches in wheat or tall grasses. Both Ohtsuki and Meaden have presented physical arguments that simple crop circles could be made by wind vortices, and have hypothesized certain physical conditions that might be conducive to crop circle creation (sides of hills, winds, etc.). However, given the difficulty of weeding "genuine" circles from the dross in the data, the theory requires some refining. In addition, a "natural" mechanism would demand the creation of formations in great numbers around the world, not just confined to a small area in Britain. Perhaps, the NAICCR reports will serve to support the theory. On the other hand, TIF (Theory of the Intelligent Force) seems supported by eyewitness accounts and videos of unusual lights or structured objects near crop circle sites. Some vortex theorists might say these are special cases of plasmas in action, but some TIF proponents insist that added factors such as weaving and complex patterns rule out a natural mechanism. In terms of physical changes within crop circles, results are interesting, though not completely satisfying. Tests have shown no sites to have residual radioactivity, despite earlier heralded claims to the contrary. Spagyrical analyses, dating back to the days of alchemy and not given much scientific weight today, attempted to show "crystallization" of plant cells from within crop circles. This evidence is not as credible as many would believe. We are left with the body of evidence produced through analyses by Dr. W. Levengood of Pinelandia Biophysical Laboratories. His results, published in a series of reports, purport to shown "changes" or otherwise significant abnormalities in samples taken from circle sites. The prospect of proving abnormalities within crop circles using these results is very exciting, though it would be preferable if other independent laboratories could confirm the effects. Results of the 1992 Study As of 31 January, 1993, there had been 93 UGMs (unusual ground markings) reported or otherwise communicated to UFOROM (Ufology Research of Manitoba) or NAICCR during the 1992 calendar year. These represented only 40 different sites or locations; some cases had multiple associated UGMs. The set of UGMs includes those features commonly called "crop circles" as well as features known as "saucer nests", "space cookies", "burn marks" and "landing traces". The UGMs were classified in the following categories: 1. FC - Flattened Circle 2. FR - Flattened Ring 3. BC - Burned Circle 4. BR - Burned Ring 5. BF - Burned and Flattened 6. CR - Concentric Ring 7. VM - Vegetation Missing 8. VD - Vegetation Dead 9. YG - Yellowing of Grass 10. SG - Stunted Growth 11. EG - Enhanced Growth 12. DP - Depression 13. HO - Hole 14. OT - Other The classification system is not mutually exclusive, and some sites may contain more than one category of UGM. A problem in the statistical tabulation of UGM data is the lack of standardization in the counting of the UGMs. At some sites, only a single UGM is observed, while at others, there may be dozens. Some researchers have chosen to count each UGM separately, but many count features according to sites. A "quadruplet" may therefore be counted as "4" or "1", depending on the system used. A more complex feature such as an "agriglyph" poses additional problems: is a count of its component circles, triangles, etc., of real analytical value? The NAICCR data is presented with both counting schemes; researchers can adopt their own systems for interpretation. It is interesting to note that the number of UGMs per year has remained about the same since 1990. This might suggest that UGMs are a continuing, constant phenomenon like their cousins, UFOs. UGMs per Year ============= 1990 1991 1992 ========================================================= # UGMs | 86 | 87 | 93 | # Sites | 45 | 37 | 40 | ========================================================= UGMs in North America in 1992 ============================= Canada % USA % Total ============================================================ Total UGMs | 47 | 50.5% | 46 | 49.5% | 93 | # Sites | 21 | 52.5% | 19 | 47.5% | 40 | ============================================================ Of the 93 total UGMs found in North America, 47 (50.5%) were in Canada and 46 (49.5%) were in the United States. When the number of sites is examined, the distribution is essentially the same: 21 (52.5%) in Canada and 19 (47.5%) in the United States. When compared with previous years, the 1992 data suggests several things. First, the number of reported UGMs in North America is constant, averaging around 90 UGMs/year. Second, it would appear that the ratio of UGMs/sites is also constant, with a value near two. In other words, the typical UGM case involves at least two impressions/effects, and are more properly called formations. If we assume that the mechanism for reporting North American UGM cases is relatively constant, this data does seem to show a "background" level of UGM activity, something that had been suspected by some researchers. More to the point, it suggests that the huge numbers of crop circle UGMs in Britain are an anomaly. Some would read this as a confirmation of widespread hoaxing and contamination of British UGM data. To others, this implies that the British hills and valleys are host to a truly unique phenomenon, incomparable to UGM activity elsewhere in the world. Indeed, the constancy of the American numbers seems to show that American and British UGM activity, specifically that of crop circles, are different effects with different causes. Why this is so is not completely clear at this time. As in previous years, there was an uneven distribution of UGMs throughout North America in 1992. Significant numbers of cases were reported in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which had few UGMs reported in 1991. Illinois had the largest number of American cases in 1992, as in previous years. There was a strong, significant difference in the direction of swirl reported for crop circles. Of the cases for which swirl data was reported, 28 swirls were counterclockwise, and only one was clockwise. All swirled UGMs were in Canada. Distribution of UGMs in States and Provinces ============================================ State/Province USA/CDN # UGMs # Sites ================================================================= Alberta | Canada | 18 | 3 | Arizona | USA | 3 | 1 | California | USA | 2 | 1 | Georgia | USA | 2 | 1 | Illinois | USA | 8 | 4 | Iowa | USA | 1 | 1 | Manitoba | Canada | 20 | 11 | Massachusetts | USA | 1 | 1 | Minnesota | USA | 2 | 1 | Missouri | USA | 1 | 1 | New Hampshire | USA | 1 | 1 | North Carolina | USA | 1 | 1 | Ohio | USA | 2 | 2 | Ontario | Canada | 1 | 1 | Pennsylvania | USA | 12 | 1 | Saskatchewan | Canada | 8 | 6 | South Dakota | USA | 1 | 1 | Tennesee | USA | 9 | 2 | ================================================================= Number of UGMs by Crop and Country ================================== Crop USA Canada ================================================= Alfalfa | 5 | | Barley | | 2 | Corn | 1 | 1 | Grass | 15 | 11 | Ice | 1 | | Oats | | 3 | Potatoes | 1 | | Wheat | 21 | 30 | ================================================= The diversity of the crops affected by UGMs is evident in the above table. The public impression that crop circles appear exclusively in wheat is clearly wrong. Furthermore, the British label of "corn circles" is also a misnomer for North American cases, though this is due more to idiom than botany. Some researchers such as AUFOSG have noted this problem of crop identification, and have included the proper scientific names of affected UGM crop in their reports. If other groups adopt this system, it may alleviate some confusion. The most marked change from 1991 is the increase in wheat formations in the United States. There were 21 in 1992, but only 1 in 1991. Otherwise, UGM activity was as varied as in previous years. Number of UGMs by Crop (When Specified) ======================================= Crop # UGMs ================================= Alfalfa | 5 | Barley | 2 | Corn | 2 | Grass | 26 | Ice | 1 | Oats | 3 | Potatoes | 1 | Wheat | 51 | Not Specified | 2 | ================================= Number of UGMs by Type (When Specified) ======================================= Type USA Canada ========================================================= Flattened Circle | 33 | 15 | Flattened Ring | 2 | 20 | Hole | | 1 | Vegetation Dead | 1 | | Vegetation Missing | 1 | | Yellowed Grass | 1 | | Other | 2 | 11 | Not Specified | 6 | | ========================================================= In 1992, the average diameter of UGMs was 10.62 metres. In 1991, the average diameter of UGMs was 7.06 metres. The 1990 average was 10.7 metres. The "UFO Connection" to UGMs and crop circles alleged by some researchers is not borne out by the 1992 data. UFOs were reported in conjunction with only 4 UGM sites, representing 10% of the cases. We can note that Ted Phillips' Catalog of Physical Traces Associated with UFO Sightings, published in the 1970's, had a similar fraction of cases. Many of the UGMs listed in his Catalog had no associated UFO activity. In other words, the overall characteristics of trace cases and UFO effects have not changed dramatically over the years; only our identification and naming the sites as "crop circles" instead of "physical traces" has evolved. In 26 UGMs (28%) or at 8 sites (20%), winds were noted as a possible explanation. As many as 18 UGMs (19%) at 8 sites (20%) were given probable explanations. As can be seen in the annotated list of cases, cerealogists are rapidly gaining expertise in crop effects such as lodging and blights. The characteristics of 1992 UGMs varied considerably. As many as 11 UGMS (12%) at 7 sites (17.5%) were described as possessing "corridors". No complex formation such as the Coalhurst structure of 1991 was discovered, though smaller oddities such as "dumbbells" and "Mars symbols" were noted in 1992. The listing of UGM data does not include any indication of the investigations and conclusions reached by researchers regarding the cause or reason for the existence of the features. The limited information available for these analyses precluded any extensive discussion of the individual cases. Some information about the cases will be found in the annotated case list later in this report. Sources of information about the cases are provided, but researchers intending to use this data in their own studies are cautioned that NAICCR cannot vouch for the accuracy of reports. The question of physical or physiological effects reported at UGM sites should also be addressed here. It has been claimed that electronic interference is sometimes experienced within or in the proximity of British crop circles. Convincing support for this claim is much debated, but such effects have been noted in many cases, usually as an indication that UFOs have been involved. Sometimes, vortex theorists imply that these effects may be related to plasma activity in the surrounding area. In both 1991 and 1992, several North American UGM sites were claimed to have associated effects. Some sites were said to exhibit a positive effect when dowsed, while other sites produced eerie "energy", detected by sensitives. Unfortunately, these effects do not seem to be consistent, and are not experienced by all witnesses or investigators at the same site. It is hoped that research into UGMs will benefit from studies of the raw UGM data. Researchers are urged to examine the data presented and prepare their own interpretations in order to further develop their theories about the origins of UGMs or the specific category of crop circles. Chris A. Rutkowski Ufology Research of Manitoba North American Institute for Crop Circle Research February, 1993 ===================================================================== Coding Key for UGM Data ======================= EXAMPLE: 920827,TORONTO ,ON,CN,03,BY,FC,CC, 4.80, 4.50, ---,CDMUW ,37 D S R C N C T S D D W O U A I E O U R Y W I I I T G T T G U M O P I A A D H M E E I N B P E R M M T E O T E L H R N N R R 1 2 O Y DATE: 6-digit code of the form: YR/MO/DA SITE: Geographical location nearest the UGM, such as a town, city, hamlet, etc. REGION: State or Province, as a standard 2-digit code COUNTRY: US or CN NUMBER: Number of UGMS at the site; if only one, then one entry: 01; if two, then two entries: 01 and 02; if three, then 01, 02, 03; etc. CROP: 2-digit code for crop: AL = Alfalfa; BY = Barley; CN = Corn; GR = Grass; IC = Ice; OA = Oats; PO = Potatoes; WH = Wheat TYPE: 2-digit code for UGM type: BC = Burned Circle; FC = Flattened Circle; FR = Flattened Ring; HO = Hole; OT = Other; SG = Stunted Growth; VD = Vegetation Dead; VM = Vegetation Missing; YG = Yellowed Grass SWIRL: CC = Counterclockwise or CW = Clockwise DIAM 1: Diameter of UGM in metres DIAM 2: Perpendicular diameter in metres (for eccentric, elliptical or irregular UGMs) WIDTH: Width of ring in metres (for UGMs that are rings rather than whole circles) OTHER: Miscellaneous comments: A = Animal reactions reported; C = Corridor; D = Dowsed; E = Explained; G = Agriglyph; H = proven Hoax; I = Insufficient Data; M = other Marks or Traces; P = Physiological effects; R = Radiation detected; S = Samples taken; T = Tests on soil or vegetation performed; U = UFO sighted; W = Wind effects UGM NO.: Numerical assignment in listing [Note: the following data table may be cut out and imported into most database programs as an ASCII delimited file - dAvid tHacker] North American UGMs Reported in 1992 ==================================== 920320,DUNDEE ,OH,US,01,GR,VM, , 9.20, 8.30, ,MST ,1 920400, ,NH,US,01, , , , , , ,IU ,2 920400, ,IA,US,01,IC, , , , , ,I ,3 920420,JONESBORO ,GA,US,01,GR,FC, , 75.00, 75.00, ,CIW ,4 920420,JONESBORO ,GA,US,02,GR,FC, , 75.00, 75.00, ,CIW ,5 920506,NEW SAREPTA ,AL,CA,01,OA,HO, , 6.00, 6.00, ,K ,6 920512,JEFFERSON COUNTY ,TN,US,01,GR,FC, , 14.75, 14.75, ,IW ,7 920512,JEFFERSON COUNTY ,TN,US,02,GR,FC, , 1.30, 1.30, ,IW ,8 920512,JEFFERSON COUNTY ,TN,US,03,GR,FC, , 1.70, 1.70, ,IW ,9 920517,CHINO VALLEY ,AZ,US,01,AL, , , , , ,IW ,10 920517,CHINO VALLEY ,AZ,US,02,AL, , , , , ,IW ,11 920517,CHINO VALLEY ,AZ,US,03,AL, , , , , ,IW ,12 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,01,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,13 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,02,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,14 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,03,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,15 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,04,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,16 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,05,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,17 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,06,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,18 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,07,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,19 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,08,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,20 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,09,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,21 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,10,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,22 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,11,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,23 920525,LIMERICK ,PA,US,12,WH,FC, , 1.54, 1.54, ,GIS ,24 920600, ,MA,US,01,GR,OT, , , , ,EW ,25 920600,TROY ,IL,US,01,GR,FR, , 12.30, 12.30, 5.38,ISTU ,26 920600,TROY ,IL,US,01,WH,FC, , , , ,I ,27 920600,TROY ,IL,US,02,WH,FC, , , , ,I ,28 920600,TROY ,IL,US,03,WH,FC, , , , ,I ,29 920600,EFFINGHAM ,IL,US,01,GR,FC, , , , ,IC ,30 920600,EFFINGHAM ,IL,US,02,GR,FC, , , , ,IC ,31 920600,EFFINGHAM ,IL,US,03,GR,FC, , , , ,IC ,32 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,01,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,33 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,02,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,34 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,03,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,35 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,04,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,36 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,05,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,37 920612,EAST KNOX COUNTY ,TN,US,06,WH,FC, , , , ,IW ,38 920627,RAEFORD ,NC,US,01,GR,FR, , 4.60, 4.60, 1.85,DMU ,39 920700,MINIOTA ,MB,CA,01,OA,FC,CW, 9.80, 9.80, ,M ,40 920700,PILOT PEAK ,CA,US,01,GR,FC, , , , ,AEIU ,41 920700,PILOT PEAK ,CA,US,02,GR,FC, , , , ,AEIU ,42 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,01,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,43 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,02,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,44 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,03,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,45 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,04,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,46 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,05,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,47 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,06,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,48 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,07,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,49 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,08,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,50 920701,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,09,GR,OT, , 12.00, 18.00, ,EW ,51 920705,FERGUS FALLS ,MN,US,01,AL,FC, , 4.60, 4.60, ,CI ,52 920705,FERGUS FALLS ,MN,US,02,AL,FC, , 4.60, 4.60, ,CI ,53 920705,HOBBEMA ,AL,CA,01,BY,FC, , 14.30, 10.60, ,EM ,54 920705,HOBBEMA ,AL,CA,02,BY,FC, , , , ,EM ,55 920715,ST.ADOLPHE ,MB,CA,01,WH,OT, , , , ,EW ,56 920721,FRIEDENSRUH ,MB,CA,01,GR,OT, , 10.00, 5.25, ,AEK ,57 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===================================================================== 1992 North American UGMs, Annotated Case Listing ================================================ 920320 Dundee, Ohio - a "scorched-looking" circle, 27x30 feet in two diameters and with a "jagged" edge, was found in a pasture 1500 feet from a farmhouse. The soil was not burned, however, and was found to contain "black particulate matter" of some kind. Source: Ted Spickler, MUFON 9204?? , New Hampshire - UGMs were found following a small local flap of UFO reports. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley; Vance Tiede 9204?? , Iowa - A number of "ice circles" were reported. Source: Vance Tiede? 920426 Jonesboro, Georgia - two large areas of flattened grass were discovered in about the same location that others were found in 1991. One area was the size of a football field. Weather damage was suspected. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920506 New Sarepta, Alberta - a "space cookie" UGM was discovered in a meadow. It is a perfect circle, 6 metres in diameter. Its depth varies from 5 cm to 31 cm. Grass is growing straight up both inside and outside the circle. No tracks were found leading to the area. The UGM is not a sinkhole. Source: Gordon Kijek, AUFOSG 920512 Jefferson County, Tennessee - several indentations were found in a grassy field. Some were swirled circles, others "bars" and others irregular. Probable lodging. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS; MUFON 920517 Chino Valley, Arizona - three patches of flattened alfalfa were found. Probable weather damage. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920525 Limerick, Pennsylvania - at least 12 "matted down" areas were found in a wheatfield north of Philadelphia. Three were circles about five feet in diameter, arranged in a triangle. One feature was "T-shaped". Soil samples taken by a UFO investigator "showed no irregularities". Geiger counter readings were also normal. Although a hoax was suspected by the UFO investigator, the owner of the field believes that the UGMs were caused by lodging, wind and fertilizer damage, and that "It happens every year". Source: Steve Bernheisel on FIDONET; UFO Newsclipping Service #275 Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 9206?? , Massachusetts - a small area of flattened cattails was found in a marsh close to a freeway and reported as a crop circle. Source: Tom Randolph on DEC COM via INTERNET 920600 Troy, Illinois - a doughnut-shaped impression was found in sweet flag weeds. The circle looked much like others that had appeared in the same field in 1991. Samples from the circles were analyzed by Dr. Levengood and shown to have abnormalities. A skeptic posted an admission of hoaxing on a computer bulletin board, but this was never verified. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS; NAICCR; INTERNET 920600 Troy, Illinois - three circles were found in a wheat field. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920600 Effingham, Illinois - a pilot reported seeing three circles connected by bars in a field. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920612 East Knox County, Tennessee - numerous impressions were found in a wheat field. The areas were irregular and showed signs of lodging. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS; MUFON 920627 Raeford, North Carolina - a circle of flattened grass was found in a hay field following a CE2 UFO sighting. A loud noise, "like a freight train", was heard, and two witnesses ran to look out their front door. A object "the size of a swimming pool", "like orange windows all around it", was in a field about 300 feet away from their house. When they went to call other witnesses, the object disappeared. Source: Patrick Kirol on FIDONET 9207?? Miniota, Manitoba - it was reported that a circle was found in an oat field. It was perfectly round and 32 feet in diameter. The oats were flattened and swirled clockwise. The center of the circle is devoid of vegetation. Source: NAICCR 9207?? Pilot Peak, California - according to the Phoenix Project, "landing zones" were discovered near the site of an alleged underground UFO base. Visits to the site by independent investigators found only patches of grass trampled by deer. Source: John Pickens on INTERNET via PARANET 920701 St. Adolphe, Manitoba - nine "horseshoe-shaped" patches of flattened grass were found on either side of a brook in a Winnipeg suburb. Because of recent storms and heavy rainfall, lodging was thought to be the cause. Source: Guy Westcott; NAICCR 920705 Fergus Falls, Minnesota - a "dumbbell" formation was discovered in alfalfa. Two 15-foot circles were connected by a 25-foot shaft. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS; William McNeff, Minnesota MUFON 920705 Hobbema, Alberta - two ovals of flattened barley were found in a field after unusual lights were observed descending to the ground. The largest UGM has a major axis of 47 feet. The crop is pushed away uniformly from the centers of the patches, but the centers are "clumped", like breaking waves. Barley inside the circles is "white", and devoid of colour. It was later suggested that the areas were due to spilled seeds and fertilizer, combined with lodging. Source: Gord Kijek, AUFOSG 920715 St. Adolphe, Manitoba - a field beside a highway was discovered to have numerous patches of flattened crop, in irregular patterns. The formations were discovered by the same person who found case 920701. Investigation by NAICCR and interviews with the owner of the field established that the crop had been laid down by strong winds and heavy rain. The person who discovered the formations was convinced that aliens created the flattened patches. Source: NAICCR 920721 Friedensruh, Manitoba - a farmer found a triangular area of flattened/swirled grass which was surrounded by an electric fence. The dimensions were 31x27x17 feet. Local residents could not explain the phenomenon. However, NAICCR investigators found evidence that animals had trampled the site. Source: NAICCR 9208?? Champagne, Illinois - crop formations were found? Source: MUFON 920801 Strathclair, Manitoba - a circle of flattened wheat was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. It was 28 feet in diameter. The wheat was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise fashion. Source: NAICCR 920808 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars (a circle with an attached arrow pointing away from it) was discovered in a field southwest of Strathclair. The main circle was 28 feet in diameter, with no detectable eccentricity. The wheat was flattened counterclockwise. In the arrow, the wheat was flattened away from the circle. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 260 degrees. Source: NAICCR 920815 Ipswich, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered just east of Ipswich. The main circle was elliptical, with axes 26 and 24.5 feet. The wheat was flattened counterclockwise. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 65 degrees. A UFO was seen hovering over the site the night before the UGM was discovered. Source: NAICCR 920815 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat was found near other crop circle UGMs. It was roughly 20 feet in diameter. Wheat was laid down in random clumps. Examination suggested the area was caused by lodging. Source: NAICCR 920815 Strathclair, Manitoba - a flattened area of wheat in the shape of the symbol for Mars was discovered west of Strathclair. The main circle was 24 feet in diameter. The wheat was flattened in a counterclockwise fashion. The arrow pointed on a bearing of 120 degrees. Source: NAICCR 920815 Kyle, Saskatchewan - a flattened ring was found, 12 feet in diameter with a core of standing wheat, 3.5 feet in diameter. In the center were "porcupine droppings". Source: Chad Deetken 920817 Brandon, Manitoba - a television station received an anonymous call that a crop circle had been found on the property of the Brandon airport. Explained easily as a parachuting target. Source: CKX-TV; Jeff Harland; NAICCR 920825 Guy, Alberta - fifteen circular marks were found in a field near Peace River, Alberta. Investigated by Gord Kijek of AUFOSG. Source: AUFOSG 920820 Milestone, Saskatchewan - a triplet of crop circles, touching each other in a line, were discovered in a wheat field. The dimensions of the affected area were 63x22 feet. All were swirled counterclockwise. A "squashed porcupine" was found inside the formation. Investigated by Chad Deetken. 920830 Austinburg, Ohio - a rectangular impression was found in sweet corn. It measured 25x8 feet, and stalks had been "bent, not broken". No footprints or evidence of wind damage were found. Tests by Dr. Levengood found that tassels on plants from inside the impression were different from control samples. Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920908 Clark, South Dakota - a "perfect" 600-foot circle of dying potato plants was found. Source: Linda Howe; MUFON, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920923 Albertville, Saskatchewan - a circle with a ring was discovered in an oat field. The ring was 35 feet in diameter, and the circle was about 16 feet in diameter. It was swirled counterclockwise, but the center of the swirl was off-center. The ring had a varying width of 15 to 27 inches. Source: Chad Deetken 920923 Melita, Manitoba - two circles were found in a wheat field, only a few feet apart and connected by a corridor. Reported to NAICCR and investigated by Jeff Harland. 920924 Albertville, Saskatchewan - a second circle with a ring was discovered in a wheatfield. Ring diameter: 22 feet; circle: 13 feet. Ring width: 8 inches. All were swirled counterclockwise. Source: Chad Deetken 920927 Pittsville, Missouri - a "C-shape" and two rectangles were found in a pasture. Dogs barked constantly the night before. The grass was discoloured and parts were "overgreen". Source: Rosemary Ellen Guiley, CNACCS 920930 Orillia, Ontario - one large oval patch of flattened corn was found in a field near Orillia. The area was 75 by 100 feet, on the south slope of a south-facing hill, only about 100 feet from a major highway. The corn was flattened and swirled in a counterclockwise direction. Reported to NAICCR. Source: Colin McKim. 921002 Nipawin, Saskatchewan - three circles were found in a wheatfield, spaced irregularly. All had diameters of about 8 feet and were swirled counterclockwise. Source: Chad Deetken 921115 Milestone, Saskatchewan - a "half-moon" of flattened wheat was found appended to the original site of 920820. Source: Chad Deetken ===================================================================== Lemme know if there are some corrections to make. If not I will be sending it out all over this week. Snorg you soon, ----- dAvid tHacker ----- | Box 2817, Olds, Alberta CANADA T0M 1P0 Communications Coordinator | Phone: (403) 556-1108 Fax: (403) 556-6468 Alberta UFO Study Group | Email 70744.3253@compuserve.com -- Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@ccu.umanitoba.ca Royal Astronomical Society of Canada University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada