Hackpen Hill, Nr Broad
Hinton, Wiltshire.
Reported 18th August.
Updated Monday 1st September 1997
An aerial shot by Steve Alexander. Copyright 1997.
THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR
Field Report.
The Hillside, along from Winterbourne Bassett, which incorporates its own White Horse, is known as Hackpen Hill. Its seen its fair share of the phenomenon over the years, the first reported formation in this area was back in 1991, when we had a beautiful triple Dumbell positioned close to the White Horse itself.
This year, we had quite an unexpected design, which has the same element of geometry from the Koch Fractals earlier in the season. It can't be classed as a true Koch, as it only incorporates part of the overall shape from the other two.
Its made from a simple triangle section, which creates the central portion of the design. Around its perimeter has the star segments seen on the bigger designs at Silbury and Milk Hill. No doubt that this shape came from the same agency as the others, as the floor construction is straight out of the other two, with very neat sweeping flows into each star segments, and incorporating a circle swirl in the centre of the main triangle. This creates a floor pattern which then feeds the outer pattern into each of the outer sections creating the star shapes.
An interesting feature was noted within the whole floor pattern this being the channels of crop, which are flattened completely parallel with each other. Many people called this feature the Comb Effect! This would be an accurate description of the floor construction. However the very small circles or Grapeshot which radiate out of the design, were very irregular, not only in the design, but in their floor pattern. Many circles had a four directional swirl, but looked very mechanical in their construction, this was a shame as the formation was far superior.
The main Triangle Section which creates the overall design, incorporated an underlying pathway, seen again in the bigger brothers at Silbury and Milk Hill. Now, a lot of people are put off by underlying pathways, as it seems to point to human involvement. This could possibly be true, but we also have to take into consideration, that the phenomenon might need these lines, its not out of the realms of possibility.
We could be looking at one of the last designs for the 1997 season, the fields are almost gone within this particular area, we'll just have to wait and see. I don't think anyone who has been following the Connector throughout the summer would disagree that this season has been quite spectacular, the design at Hackpen Hill shows the diversity of the CircleMakers in creating a shape from a more complex template.
We are now left to reflect on what has happened in the last four months, and possibly predict where we go from here. The Crop Circle Connector would like to express our excitement in what has appeared this year. We have seen some amazing geometry within the designs this year, and also the positioning of them within the landscape has also been exemplary.
Both Mark and myself are in agreement that the phenomenon is moving on, their presence within the countryside is awe-inspiring, and this emotional effect is creating a response which I feel transcends normal reality. I still believe these designs are manifestations of consciousness, and they express our thought processes within the nineties. We must move with the CircleMakers, and celebrate the time we have with the phenomenon, not only within the fields of England, but abroad also.
Link to AJ Wiltshire Weirdness to see some ground shots of the THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR
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