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Updated Friday 31st July 1998
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© 1998 Steve Alexander
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© 1998 Lucy Pringle Homepage
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SILBURY JULIA SET This four-arm * Julia
Set, over 200 feet across, arrived on July 23rd in the same wheat field where the first
Koch Star appeared last year. This one is created very differently from the
1996 Julia Sets at Stonehenge and Windmill Hill , which were made entirely out of circles.
The formation is slightly lopsided, the insides of the curves oddly angular, and there is
considerable variation in the placement of the grapeshot. The lay of the crop
follows the contours of the shape, except for a large circular swirl which is not
quite centered. © 1998 Peter R. Sørensen The first image was taken at Silbury Hill yesterday (23rd July). The picture shown was taken at approx. 5.40 PM. When I returned in another aircraft about one hour later somebody had inserted a "D" around the edge. So for the information of researchers, the "D" which is now visible, was NOT there at 5.40PM on the 23rd July. It is possible that the individuals on our video were responsible for this foolish act. Reported by Colin Andrews Field Report The season of 1997 came flooding back to me when I visited this formation, a similar design with a large area of flattened crop, and perimeter circles was reported to me. When asked what field it has appeared in, I thought this has to be the same agency that produced the 1997 Koch, or was it? The formation is positioned slightly further down the field from the 1997 Koch towards Silbury Hill, and over to the right hand side of the field, with a surface area of flattened crop similar to the Koch last year. It would appear that the CircleMakers this year, are intent on producing large areas of crop inside their formations, and indeed it's very impressive to actual see a huge expanse of crop, flattened in this manner. However the Silbury Hill formation, didn't quite live up to its predecessor, the circles around the perimeter were quite messy in appearance, but there were unusual features within this formation worthy of a mention. The central circle within the flattened area, had what I call an 's' shape swirl, flowing back on itself, which merged into the main floor construction. The four sections on each of the four corners of the formation had two rows of crop running into and turning into the scroll feature. Both were flowing in the same direction, but were parted slightly from each other. The overall feel of the floor construction was one of pace, it did have a fluid quality to it, but was rather messy in places, this of course might have been due to its age, some three days old when we visited, and the crop was more mature at the time of its creation, if were to judge it on the maturity of the crop from the 1997 Koch. Not as articulate as the 1997 Koch, but nevertheless an impressive formation, with a location in the shadow of Silbury Hill. Report by Stuart Dike.
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