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CROP CIRCLES IN 1999 |
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CROP CIRCLES IN 1999 |
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Bishop Cannings, nr Devizes, Wiltshire. Reported 6th August.
Updated Thursday 9th September 1999
FIELD REPORT
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Surveyed & Diagram by Andreas Muller Copyright 1999 Location: Bishops
Cannings, Wiltshire - United Kingdom Created: Night August 5/6, 1999 Crop: Wheat Related phenomena: None reported |
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| Hill View of the Formation |
Weaving the Basket | Outer Perimeter with one ring spoke |
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Click on Thumbnails to enlarge Images Werner Anderhub 1999 While driving around as every morning, looking for new crop circles, we found the formation now known as ‘The Basket’ already at 06.1 5am when it was still there and - as far as we could see -untouched. This special field has a sad crop circle history: In 1994 the famous ‘Devizes Scorpion’ appeared here but the farmer did give public access entrance. In 1998 the same farmer cut out a fresh formation before aerial were taken. So we had the strong feeling that it would continue even this year and we decided to enter and investigate the formation without permission but using just the tramlines to avoid damage. The lay was very soft and interesting, especially those areas that created the basket-style were flattened in a complete new way as we have never seen it before in a formation. Other beautiful features were those thin, standing rings that reminded us at the famous ‘Missing Earth’ formation at Longwood Warren, Hants in 1995. Those rings were placed on underlying paths that started just at the first sets of rings to continue to the very centre of the outer rings, creating a kind of spokes. Some of the flattened circles inside the standing rings had one stalk standing in its centre while some others were nicely twisted around them. The very central circle offered a special detail, or was it just coincidence that it showed exactly seven stalks still standing...? As we could already see from the ground, the sevenfold geometry was done very well and we got confirmed by the later taken aerials by Frenchman Wilfrid Houdouin and U.Kox/Peter Sorensen. We also surveyed the formation and the results are shown in the following diagrams. |
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Click on Thumbnails to enlarge Surveyed & Diagrams by Andreas Muller Copyright 1999 To us it was very obvious that nobody was inside before us, because the flattened areas showed no crushing marks nor muddy footprints even the night before was very humid - but we left those things were we walked even with care.
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| Central Circle with 7 Standing Stalks |
Circle inside the standing ring |
Weaving within the Basket. |
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Click on Thumbnails to enlarge Images Werner Anderhub 1999 As we arrived back at the campsite later that morning, we heard that the farmer had indeed cut out this beautiful formation. Frank Laumen, Bert Janssen and others filmed the action at the scene were they were able to discuss with the farmer, although this discussion was more a monologue by the investigators. To nearly each request of the investigators the farmer answered with: ‘It’s just vandalism’. Some investigators offered him money to stop the engine and wait just another ten minutes so they could have a short look at the formation that was - at this time - not reached by the harvester, but he denied. He strangely even did when Dutch researcher Bert Janssen offered him a symbolic £100. His always repeated ‘No. ..it’s just vandalism...if you want to see them ask those people to do them in your country- not here...’ Photos by WERNER ANDERHUB 1999 |
