CROP CIRCLES IN 1999

Aerial Photo by: David Russell Copyright 1999

NEW SUSSEX FORMATION - Ref: Sx 1999/07

Found at: Southwick Hill, Nr Shoreham, West Sussex

Date: 3rd August 1999

Description: Three sets of lettering.

Crop: Wheat

Surveyed by: Andy Thomas

Report: Directly adjacent to the A27, just east of the tunnels which bore through Southwick Hill, is a tumulus like an island in a crop field. Children from the nearby estate regularly play there.

Just below this, visible from the eastbound carriageway of the A27, three sets of what are almost certainly man-made initials were spotted by Andy Thomas on August 3rd. The three largest letters are fairly well executed and read 'S V T' in 56' high script. Each letter lies between its own set of tractor lines. Below these, the same letters appear again, but much smaller at 15' high, contained within one set of tractor lines. To the right of these, the much cruder initials 'N E R' lie, 20' high.

Unless the circle-making forces have decided to resort to graffiti or we're missing the point here, one has to assume these markings are of little consequence.

Report by ANDY THOMAS for Southern Circular Research

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