ANOMALOUS
OBJECTS AMAZE AT OGBOURNE
I can only recall on a
few occasions when we have had to make a 40-minute walk from leaving the
car to entering the visiting crop formation. This was certainly one of
the few, but I can say it was quite a glorious location for a major event
in Wiltshire, well away from the normal haunt for crop circles.
Situated in a remote part
of the Wiltshire landscape this latest formation was quite majestic as
you looked down into its beautiful symmetry within its field, which
covered a wide area in a natural amphitheatre.
The formation itself was
close to 500 feet in diameter which comprises 19 circles in total, which
includes the large central circle. It really was a sight to be hold, and
caused some rather expressive language of approval as we first caught a
glimpse of it over the hill. This indeed captured the sheer power of
presence the crop circles can produce within the landscape, and the
emotional response from the people that view them.
This happened to be ourselves, as we were confidently the first to
witness it below the steep slopes.
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It’s like the Circlemakers are
communicating on an emotional level.
The area itself cannot be
explained in depth at this moment in time, but it is indeed an area that
incorporates quite a few ancient landmarks. Wiltshire is a county full of
ancient sites, so it’s quite difficult to find areas free of such places,
but this location had an air of ancient quality and tranquillity. I have
always been fascinated how the landscape itself can create such feelings,
but with the presence of large formations in an area well away from any
roads and habitation, you are brought back to a time one only perhaps
experiences on occasions. For city dwellers like us, these types of
locations are extremely therapeutic and meditative. Its like the
Circlemakers are communicating on an emotional level, to show us how life
can be appreciated away from the hectic world we tend to live in.
The small village of
Ogbourne St George is tucked away from the busy old Roman Road from
Swindon to Marlborough. It’s a quaint typical old English Village, with
its own Church & Manor House, and a very nice Meadow on the slopes of
Coombe Down. It’s a village, which has only seen a few formations
throughout the years like the large formation from 1992 on the slopes
overlooking the village.
1992 FORMATION
But its claim to fame is
the old Ridgeway Track, which diverts to one side of the village and runs
across the side of the Marlborough Downs. The name St George obviously
comes from the patron saint of England, just like its sister village is
called St Andrew, just 2 miles south of St George. The saint himself is
extremely famous for his legends that remained in the psyche of the minds
of the English. The most famous one is the slaying of the dragon, which
is highly interesting in light of what is happening today with light
phenomena surrounding the creation of crop circles. The story of the
Dragon dates from the 14th century, but are these legends
pointing towards the possible sightings of these balls of light, which
are being witnessed today? The slaughtering of the dragon could be the
knowledge of earth energies, or indeed some form of entity that the
saints had the expertise to diminish when they became too powerful or
frequent? It’s an interesting idea, and if we return to the current
situation, The Crop Circle Connector filmed many of these anomalous
shapes on the 15th of June, while at the location of this
latest formation.
On a beautiful windy
hilltop we looked down into this amazing pattern. It gave us the
opportunity to capture some telephoto shots with the video cameras. I set
up the tripod and started to shoot, when only a few minutes into the
filming I spotted what appeared to be these unusual objects. These can be
identified clearly, by eliminating flies that fly past the camera at
close range, and also pollen from the slopes. The objects were inside the
formation, some distance away from us on the hill.
We have on camera
multiple sightings of these objects within the Ogbourne St George
formation. The first object flies out of one of the closest circles to
the camera, and glides across the formation, around 6 feet above the
heads of the crop, then amazingly another object flies completely
vertically out of the same circle, the other objects are flying across.
The first object changes its course, then as it leaves the formation, it
accelerates at great speed up into the sky, at which point I
unfortunately lost it. After these two sightings, there is plenty more
that fly out of the formation at great speed, and across the camera
frame. It really is the most exciting piece of footage we have taken, but
this wasn’t the first time we have witnessed these objects. It happened
twice on camera in 1999 and once in 2001. In every case the objects
appear to be the same size and shape, with the same characteristics of
flight. This also applies to other people’s footage over the years.
The interesting aspect to
all of this, is that fact that we spent over an hour filming actually
inside the formation, without any close encounters with these objects.
Only from a distance do they objects seem to appear, its almost like they
are shy of our presence? But what are they, and what is their connection
to the crop circles. Are they the real Circlemakers, or perhaps some
external phenomena, which has always been around? Whatever they are, you
will have the opportunity to decide for yourselves this year, as the
footage will be available.
On the ground, the
formation resembled crop that has been just disturbed, but not flattened
in the conventional way. The flattening process wasn’t fully completed we
felt, but you could easily detect the channels of crop that make up each
individual circle. This was the case across the entire formation, and
indeed the undulating field didn’t effect the impressive symmetry and
geometry of the formation. The crop itself is young wheat, so at this
stage of its growth it was returning rapidly to its natural upright
position, but the channels could still be detected within the outer rings
of each circle.
An exciting experience at
Ogbourne, from an impressive formation that was full of surprises. Lets
hope these objects continue to be filmed this year, as I believe this is
an important connection within the mystery of the crop circles.
Report by Stuart Dike
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