Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada. Reported 20th August.

Following is a field report from Dennis Eklund, who did a ground study of the Moosomin, Saskatchewan 'dumbbell' formation found August 20. The formation is 250' long, in wheat and beautifully constructed, with no initial pathways found leading in or out (it should be noted too that this field, like most in North America, does not have tramlines). Some very unusual physical deformities have been found on the stalks of the flattened wheat crop (in addition to the more well-known node anomalies). Details on this are pending; a full report will be issued by the BLT Research Team in the near future after a thorough study has been completed (the formation was sampled extensively). This formation, as also the one at Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario, has received many hundreds of visitors, with a steady stream of people coming to view it even up until a couple nights ago when I last spoke with the farmer.

Additional ground photos from Dennis have also been added to the report on the web site, and the diagram has also been revised based on the aerial photos and ground survey:

http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/moosomin00.html

Dennis also went to the site of the Grenfell, Saskatchewan circle (between Moosomin and Regina), the small ten foot circle in wheat with radial lay
pattern, found August 10. Report, images to follow.

Paul Anderson

Ground: © Kevin Weedmark, The World-Spectator, Moosomin

UPDATE #1 - MOOSOMIN, SASKATCHEWAN CROP FORMATION

Attached are two photos and diagram of the Moosomin, Saskatchewan crop formation, found August 20, 2000. Approx. 250' in length, in wheat.

Beautiful simplicity describes this one well, I think. Additional images to be posted on the web site soon, plus further field reports.

On a related (?) note, the night before Nancy Talbott called about the Moosomin formation, I had a dream of looking down on a couple circles in a field (connected together or not I don't remember), and the whole "picture" looked sort of like an infra-red photo - all reddish orange, like a soft glow. The circles had glowing "bands" or "streamers" of energy (?) moving inside them, like maybe inches from the ground... maybe coincidence, maybe not, although I've this same kind of experience several times now over the last few years. If anyone has had any similar kinds of experiences, please let me know.

Paul Anderson

MOOSOMIN REPORT

After being informed of this formation on August 25th by Nancy Talbott of the BLT Research Team, I immediately telephoned the owners of the land to get permission to do a ground study of the site for the next day. Although in the middle of an important harvest and concerned about the damage that the already hundreds of visitors to the site might be causing, they kindly gave me permission to do a thorough study. The 5 hour drive from Saskatoon to Moosomin was long, but it turned out to be worth every minute of the drive.

My wife Jan and I arrived in Moosomin and began following the directions given to us, we realized right away that the site was very out of the way
and secluded to a point where it would never be noticeable except by air as it was first discovered by a crop sprayer. If not for a little red ribbon marking a thin path placed by a concerned neighbour to discourage the already increasing amount of people visiting the site in creating more paths, causing more damage to the crop, we would of never found it.

The crop of wheat being 3 to 4 feet high made the site totally invisible from the dirt trail where we parked. We followed the path through the crop for 140 yards until all of a sudden we entered into a large circle with a corridor path going slightly downhill joining another circle, the classic dumbbell formation... but yet with a few surprises.

Measuring the large circle in two different directions, it turned out out to be a perfect circle measuring 105 feet in diameter both directions. The corridor path joining the circles measured exactly 98 feet long and 6 feet wide which joined the smaller circle which measured 47 feet wide in 2 directions, making the total length of the formation exactly 250 feet.

Surprisingly, the lay and the weave of the crop was in pretty good shape considering the amount of people that had visited the site. The large circle had a very neat counter clockwise weave effect. Further study indicated that under the top weave effect, another layer underneath traveled in the opposite direction. The smaller circle proved to be just one layer also going in a counter clockwise direction.

The corridor path joining the two circles were fascinating. The crop lay from the large circle ran down the corridor in the direction of the smaller circle as the crop lay from the small circle ran up to the large circle, both joining each other exactly half way up the corridor to create a tuff of crop pointing to the outside of the corridor. (see photo).

In our initial visual examination I noticed an interesting aspect where the edge of the large circle joined the edge of the corridor path. At first glance it looked like the weave of the circle was overlapping the downed crop of the corridor path, but on closer examination I discovered there was absolutely no overlapping, they both joined exact.

There were no power lines or towers in close vicinity of the formation. Although this formation must had been a couple of weeks old, we did do compass and battery checks but did not discover any abnormalities. One final note - I called the owners of the land again last night to keep them informed of what is happening. They are very interested in this phenomenon and informed me of strange animal behavior (friend's dog) at the site. They will keep me informed of any additional happenings they hear of. By far, my most interesting formation experience.

Dennis Eklund
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
email: dbrentt@home.com

LARGE 'DUMBELL' CROP CIRCLE FORMATION IN SASKATCHEWAN

Preliminary Report - August 26, 2000

Moosomin, Saskatchewan
August 20, 2000

Report received yesterday of a new crop formation near Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Initially discovered by a crop duster pilot on August 20.

The formation is a large classic 'dumbell' formation, one large circle and one smaller circle connected by a straight pathway, in wheat. Larger circle is approximately 120' diameter, the smaller 60'. Pathway is about 40' long and 5' wide. Total length is approximately 220'. Crop in pathway is flattened in opposite directions, running from each circle, towards centre of the pathway.

Formation will be sampled today by Dennis Eklund from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, for The BLT Research Team (Dr. W. C. Levengood). Ground report, photos to follow. Farmer's name and specific location being kept confidential as word of the formation has already made the local media, with around 200 visitors to the site and the farmer does not want further publicity, but is open to a ground investigation by researchers.

This is the fifth formation reported for 2000.

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I am also running an ad in The Western Producer, Canada's primary farming and agricultural newspaper, with hotline / contact info for CPR-Canada. WP has run some excellent articles on us and the phenomenon in general the past couple years now, helping to make farmers and the public more aware of what is happening. The ad will run through September, (typically) the month when we get the most reports when farmers are harvesting.

Paul Anderson
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