Leystraat, Huise near Oudenaarde Belgium, reported 22nd July
Updated Friday 31st July
Field Report on the Hexagram
Image Copyright 1998 Remko Delfgaauw
It consists of a large ring with three circles on it. A part of the crop in the circles is still standing. Together with three chevrons within the ring the whole gives the impression that two triangles overlap each other forming a Star of David.
The second crop circle of the Belgian crop
circle season was discovered on July 22th in Huise, a small village near Oudenaarde
in the Flemish Ardennes. The circlemakers have chosen a field next to a street
called ŒLeystraat¹ (Ley-street), a very remarkable choice indeed. The
formation itself is - according to continental standards - very remarkable as well.
The pictogram represents a hexagram within a ring. The corners of one of the
triangles of the hexagram each time mark the centre of a circle. Thus apart from a
ring and two triangles, the pictogram also contains three circles. The circles
have a diameter of (approximately) 26,8 meters. Calculations suggest a maximal width
of about 75 meters.
The hexagram is meticulously positioned between the tramlines, which seem to have
been heavily relied upon for the construction of the pictogram. The distance between
two tramlines ( 16 meters) seems to be the basis for the geometry of the whole
complex as this distance is the length of one Œleg¹ of the corner of one of
the triangles. The circlemakers created (the impression of) this triangle by making
six avenues in the corn exactly on the spot where the Œlegs¹ of the
three corners of this triangle are supposed to be. The impression of the second
triangle (which seems to overlap the first one) is created by crop still standing in
the three circles. This second triangle is in fact suggested by relying on optical
illusion. As a matter of fact the whole pictogram is a masterpiece of trompe
l¹oeil.
Report by Ludwig De Vocht
UPDATE
The Hexagram - or Dreamtriangle - which was
discovered last week in Huise, is placed within a ring with a diameter of 75
meters. The ring itself has a width of 2 meters. The two triangles of the
hexagram each have sides of 65 meters. The V-shaped chevrons which form the corners
of one of the triangles are 2 meters wide as well. The overlapping triangle is
created by optical illusion, hence its name Dreamtriangle. The ring as well as the
circles are swirled clockwise. The geometry of the formation, which was created in
a gently sloping field, is very accurate. The maximal width of the formation
is 91,2 meters.
The formation was discovered by a balloonist on July 22th, a few hours after it was
finished... Indeed: the Hexagram is a hoax and was exposed as such by the Flemish
national broadcasting system VRT on Sunday evening.
But...the hoax was organised by the VRT - Flemish Radio and Television - itself with
the permission of the farmer. The Dreamtriangle was ordered by the producers of De
Droomfabriek - The Dreamfactory - to make the dream come true of a young woman. She
had written to the producers of the program telling them it was her dream to
see a Crop circle being made by humans.
The pictogram itself was made by a group of Dutch hoaxers, the same ones who made
the Julia-set in Nieuwerkerk (The Netherlands) in 1997. The formation was created
during the night on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of July (the Belgian national
holiday). During the first night the hoaxers indicated the main points of the
pictogram. During the second night the corn was flattened. It was apparently a
coincidence that the Dreamtriangle was created in a field next to a street
called Leystraat - Leystreet.
According to the VRT the hoaxers were filmed during their nocturnal activities. The
program about the creation of the Dreamtriangle will probably be broadcasted in
December. For the moment the producers of the program refuse to give any details
about how the pictogram was made or about who the hoaxers might be. The Dutch
press however exposed them on Monday.
Report by Ludwig De Vocht
A DISCOVERY
Paul Vigay discovered that it appears that the exact shape is actually contained within a 1975 painting by A.J.W.M. Thomassen. Is this evidence that it is a hoax? Was this the inspiration behind the formation if it was? Here click to see
