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INTERNATIONAL CROP CIRCLES OF 1999 |
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Neilburg, nr Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Reported 4th September
Updated Thursday 7th October 1999
Diagram Paul Anderson Copyright 1999
UPDATE
September 7, 1999
Additional images, including an updated diagram and some excellent
ground shots, are now available courtesy of Judy Arndt, who did a ground study of the
formation on Sunday, September 5, along with her husband Mike. There are actually eleven
circles, not ten as originally reported, and they are arranged in an elegant "three
armed julia set" type pattern. The formation is approximately 185 feet across, in
wheat. There is also a closeup shot of "swollen and bent nodes" on stalks inside
the pattern. Many thanks for their assistance!
Judy's report and images:
http://www.treasurehouseimports.com/neilbgcircles/neilburg.html
Gordon Sopzcak, Alberta representative for CPR-Canada and CCCS has also gone out to the
site to do follow-up investigation and sampling for BLT. Jeff Rudichuk, CPR-Saskatchewan,
is unfortunately out of town until the end of this week (the formation is also due to be
combined at the end of this week). I can't get away myself due to work commitments, and
I'll be out of town myself this coming weekend for the CONTACT conference. Big thank you's
to all who have assisted in this case, it appears to be one of the more significant
formations in this country (in other words, a real beauty!).
PLEASE NOTE: the farmer DOES NOT want the public going in to see this formation; serious
researchers only are being allowed in
to do surveys, sampling, etc. Please resepect this. In regard to this, we will not be
publicizing the specific location. Thank you!
Received a call this morning from farmer Laura Herle in Neilburg,
Saskatchewan, northwest of Saskatoon, near the Alberta border. A formation of ten circles
was found in the afternoon of September 3, by Dave Robertson who was swathing the wheat
field, and came
across them. When I spoke to him after, he told me they were definitely not there a week
or so ago when they had last been in the field to do fertilizing.
He did up a diagram, which Laura then faxed. Three "arms" of circles coming out
from a larger central circle. The centre circle is about 35 feet in diameter, the others
range from 4 feet to 22 feet. The "top" two circles and the centre circle are
clockwise, the others are all counterclockwise, all with very neat swirling and flattening
of the crop. No tracks, paths or other damage was found (and was looked for). Mr.
Robertson said the crop is thick enough that any entry pathways (by people) should have
been easily seen, and there were none. Layout of the formation has a somewhat "julia
set" type appearance to it. The whole pattern is about 200 feet across. There is a
possibility of using another local farmer's small plane to take aerial shots. Crop has
been swathed already (circles discovered during the swathing), but there is about six
inches of standing crop left, with the circles themselves pressed right down flat to the
ground and still intact.
Farmers are agreeable to sampling and other field work; field report and images to follow
ASAP. Preliminary diagram attached.
This is the seventh Canadian report now for 1999, and the first this year from
Saskatchewan (usually the centre of activity, the Canadian equivalent of Wiltshire or
Hampshire in England, so to speak). Our efforts at trying to establish a reporting network
for farmers, media, the public, etc. seem to be paying off!
There is also an unconfirmed report of a new formation in the province of Prince Edward
Island, reportedly mentioned on a local radio station just a few days ago; am trying to
track this one down; if you have heard anything, please let me know.
An excellent article by David Yanko featuring some of the past and
this year's Saskatchewan crop circles, is available at the Virtual Saskatchewan webzine web site:
http://www.virtualsk.com/current_issue/circle_central.html
Paul Anderson
Director
CPR-Canada
Circle Phenomena in Canada Report Archive 1999:
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/1999.html
A reminder for all Canadian subscribers / readers - your assistance is welcome and needed
- ANY reports of other possible circles this year, please do let us know as soon as
possible! See Reporting and Field Research Guidelines on the web site for more
information:
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