A formation @ East field, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire. Reported 20/5/00 Barley

UPDATE & Overview

After a period of reflection regarding the above formation I feel a few additional comments and points are worth a mention, not least the fact that on the night of the formations arrival the weather was, to say the least, rather terrible. There was moderate to heavy rain from 8pm through most of the night, this left the field in a completely saturated state. Can you imagine a team of people out there in those conditions stomping in the mud and barley all night, I can't. I can only guess that the people who claim this one have not only perfected crop circle hoaxing, they also seem to be able to levitate at will to avoid getting mud all over the floor of the glyph, hmmm. In the past I have visited new formations at first light when it had been wet the previous night, what one finds is that by the time you are in the formation you are dragging several pounds of top soil around on your boots leaving big obvious prints all over the lace, how could four or five people leave no trace whatsoever in conditions such as the aforementioned. No doubt, this formation will be claimed by at least one team of jokers, the sad thing is most people who have not seen the evidence for themselves will believe them which in turn will leave the jokers egos operating on an even higher frequency which encourages them to make even more far out claims as the season goes on.

No Jokers made this one, that I am quite sure of.

On the whole this is a fine quality crop circle with some very clever attributes, in fact this level of sophistication is what one would expect much later in the season. It was quite a shame that this one was wrecked by the weather so quickly & comprehensively.

Charles R Mallett

We have just visited what is , no doubt the best formation of the season so far. Once again the famous hot spot East field has been the target for a major event.

The formation is a five pointed star with the framework geometry of a six pointer, the south facing point missing. Measuring 183 feet in diameter enclosed in a ring approx 2 ft wide. the whole formation spans across three tramlines.

The internal pattern of this formation is rather bizarre & complicated to say the least. Wherever one cares to look you see mirror images of the area where you happen to be standing. Each point is divided in half by standing and flattened crop alternating around the formation. The whole thing looks very much like a clever balancing act.

The lay of the crop itself also seems to be a feature that is incorporated in the design to give a 3D effect, I am sure that from the air this glyph will be a stunner.

Report by Charles R Mallett

Update to follow

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Image M.J.Fussell Copyright 200

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