Kits Coty, nr Burham Kent. Reported 11 July.

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AERIAL SHOTS GROUND SHOTS DIAGRAMS FIELD REPORTS

Image Andrew Fowlds Copyright 2006

Kits Coty, nr Burham Kent reported 11 July 2006

This formation in wheat appears in more or less the same position as the Kits Coty formation 26 July 2003.  It's visible from the Blue Bell Hill picnic area and is an insectoid design consisting of 9/10 circles following a sort of Fibonacci spiral.

Graham.Tucker


Image Andrew Fowlds Copyright 2006


Image  Graham Tucker Copyright 2006


Image  Graham Tucker Copyright 2006


Diagram Bertold Zugelder Copyright 2006



Images Andrew Fowlds Copyright 2006

I found this evidence all over the formation, everywhere I looked. Now, if I only found isolated cases of this kind of creasing effect I would suggest it was probably caused by people’s feet – visitors to the formation for example, but not in this case – the “kinking” was to be seen EVERYWHERE… and Graham and I were quite likely to have been the first few people visiting the formation on the day it was discovered, so I doubt this creasing could have been caused by peoples feet alone…it was clearly stomped into the ground. Much of the crop was broken and damaged – the circles were not very “circular” and there was a definite “squaring off” effect on one of the “ears” of the insect-shaped head of the formation. From the air the formation didn’t look very impressive – one could clearly see an underlying track that went in a curve shape to be used as a guide to where the circles were to be formed and linked together – all in all it was very rough looking from the air - this “effort” was probably made by the same gang as the Lower Blue Bell Hill formation on June 22nd this season and quite possibly the same gang responsible for a couple of last years efforts, notably the “Earth Included” formation at the White Horse Stone. I think they are trying to copy designs out of one of Colin Andrew’s earlier books published in the 90s on crop circles – as this one is a definite throw back to a similar design in Wiltshire in 1994. Cheers

Andy Fowlds


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