CIRCLES PHENOMENON RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL CPR-CANADA
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release
UPDATE August 17, 1996
THE LARGEST, MOST COMPLEX CROP CIRCLE FORMATION EVER appeared on the slope of Windmill Hill, facing the A4 motorway, in Wiltshire, England on July 29. THE PATTERN IS A THREE-ARMED SPIRAL COMPOSED OF 3 JULIA SETS WITH 194 CIRCLES MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET IN DIAMETER. It is a larger version of the now famous "Stonehenge Julia Set" which appeared on July 17. (A Julia Set is a computer-generated fractal, a highly complex mathematical equation relating to the science of Chaos Theory. The famous Mandelbrot Set fractal is composed of an infinite number of Julia Sets). The pattern displays stunningly perfect geometry, with standing centre tufts of crop in some circles, and complex, intricate woven "nests" in the centres of others. Still other circles have "fan" centres, with the crop splayed outward from the centre instead of being flattened in a spiral pattern. These features have also been seen in other formations this year. THE LONGEST EVER CROP FORMATION appeared near Etchilhampton in Wiltshire on July 30. Stretching for about 8 / 10 OF A MILE (APPROXIMATELY 4,100 FEET), it consists of a long central pathway with 14 large circles along it. The largest circle contains an odd triangular "symbol" similar to that in another formation near Roundway, Wiltshire found on July 21 and another large pattern near Chisledon, Wiltshire on August 2. The British Ministry of Defense, Police, Stonehenge Security and scientists from around the world are continuing to investigate the incredible "STONEHENGE JULIA SET" FORMATION (HUGE 508' DIAMETER SPIRAL WITH 149 CIRCLES) WHICH APPEARED IN THE EARLY EVENING ON JULY 7, WITHIN A 15 - 45 MINUTE TIME PERIOD. Reports indicate that NO ONE, including Stonehenge Security, the farmer or motorists on the busy A303 motorway which passes the field saw or heard anything or anyone in the field during that time. THE "DNA HELIX" (JUNE 17) APPEARED UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, WITHIN A 30-MINUTE TIME PERIOD. Approximately 80+ formations of a wide variety have now appeared in Britain so far this year.
On the morning of August 12, VIDEO FOOTAGE WAS TAKEN OF SEVERAL "LUMINOSITIES" HOVERING OVER A LARGE 390' FORMATION which appeared on the night of August 11 near Oliver's Castle in Wiltshire. Further details pending.
As a result of the incredible new formations this year, interest by the British media and public has again grown. Thousands of people have visited the "DNA Helix", "Stonehenge Julia Set" and "Triple Julia Set" formations, the most spectacular patterns that have ever appeared. Reports have been carried by various British newspapers, radio and television networks.
BETWEEN 50 AND 80 CROP PATTERNS HAVE APPEARED IN HOLLAND SINCE EARLY JULY. In the US, A 700' FORMATION (THE LARGEST YET IN THE US) APPEARED NEAR CHEHALIS, WASHINGTON ON JULY 17, close to where another pictogram was found in 1994. The pattern resembles "thought bubble" type formations in Britain. In the US, circle formations have also now been reported in California, Colorado, Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, Ohio, Indiana and Nebraska this year. A number of circles and pictograms have also been reported in Canada (3 small 10' circles in grass near Langruth, Manitoba on July 17), Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Finland (further details / reports available).
Lab testing in the US and England on plants from many circle formations in both countries CONTINUES TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF "MICROWAVE-TYPE ENERGY" EFFECTS ON PLANT SAMPLES, WHICH ARE NOT REPRODUCEABLE BY SIMPLE HOAXING (copies of lab reports / articles available).
CPR-Canada is the Canadian affiliate office of Circles Phenomenon Research International, a research group established by well-known crop circle researcher Colin Andrews to investigate the crop circle phenomenon and other possibly related phenomena.
For further information, material, inquiries, interviews or to report possible crop (or other) formations, contact:
Paul Anderson
Director
CIRCLES PHENOMENON RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
CPR-CANADA
Tel / Fax: 604.731.8522
E-Mail: psa@daf.com
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