that, surely, my solution raised more questions than it answered – but, of course, he was unaware of the background UFO research work and probably would not have wanted to hear about it anyway. However, Dr. Meaden’s new book turned out to be quite a ‘god-send’ later on, in that it helped to resolve the problematical ‘favoured path from space’ puzzle.
References
[4] Delgado, P. Andrews, C. Circular Evidence’ (book)
Andrews, C. Bloomsbury Publishing, Ltd., London. 1989.
[5] Meaden, T.G. ‘The Circles Effect and its Mysteries’ (book) 1989
Artetech Publishing Company, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.
CHAPTER 10
C YPHERS AND SIGNS
During 1990, a few circular formations appeared in our home county of Cheshire and, generally, they appeared to be genuine ones. In June, I was asked by Colin Andrews to investigate a large ring formation in a field at Lower Peover, very close to the owner’s farmhouse. This site was also only about 3 miles from the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope . On site I met with the late Mrs. Jill Burton (later Hill) who had reported the ring and, as an amateur archaeologist, she was intending to carry out a survey of the site with some of her colleagues. When I arrived on site the ring was new and only Mr. Arthur Leech, the farmer, Mrs Burton and one other person had been in the field to inspect it. It didn’t take long for me to recognise a genuine undamaged formation in green wheat. It measured some 22 metres (72 ft.) in diameter and was placed in a very sloping and uneven corner of the field. Whilst walking round the ring with the farmer, Marion (my wife) made a significant observation. There amidst the flattened wheat stalks she noticed two plants from the previous year’s crop, laid down in the same way. They were two weedy potato plants . They were bent gently, without damage, at the base of the stems, and small leaves projecting from the stems had been completely unharmed by the process. These gentle bends at the base of plants in genuine formations I began to call ‘walking-stick handle’ bends .
On Monday, 2nd July, 1990, I received a call, at the office, from a reporter for BBC Look North TV, asking if I could spare a few minutes for an interview in the Lower Peover ring during my lunch break. This I managed to arrange and drove the 20 miles to the site. There I was met by Mrs Burton, reporter Steve Taylor and a video cameraman. I explained very carefully why the ring could not have been formed by an electrically-charged whirlwind and went on to share my thinking about an advanced technological explanation. Jill Burton also featured with her newly produced survey map of the formation. Then I left to drive back to the office. No fee had been asked for, nor was any paid to me for that excursion. That evening Marion and I watched the Look North programme and we were horrified by the ‘send-up’ we were being given. What was described as “ the investigators’ preferred, more imaginative, solution” was being set against a young ‘armchair’ physicist/astronomer, filmed impressively in front of the Jodrell Bank Telescope who, rather nonchalantly, said that scientists believed that such happenings were caused by electrified whirlwinds, which descended into the fields and produced effects such as those at Lower Peover. I leapt out of my chair to call the BBC immediately. Of course no one associated with the programme was available to talk to me.
I have related the details of this series of events to demonstrate how the British media have successfully hidden the facts about crop-circles and UFOs from the general public over the years. In fact, I am now inclined to believe they have received orders, from someone in a position of high authority, that they should not give any credibility to anything but mundane explanations of the strange things I, and others, have been seriously investigating for many years.
Throughout the 1990s, Marion and I spent at least one week of
References
[4] Delgado, P. Andrews, C. Circular Evidence’ (book)
Andrews, C. Bloomsbury Publishing, Ltd., London. 1989.
[5] Meaden, T.G. ‘The Circles Effect and its Mysteries’ (book) 1989
Artetech Publishing Company, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts.
CHAPTER 10
C YPHERS AND SIGNS
During 1990, a few circular formations appeared in our home county of Cheshire and, generally, they appeared to be genuine ones. In June, I was asked by Colin Andrews to investigate a large ring formation in a field at Lower Peover, very close to the owner’s farmhouse. This site was also only about 3 miles from the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope . On site I met with the late Mrs. Jill Burton (later Hill) who had reported the ring and, as an amateur archaeologist, she was intending to carry out a survey of the site with some of her colleagues. When I arrived on site the ring was new and only Mr. Arthur Leech, the farmer, Mrs Burton and one other person had been in the field to inspect it. It didn’t take long for me to recognise a genuine undamaged formation in green wheat. It measured some 22 metres (72 ft.) in diameter and was placed in a very sloping and uneven corner of the field. Whilst walking round the ring with the farmer, Marion (my wife) made a significant observation. There amidst the flattened wheat stalks she noticed two plants from the previous year’s crop, laid down in the same way. They were two weedy potato plants . They were bent gently, without damage, at the base of the stems, and small leaves projecting from the stems had been completely unharmed by the process. These gentle bends at the base of plants in genuine formations I began to call ‘walking-stick handle’ bends .
On Monday, 2nd July, 1990, I received a call, at the office, from a reporter for BBC Look North TV, asking if I could spare a few minutes for an interview in the Lower Peover ring during my lunch break. This I managed to arrange and drove the 20 miles to the site. There I was met by Mrs Burton, reporter Steve Taylor and a video cameraman. I explained very carefully why the ring could not have been formed by an electrically-charged whirlwind and went on to share my thinking about an advanced technological explanation. Jill Burton also featured with her newly produced survey map of the formation. Then I left to drive back to the office. No fee had been asked for, nor was any paid to me for that excursion. That evening Marion and I watched the Look North programme and we were horrified by the ‘send-up’ we were being given. What was described as “ the investigators’ preferred, more imaginative, solution” was being set against a young ‘armchair’ physicist/astronomer, filmed impressively in front of the Jodrell Bank Telescope who, rather nonchalantly, said that scientists believed that such happenings were caused by electrified whirlwinds, which descended into the fields and produced effects such as those at Lower Peover. I leapt out of my chair to call the BBC immediately. Of course no one associated with the programme was available to talk to me.
I have related the details of this series of events to demonstrate how the British media have successfully hidden the facts about crop-circles and UFOs from the general public over the years. In fact, I am now inclined to believe they have received orders, from someone in a position of high authority, that they should not give any credibility to anything but mundane explanations of the strange things I, and others, have been seriously investigating for many years.
Throughout the 1990s, Marion and I spent at least one week of
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