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Photo (if
available)
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Date
created
(if known)
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Date
found
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Location/Description
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State
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Crop type
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1941
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Middletown, Butler County
A
single circle reported; other details unknown.
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Ohio
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?
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1960
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Carolton (now Carrolton / Center Township), Carrol County
A
single circle reported in local paper.
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Ohio
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Grass?
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6-26-1965
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6-26-1965
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Dellroy, Carroll County
A 26'
diameter circle with an outer 13' diameter ring is discovered. The wheat in the circle had been subjected to
such force, that much of the wheat had been ripped right out of the
ground and left bare patches of soil. The
outer ring was radially flattened.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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11-1966
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Gallipolis, Gallia County
A 20'
‘perfect’ circle discovered swirled in ‘knee-high’ grass.
A dead German shepherd was discovered flattened
inside circle, with every bone crushed.
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Ohio
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Grass
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1968
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Rush County
An
eyewitness sees a ‘small light point with a tail’ land in a field. Three ‘triangles’ with rounded edges are found
flattened in grass equidistant from each other. In
the center of the three triangles was a four-foot circular bare spot
devoid of any grass. No further details
known.
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Ohio
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Grass
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1968
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Meigs County
Owners
of some wooded property on County Rd. 1 and St. Rte. 164 found a 30’
dia. circle of mostly bent, but with some broken mature evergreen trees. The trees were bent down to about 8’ above the
ground, and reportedly had branches scorched and charred.
Investigators reported when looking skyward, the
opening in the tree stand was a circle.
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Ohio
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Trees
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Eyewitness
report only.
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10-16-1973
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10-17-1973
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Columbus, Franklin County
An Air
National Guard Flight controller witnessed a BOL flying at 500' zigzag
across a soybean field; it hovered over a few trees for several
minutes, then dropped straight down and disappeared.
The next day, he went to the spot where the BOL
disappeared, walked through a 1/4 mile of waist-high grass/weeds to
discover a 20' by 30' diameter semi-oval area of matted down plants.
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Ohio
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Grass /
Weeds
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Eyewitness
report only.
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1-4-1975
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1-4-1975
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Mariemont, Hamilton County
A 7.5'
diameter circle of swirled grass was found. The night before, multiple
BOL's and a loud, humming sound were reported by witnesses. The village of Mariemont was a planned community that was constructed
over the top of an ancient Native American settlement.
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Ohio
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Grass
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1977
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Lancaster, Fairfield County
Three
circles swirled "as if made by spinning discs" were reported. The circles were aligned to create a "27'
triangle".
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Ohio
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Corn
(Maize)
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Eyewitness
report only.
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Unknown
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1979
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Oak Harbor, Ottawa County
Multiple
circles reported (no further details).
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Ohio
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?
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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1986
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Helena, Guernsey County
Single
ring reported; no further details known.
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Ohio
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Corn
(Maize)
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Eyewitness
report only.
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11-10-1989
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11-11-1989
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Millersburg, Holmes County
A
single 46’ diameter ring that was 7” wide and a ½” deep
depression discovered on a front lawn; it was a ‘near perfect’ circle;
no tracks discovered nearby; grass was singed; dogs reportedly agitated
during the nighttime around 2 AM before the circle was found when the
son of the landowner climbed his roof to retrieve his football and saw
the circle.
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Ohio
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Grass
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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10-9-1990
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Xenia, Greene County
An 80'
diameter flattened circle of bent, but not broken soybeans was
discovered by a hired hand while harvesting. A
40' diameter ring inside the circle was nothing but burnt stubble. Inside the ring was a 14' patch of undisturbed
foxtail. The circle was 1/2 mile from the
nearest road, and no tracks were found anywhere nearby.
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Ohio
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Soybeans
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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2-1991
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Millersburg, Holmes County
46'
Diameter circle discovered in a grass field.
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Ohio
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Grass
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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3-20-1992
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Dundee, Tuscarawas County
An oval
27' by 30' in diameters with a 'jagged' edge was found swirled down in
a pasture. Described as 'scorched-looking'
and containing a 'black particulate matter'. (The last description
sounds like the grass had been infected with a type of mold - a common
mistake by inexperienced researchers and lay people).
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Ohio
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Grass /
Pasture
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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8-30-1992
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Austinberg / Ashtabula, Ashtabula County
Four
rectangles (various sizes; one 25' by 8') in corn.
The stalks were reported as being 'bent, not broken'. W.C. Levengood found abnormal seed and ear
development in the formation samples.
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Ohio
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Corn
(Maize)
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|
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unknown
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4-1995
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Worthington, Franklin County
Two
approximately 50' diameter circles were discovered swirled
counter-clockwise in field grass along the Olentangy River. Located
directly across the river from the ancient High Banks (Cole) Earthworks
and less than 2,000’ away. The local paper
declared them a hoax with no further details.
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Ohio
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Grass
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7-4-1996
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7-4-1996
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Paulding / Jackson Township, Paulding County
A
single 90' diameter circle found on USA's Independence Day. This ironically
coincided with the release of the alien invasion film of the same name
and in some minds, cast suspicion on its authenticity.
Elevated
levels of radioactivity were measured (2.5x background levels) inside
the circle, and many electromagnetic field effects also reported. W.C.
Levengood noted significant node length increases, and higher
concentrations of magnetic iron particles of a meteoritic origin.
Residents
who lived closest to the formation report being awoken in the middle of
the night before the formation was discovered by a horrendous smell
“like a skunk burning”. This may have been
due to a high sulfur content in the soil that
may have been released by whatever energy created the formation. The soil inside the circle was baked dry, and
large cracks had formed in the ground; outside the circle the soil was
still moist and normal.
This
circle formation still stands as one of the most famous,
well-researched, and most well-visited crop circles (over 10,000
visitors in the 1st two weeks) in the USA. This was
almost entirely due to the foresight of the local sheriff who cordoned
off the circle, treated the area as a crime scene with police tape, and
kept the circle in pristine condition for serious investigators.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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8-1-1996
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8-9-1996
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Sugar Creek Township / Elida, Allen County
A 46.5’
diameter circle with circling 1”-3” pathways leading into and out of
the circle curving around the field. The lay was counterclockwise, but
not all the plants in the circle were affected / flattened,
particularly a variety of Queen Anne’s Lace.
Spotted
from the air by a pilot, the circle was located in a field between a
soybean field and a residential neighborhood. When
researchers arrived, no local residents were aware of the circle’s
existence despite homes being within 100 yards of the circle. The circle could not be seen from the road. An underground stream ran directly underneath
the circle. There were five power line
poles on the west edge of the field within 50’ of the circle;
unusually, each power pole had a transformer box on it.
Three
separate teams collected samples from this formation on three different
dates. All three samples were reported to
be consistent and had significantly lengthened stem nodes, node
expansion as high as 167% greater than control samples, expulsion
cavities, and the three sampling times showed that gravi-tropism was
not a factor in contributing to node changes.
Two of
the three teams that investigated this formation reported unusual
physical effects to their persons after visiting the formation.
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Ohio
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Grass
(Timothy)
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Eyewitness
report only.
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unknown
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6-27-1997
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Payne, Paulding County
A
circle reported after a strong electrical storm in which lightning hit
a nearby antenna; farmer thought the circle was a hoax.
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Ohio
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?
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6-27-1998?
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7-6-1998
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Broughton / Latty Township, Paulding County
A
single 92' diameter circle with an offset center was discovered about 3
miles from the circle discovered in 1996. The
farmer's house south of the field and the field were struck by
lightning on June 27, just a few days earlier than the discovery of the
circle.
Investigators
were not notified for about a month, so a full investigation was not
possible.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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|
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unknown
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7-1999
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Lafayette, Allen County
A
five-circle ‘quintuplet’ in a Celtic-cross-type pattern with all five
circles touching or slightly overlapping. The
formation was discovered near the center of a field by the farmer while
harvesting with no tracks leading into the formation or the field
(which had no tramlines). The circle sizes
are as follows: the central circle was
43’7”; NW circle 23’; NE circle 31’; both the SE and SW circles were
32’. The formation was aligned NW/SE or
NE/SW.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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|
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unknown
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6-29-2000
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Bainbridge, Ross County
Three
circles, one 40' and two 30' in diameter; the 40' circle had a 3'
diameter ring encircling it. Located very
close to the ancient native American (Hopewell) Seip Mound as well as several other
destroyed mound sites in the Paint Creek Valley.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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6-24-2002
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6-24-2002
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Careytown,
Highland County
Dumbbell-type
formation comprised of one small circle and one large circle with
triangle standing formation inside. Made by MIT college students and
filmed by The Discovery Channel. The students spread iron particles
around in the circle to try and duplicate higher iron content in the
soil.
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Ohio
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Wheat
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|
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unknown
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6-30-2002
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Sardinia, Brown County
Single
circle with 'key' type spur. No further
details known.
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Ohio
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Grass
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8-24-2003
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8-24-2003
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Locust Grove, Adams County
This
nearly 200’ geometric formation was located less than 2,000’ – and in
alignment with – The Great Serpent Mound effigy earthwork.
Also located along the banks of the Brush Creek.
The
circles and pathways were generally flattened clockwise, with some
small areas flattened in a counterclockwise direction.
The centers of all the circles were dramatically
offset, with one circle actually having a ‘j’-shaped swirl.
Soybean
plants in the formation were subjected to some type of energy which
damaged the leaf bases on the plant stems. No
such damage was found outside of the formation.
Every
metered test (Radioactivity, Electric Field Strength, Magnetic Field
Strength, Radio/Microwave emission, Sum) and plant comparison tests
came back that the formation was statistically significantly different
vs. controls.
EM
effects were reported by investigators in the formation including
having a GPS and a digital camera’s electronics fried.
The
following spring, an ‘echo’ of the formation showed up in the field,
created by small purple flowers that had grown up before the field was
tilled and replanted.
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Ohio
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Soybeans
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9-6-2003
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9-6-2003
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Bourneville / Bainbridge, Ross County
A very
large (about 400’ dia.) obvious hoax attempt in soybeans.
Mechanical damage, boot prints, gum wrappers found
in the formation when investigators arrived.
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Ohio
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Soybeans
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8-24-2003?
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9-25-2003
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Paint Creek Island, Bainbridge, Ross County
A 280’
dia. geometric formation in soybeans. The
same leaf base damage found in this formation as the Locust Grove
formation. Discovered by the owner
approximately the same time as the Locust Grove formation, but did not
report it. It was reported by a pilot
flying over the formation nearly a month later. The
formation, being on an island in a large creek, at least a ½
mile from the nearest road, and surrounded on all sides by a wide band
of trees, was not visible from any roadway. No
tracks were found leading into the formation. Half
the formation was under standing water when found.
The
formation is in alignment with the ancient earthwork Seip Mound located
less than two miles away. Several
now-obliterated earthworks were located closer to the formation site.
The
owner and another witness living nearby described a ‘low mechanical’
sound coming from the island the night before the formation was
discovered. The pitch and intensity of the
sound never changed over a several hour period of time.
EM
effects reported in the formation include a GPS unit that ‘glowed’ for
about 5 seconds before the electronics were fried.
Bert
Jannsen found exquisite underlying geometry in this formation.
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Ohio
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Soybeans
|
|
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unknown
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10-25-2003
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West Union, Adams County
This
four-circle, three-ring, three pathway formation was in dry, ripe
soybeans, and located on a slope adjacent to a drainage ditch along a
busy highway. No obvious mechanical damage
found, but because of the time frame between formation and
investigation, no firm conclusions could be drawn as to its
authentication.
Although
researchers were unable to make a firm statement on the formation's
authenticity, there were interesting findings: Although the field was
dry and ripe for harvest, there were discovered eight
stalks in different parts of the formation that were still green and
alive and have kept their branches and leaves (soybean plants
shed their branches and leaves when they dry out and ripen and the end
of the season). To find these still-green plants flattened in a dry,
ripe field is highly unusual, and researchers could not find any plants
in the rest of the field to be even close to condition. They could not explain how the green plants managed to survive repeated
frosts, because the plants were not underneath other flattened
plants (they were flattened like the others), and some were in the
central portions of the circles completely exposed (away from the edges
where they might have been somewhat protected). A few of these green
plants that still had their stems intact showed the necrotic
leaf base damage that we had seen in both the Locust Grove and
Bainbridge soybean formations - but without controls to compare
against they could not use this as absolute evidence for authenticity.
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Ohio
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Soybeans
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6-15-2004
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6-15-2004
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Cuba, Clinton County
Several
ICCRA members gathered to create several ‘test’ crop circle formations
on donated land. Several large, but simple
dumbbell crop patterns are created quickly with little effort using the
traditional rope and board hoaxing method. No
complex patterns or weaving was attempted. The
‘hourglass effect’ though was easily replicated showing that
characteristic not to be a hallmark of ‘authentic’ crop circles.
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Ohio
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