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BBC News
10-06-2025
- BBC News
Wiltshire Police urge people to report crop circles to them
A police force has asked people to report crop circles, warning that creating them without the landowner's permission is criminal circles are a common sight in Wiltshire with many created legally but some are not and Wiltshire Police said they can cause "short and long-term damage to crops and fields".The force said they also attract other issues, such as unlawful drone use, aggravated trespass and theft from farm buildings."While they might look impressive, creating a crop circle without the landowner's permission is criminal damage. These acts can cause serious short and long-term damage to crops and fields and may also attract further illegal activity", said Wiltshire Police. Landowners who find themselves with a crop circle on their land, and do not want visitors to come and see it, are being asked to make sure there are clear no public access signs around they are happy with the public visiting, then they are responsible for health and safety on their land so may need to get advice from their insurer, police Police are urging people to report crop circles through their 101 phone number or online.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Science
- Daily Mail
Mystery as crop circles appear on farms in world-famous UFO hotspot
Mysterious crop circles have been discovered etched into fields in one of the world's most famous UFO hotspots. Wiltshire in the UK has become the epicenter of the phenomenon since the 1970s, and the bizarre designs were recently found just 13 miles away from Stonehenge. A perfectly crafted geometric design was spotted in a farmer's field in the Wiltshire village of Sutton Veny on May 15. The pattern included a central design resembling a Celtic knot or a four-pointed star within a circle. On May 19, another unique crop circles was found in a grass field 30 miles away in the nearby county of Dorset. That design featured several geometric shapes set inside two overlapping circles. Crop circles are large, unexplained formations that appear, typically in the middle of the night, in fields with tall grass or fresh crops like wheat or corn. While many suspect the massive designs are the work of artists or pranksters, UFO conspiracy theorists have maintained that crop circles are made by extraterrestrials who are leaving cryptic messages for humans. However, it's been proven that many are man-made, using tools like planks to push down and flatten crops as a mean to spark fears or artistic expression. But some people truly believe the crop circles are the work of aliens as they can range between 50 and 1,000 feet in length but apparently take only minutes to create in the dark of night. Although these strange patterns have been discovered in dozens of countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, and Japan, crop circles have been most commonly found in the UK. Moreover, roughly 80 percent of all UK crop circles have been reported in Wiltshire. Since 2005, there have been more than 380 crop circles recorded in this area alone. The formations are typically found in crop fields and their appearance often coincides with the growing season, when crops are mature enough to show visible patterns but haven't been harvested yet. In countries in Earth's Northern Hemisphere, like the US and UK, crop circles tend to appear between May and August when the crops are tall enough to be flattened into circular patterns. Images and footage of the recent crop circles have flooded the internet where people claim they are a form of 'communication.' UAP researcher Holly Wood posted on X: 'Who or what is trying to get our attention?' Another Ufologist shared: 'People say when you look at it from the top, the symbol makes them 'download' certain information to their subconscious mind.' While the crop circles have sparked theories of alien visitors, the owner of the field where the Celtic knot was found was reportedly 'very upset' that someone or something flattened his valuable crops. However, he's making the most of the setback by opening the field up to crop circle enthusiasts to come and view the new pattern for a small donation, according to Coast to Coast AM, hosted by UFO enthusiast George Noory. Monique Klinkenbergh, founder of the crop circle exhibition in Wiltshire's Pewsey Vale, admitted that there are definitely man-made crop circles on Earth, but others are much harder to explain without considering UFOs and aliens. 'If you listen to eye witness accounts, the unexplained circles have one thing in common - they were formed in minutes, or seconds, by an invisible source,' Klinkenbergh told the BBC in 2023. 'There is definitely a mystery going on, but it's very hard to label the source, whether it is extra-terrestrial, paranormal or just nature,' she added. For example, the 2001 'Milk Hill circle' in Wiltshire had over 400 circles spanning 787 feet and was said to be too complex for humans to quickly create in one night. UFO researchers have also claimed that crop circles display several unusual features, like crop stalks which have all been perfectly bent but not broken or cut by machinery. Witnesses have also claimed to have seen orbs of light and other strange beams appearing over fields moments before the crop circles formed. Despite these strange occurrences, several people have come forward since the 1990s to claim that they were the culprits behind crop circles around the world. In 1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, two Englishmen from Southampton, confessed to creating over 200 crop circles in southern England during the late 1970s. They claimed that they used simple tools like planks, ropes, and a sighting device (a baseball cap with a wire loop) to flatten crops into circular patterns. In 2002, five aeronautics and astronautics graduate students from MIT were recruited by a television show to create crop circles, aiming to replicate the work of Bower and Chorley. The students successfully produced a formation that could be mistaken as an alien message.
