- June 14, 2007 NE Arkansas Crop Circle
(photo: Fred Martin)
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- Location: Northeastern Arkansas
- Discovered: June 14, 2007
- Occurred: June 12, 2007 (?)
- Crop: Wheat (fully mature, but stunted)
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- We are very lucky to have been informed about this formation
in fully mature wheat, since harvesting has already begun. BLT fieldworker
JoAnne Scarpellini called the office today from the site, where she is
carrying out a basic field examination, and reports some interesting details.
There are 4 tiny (18 inch diam.) swirled circles inside the standing sections
on each side of the flattened "arms" which can barely be detected
in this photo. Also, one of the "arms" is not flattened but is
outlined with a "very thin" line of laid crop on either side
of what would have been the 4th "arm"). The crop in the 3 flattened
arms is all laid out toward the perimeter ring. But the thin outlines of
the 4th arm (5-6 inches wide) are laid differently, both lines flattened
in toward the center from the outer ring. The measured overall diameter
of the outer ring is 129 ft. by 132 ft., with the width of the ring varying,
overall being approximately 6 ft. wide.
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- The formation is situated on a slight ridge with homes
belonging to two of the farmer's relatives about 200 yds. away. The field
can be clearly seen from one of these houses and, so far, we have not heard
of anyone there having observed anything unusual. However, a dog belonging
to the relatives in this home "went crazy" on Tuesday night (June
12-13), barking and waking the family in the middle of the night. Interviews
with the various family members have not yet been carried out in-depth,
so more information may be available from them later on.
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- This field was sown (rather than planted or drilled)
and there are no tractor-lines. No weed-killer was applied during sowing
so there are many weeds and morning-glories (patches of green in the photo)
throughout the field. Jo-Anne reports that most of the weeds, etc. do not
appear to have been affected by whatever flattened the wheat, and some
of them are taller than the wheat itself. [Because of very cold weather
early in the growing season, the mature wheat is stunted and only 14-16
inches tall.]
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- This is the third formation to be found in the same general
rural area during the last five years. In 2003 a pristine 3-armed, 10-circle
"spiral type" formation was discovered in Knobel, Arkansas
(also in mature wheat) by a local crop-duster.
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