May 30

Image Peter White Copyright 2007

First UK Wheat formation of 2007

This formation in young wheat spans approximately sixty feet diameter and consists of just the one circle.

On the ground the crop is already recovering to the upright position, so at a glance appears rather rough. However, looking at the circle in detail there are many elements of real interest, not least the fact that practically all the downed crop is very clean and neat, in a sort of chaotic way. Well worth bearing in mind that this field has been soaked by continues bouts of heavy rain over previous days. I left ugly muddy boot prints wherever I walked on the downed crop in this one.

A very high proportion of the laid crop has very neat smooth bends at the base of the stems. Practically no breaking or kinking of the plants is evident here, making this little glyph very interesting indeed.

Charles Mallett