Aug., 1997 Crop Circle Reports (Last Update= 12/5/97)Aug., 1997 Crop Circle Reports
CropCircle Wausau, WI ================================= A crop circle formation was discovered the first week in August two miles north of Wausau, WI. An article appeared in the Wausau newspaper. The next day an additional crop circle formation was discovered nearby. These formations were in oat fields. They were dumb bell shaped each consisting of complex patterns of three circles connected by bars. Click here for image of crop circle. Chad Lewis, Wisconsin State MUFON Director, volunteered to sample the crop for Nancy Talbot of the BLT Research Team of crop circle investigators. Chad sampled the crop in September and will supply a more detailed report in the near future. ================================
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From: Casey Holt (Minnesota MUFON FI) Subject: Wausau, WI CropCircle I have some additional information on the Wausau Crop Circle. Chad told me that it was in a newspaper article so on Sunday I went to the library in Wausau to find it. After a long drive and some searching through the microfilm I found an article on page 4A in the Wausau Daily Herald dated Friday, August 15, 1997. It is a small article with a picture and a 1 column of text. Apparently the paper said the Crop Formation shown was made Wedsnday or early Thursday which I would interpret to be August 13, or August 14 which would be the 2nd week of August. It also gave the location which and when I looked on a map was about 2 miles East of Wausau. I then drove to that site and recognized the small shed shown in the picture and could also still see a darker outline of part of the Crop Formation. I could see where the cut stalks were not sticking up and just grass was growing. The field was cut but not plowed. It looked like it was on a slight inclined hill and I could see one larger circle to the North and a smaller one to the south, which in the picture is more like a ring. This is also what Chad said that there was some standing crop in the second circle. It was getting dark and hard to see if there was a third circle. The two circles could have been connected by a narrow strip which would give it a dumbell shape as it appears in the picture. The picture also shows what looks like power lines in the foreground and I remember seeing power lines along the road. This is what the newspaper article says entitled, Crop circles: Vandals stomped down a crop circle in a field in the town of Wausau at Highway N and 41st Street late Wednesday or early Thursday. Since the mid-1970s, crop circles appeared in different forms in farm fields throughout the world, mostly England. At first, people believed they had been formed by visiting UFOs, possibly as some sort of message. Tibetan Buddhists believe the circles are symbols of heavenly communication connected to powerful figures of the past. According to Internet information, most of the circles appeared near Avebury, England -- an area associated with King Arthur and with the first church of Jesus Christ, built by Joseph of Aramathea. In 1991, England residents Dave Chorely and Doug Bower admitted they had created the crop circles as a hoax. However, the idea for the hoax came from a case in Queensland Australia where a UFO reportedly flew out of a swirled patch of marsh grass. Below the picture it reads: Bob Radunz/Wausau Daily Herald I did not see where the other formation might have been as it was getting dark at the time. Hopefully Chads report should tell us more information. Thanks Casey Holt
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