CANADA
Filer's Files #31-1999 August 5, 1999 George A. Filer: MUFON Eastern Director

ONTARIO CROP CIRCLES -- Lynda Powless editor of The Turtle Island News, and Hopi Indian resident of the Six Nations reservation where two new formations were found reports. She describes elaborate lay patterns in both formations. In virtually all the pathways joining the circles, the crop is "braided"; in the smaller formation, the wheat is flattened in one direction, then a second layer of wheat is flattened over top of this, at a diagonal flow to the pathways themselves. In one of the circles in the longer formation the wheat is laid in a "five-pointed star" pattern. At one point along one of the pathways in the smaller formation, the tops of the stalks were "singed or burned". About two weeks ago some of the residents of the reservation reported seeing two bright lights hovering just above these two fields. Then, on Saturday July24th, another resident photographed, three large beams of light like large spotlights, extending up into the air from the same or nearby field similar to recent reports in England. The three beams of light then converged into one large beam. Digital cameras fail inside or near the formations, but good photos were successfully taken with analog cameras. Some video footage taken showed only "snow" when played back. Also reports of people experiencing headaches and / or nausea. One person who took a Geiger counter into the circles last Tuesday reportedly obtained a reading of about 600, with a "normal" reading of about 150 outside. Lynda noticed on the night of July 28 lunar eclipse in Canada that an arm of the formation pointed directly at where the moon was in the sky. There have also been good reports on the circles in the July 29/30 editions of The Hamilton Spectator newspaper in Ontario. Thanks to Paul Anderson Circles Phenomenon Research Canada psa@direct.ca (- TMP / CPR http://www.iaml.net/~timestar/hagerscrop.htm