SUBJECT: CROP CIRCLE INFORMATION FILE: UFO1218 XMT: 11:41 Wed Jul 25 EXP: 12:00 Wed Aug 01 SCIENTISTS RECORD FLASHES AS MYSTERY CIRCLES FORM IN ENGLISH CORNFIELDS LONDON (JULY 25) REUTER - Excited scientists said they recorded evidence on Wednesday that could solve the centuries-old mystery of circles in English cornfields which have aroused speculation of visitors from outer space. Experts filmed two big circles being made during the night amid a barrage of unexplained flashing lights in a field in the southern county of Wiltshire. It was the first known recording of the formation of symmetrical circles that have puzzled Englishmen since the Middle Ages. Theories of what causes them range from earthworms to whirlwinds to spaceships. In medieval times, countryfolk believed they were the work of the Devil. Scientists from Britain, Japan, West Germany and the United States monitored Wiltshire cornfields round the clock this week with thermal imagers and low-light cameras. On Wednesday, they recorded two circles being made, one about 100 metres (330 feet) across, the other half that size, said Colin Andrews, leader of the project coordinated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Analyzing their recordings hours later, they sent in helicopters to take daylight pictures of the find and said they had made a significant scientific discovery. ********************************************** * THE U.F.O. BBS - http://www.ufobbs.com/ufo * **********************************************