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From: Paul Anderson
Date: Sat Aug 26, 2000 10:39am
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Large 'Dumbell' Crop Circle Formation in Saskatchewan
CPR-CANADA NEWS
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August 26, 2000
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LARGE 'DUMBELL' CROP CIRCLE FORMATION IN SASKATCHEWAN
Preliminary Report - August 26, 2000
Moosomin, Saskatchewan
August 20, 2000
Report received yesterday of a new crop formation near Moosomin,
Saskatchewan. Initially discovered by a crop duster pilot on August
20.
Fomation is a large classic 'dumbell' formation, one large circle and one
smaller circle connected by a straight pathway, in wheat. Larger
circle is approximately 120' diametre, the smaller 60'. Pathway is
about 40' long and 5' wide. Total length is approximately 220'. Crop
in pathway is flattened in opposite directions, running from each circle,
towards centre of the pathway.
Formation will be sampled today by Dennis Eklund from Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, for The BLT Research Team (Dr. W. C. Levengood).
Ground report, photos to follow. Farmer's name and specific location
being kept confidential as word of the formation has already made the
local media, with around 200 visitors to the site and the farmer does
not want further publicity, but is open to a ground investigation by
researchers.
This is the fifth formation reported for 2000.
IF YOU HEAR OF OR FIND ANY NEW CROP FORMATIONS, PLEASE
DO LET US KNOW:
Tel / Fax: 604.731.8522
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I am also running an ad in The Western Producer, Canada's primary
farming and agricultural newspaper, with hotline / contact info for
CPR-Canada. WP has run some excellent articles on us and the
phenomenon in general the past couple years now, helping to
make farmers and the public more aware of what is happening. The
ad will run through September, (typically) the month when we get the
most reports when farmers are harvesting.
Paul Anderson
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From: Paul Anderson
Date: Sun Aug 27, 2000 1:09pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Updates - Special Research Projects
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
August 27, 2000
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UPDATES - SPECIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Special Research Projects area of the CPR-Canada web site has
been updated, as part of a general revamping. Current sections
include History of the Phenomenon, The Scientific Evidence and
Related Phenomena, which will continue to be added to and updated
in the coming weeks and months.
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada
Paul Anderson
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From: Paul Anderson
Date: Mon Aug 28, 2000 7:18am
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Update #3 - Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario Crop Circles
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
August 28, 2000
UPDATE #3 - ORO-MEDONTE TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO CROP CIRCLES
Following is another ground report, from Drew Gauley, Ontario director for CPR-Canada, as well as an article from The Packet & Times newspaper (Orillia, Ontario). Additional ground photos and video footage also taken. Aerial photo and previous reports are on the CPR-Canada web site.
Paul Anderson
On Friday August 18, 2000, myself and Henry McKay (previous MUFON Canadian Director and more recently, a self motivated consultant of Accultural Studies) visited the Horne family farm to witness the crop circles for ourselves. Upon our arrival, the Horne's weren't home, but a neighbour pointed us in the direction of the field. From the road we could see some indentations in the field and some pathways leading in. Closer inspection revealed no pattern to the fallen crop. We found out later that there had been so many visitors that this area had been trampled by people looking in the wrong spot!
After picking up two articles from the Orillia Packet we noticed some details in the aerial photo and realised we had looked in the wrong part of the field. So back we went! Fortunately, one of the Horne's was in the field talking with a couple from Toronto. We greeted them as they left and introduced ourselves to ____ Horne (an older brother to Garnet who is also a farmer). He told us that he estimated over 1000 visitors to the field by that point. Combined with a some additional facts (it had been over a week since the formations appearance, there had been rain recently and it was beginning to rain as we spoke) we proceeded with a general inspection. We decided that the basic info had been gathered (dates, measurements, orientation, etc) so I tried to keep my video camera dry as we got a guided tour from Mr. Horne.
The circles themselves all had a neat rotation, with a tighter whorl in the centre where the crop was almost "weaved" together as a result. The edges were well defined and all were "perfect" circles. No samples were collected although Mr. Horne did mention some people had previously taken some. The field is in close proximity to a number of towers, both electrical and radio transmitter/cell phone.(?) Although the circles are close to the edge of the field and forest border, nothing unusual was noted on nearby trees. Of note is his retelling of the strange bang his brother and son experienced in their truck the night of the formation. Mike Bird of the TSPC spoke with Garnet Horne who recounted the story and he passed it to me. I believe Garnet tends to the field and was driving up the service path that runs east/west adjacent to the field when he noticed the formation. He went back home to get his son to show him. They headed back at around 9 o'clock when on the same path they heard what sounded like a large "wallop" hit the truck. At first they thought it was a branch hitting the side or undercarriage of the truck and then it occured to them that it could also be a gunshot. Garnets son did up his window and they got out of there ASAP. Back home, they checked the truck and there was no sign of any impact. Needless to say it caused them quite an inexplicable scare. I spoke with Nancy Talbott yesterday and she is interested in receiving plant samples regardless of the time that has passed and the weather. I'm unable to visit again any time soon, so I have sent out a request to interested folk who could do the collecting. Apart from awaiting a response to this question, I'm also hoping to hear back from the Horne's as to whether harvesting has taken place yet.
Drew Gauley
CROP CIRCLES NO HOAX: EXPERT
By Joelle Kovach
The Packet & Times
After a weekend visit, a paranormal phenomena expert says the crop circles at a local family farm were not created by humans.
"I don't think they're a deliberate hoax," said Henry McKay, a one-time Canadian director of the Mutual Unidentified Flying Objects Network (MUFON) and crop circle researcher since 1965. Had human pranksters tromped the circles, it's likely they would have chosen a site visible from the roadway, McKay said.
But the circles at the Garnet Horne family farm, on the edge of Orillia, are concealed from the road. McKay also studied circles discovered in a farmer's field near Bass Lake in 1993. He attributed the Bass Lake circles to wind damage.
He says the ones in Horne's fields are far more precise in their dimensions and placement. The three circles are exactly 23, 15 and 12 metres in diameter. Drew Gauley, the Ontario director for Circles Phenomenon Research Canada, accompanied McKay from Toronto to Simcoe County to see the crop circles. Gauley said it would have been preferable to view the circles soon after they first appeared on Aug. 10.
As a result, he reserved judgment on how they were created. "It's important to be there before rainfall, before 1,000 visitors," said Gauley. Horne estimates that 1,000 visitors have stopped by to see the circles in about 10 days. Some of the curious have come from as far away as New York, Kitchener and Ottawa. And they were still coming Sunday; someone had even erected a roadside sign to indicate the location of the circles.
"I can't get over the people who have come," Horne said. Among those who visited on the weekend was Clynt King. Circles cropped up in his wheat field near Hagersville last summer, and he has taken an avid interest in the topic since. Equipped with what looked like a measuring wheel, King set out to take the dimensions of the circles. While the circles in his field were transpersed with symbols resembling runes, there were three circles off to one side that were similar to those in Horne's field. King has no doubt of the circles' origins. "People from other planets put them there," he said matter-of-factly. "They use microwave energy from the Earth." Gauley said he had visited King's circles in July, 1999, and they displayed a more intricate pattern. "It was more of a pictograph."
Canada's prairie provinces are famous for crop circles, Gauley said. But in more than 30 years of study, McKay has only seen 10 crop circle fields in Ontario. Most of them occurred a few years back, he said. He said he didn't come across any bits of evidence in Horne's field to merit further study of the circles. In 1971, he said he found depressions in the earth in a crop circle field in Trenton, Ont. They suggested to him the presence of a tripod undercarriage.
From: Paul Anderson
Date: Tue Aug 29, 2000 7:05pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Update #1 - Moosomin, Saskatchewan Crop Formation
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
August 29, 2000
UPDATE #1 - MOOSOMIN, SASKATCHEWAN CROP FORMATION
Attached are two photos of the Moosomin, Saskatchewan crop formation, found August 20, 2000. Approx. 220' in length, in wheat.
Aerial: © Marshall McLeod, The World-Spectator, Moosomin (moosomin00a.jpg) Ground: © Kevin Weedmark, The World-Spectator, Moosomin (moosomin00b.jpg)
Beautiful simplicity describes this one well, I think. Additional images to be posted on the web site soon, plus further field reports.
On a related (?) note, the night before Nancy Talbott called about the Moosomin formation, I had a dream of looking down on a couple circles in a field (connected together or not I don't remember), and the whole "picture" looked sort of like an infra-red photo - all reddish orange, like a soft glow. The circles had glowing "bands" or "streamers" of energy (?) moving inside them, like maybe inches from the ground... maybe coincidence, maybe not, although I've this same kind of experience several times now over the last few years. If anyone has had any similar kinds of experiences, please let me know.
Paul Anderson
From: Paul Anderson
Date: Sat Sep 2, 2000 10:32am
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Update #2 - Moosomin, Saskatchewan Crop Formation
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
September 2, 2000
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UPDATE #2 - MOOSOMIN, SASKATCHEWAN CROP FORMATION
Following is a field report from Dennis Eklund, who did a ground study
of the Moosomin, Saskatchewan 'dumbbell' formation found August 20.
The formation is 250' long, in wheat and beautifully constructed, with
no initial pathways found leading in or out (it should be noted too that
this field, like most in North America, does not have tramlines). Some
very unusual physical deformities have been found on the stalks of the
flattened wheat crop (in addition to the more well-known node anomalies).
Details on this are pending; a full report will be issued by the BLT
Research Team in the near future after a thorough study has been
completed (the formation was sampled extensively). This formation, as
also the one at Oro-Medonte Township, Ontario, has received many
hundreds of visitors, with a steady stream of people coming to view it
even up until a couple nights ago when I last spoke with the farmer.
Additional ground photos from Dennis have also been added to the report
on the web site, and the diagram has also been revised based on the
aerial photos and ground survey:
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/moosomin00.html
Dennis also went to the site of the Grenfell, Saskatchewan circle (between
Moosomin and Regina), the small ten foot circle in wheat with radial lay
pattern, found August 10. Report, images to follow.
Paul Anderson
MOOSOMIN REPORT
After being informed of this formation on August 25th by Nancy Talbott
of the BLT Research Team, I immediately telephoned the owners of the
land to get permission to do a ground study of the site for the next day.
Although in the middle of an important harvest and concerned about the
damage that the already hundreds of visitors to the site might be causing,
they kindly gave me permission to do a thorough study. The 5 hour drive
from Saskatoon to Moosomin was long, but it turned out to be worth every
minute of the drive.
My wife Jan and I arrived in Moosomin and began following the directions
given to us, we realized right away that the site was very out of the way
and secluded to a point where it would never be noticeable except by
air as it was first discovered by a crop sprayer. If not for a little red
ribbon marking a thin path placed by a concerned neighbour to discourage
the already increasing amount of people visiting the site in creating more
paths, causing more damage to the crop, we would of never found it.
The crop of wheat being 3 to 4 feet high made the site totally invisible
from the dirt trail where we parked. We followed the path through the
crop for 140 yards until all of a sudden we entered into a large circle
with a corridor path going slightly downhill joining another circle, the
classic dumbbell formation... but yet with a few surprises.
Measuring the large circle in two different directions, it turned out out
to be a perfect circle measuring 105 feet in diameter both directions.
The corridor path joining the circles measured exactly 98 feet long and
6 feet wide which joined the smaller circle which measured 47 feet wide
in 2 directions, making the total length of the formation exactly 250
feet.
Surprisingly, the lay and the weave of the crop was in pretty good shape
considering the amount of people that had visited the site. The large
circle had a very neat counter clockwise weave effect. Further study
indicated that under the top weave effect, another layer underneath
traveled in the opposite direction. The smaller circle proved to be just
one layer also going in a counter clockwise direction.
The corridor path joining the two circles were fascinating. The crop lay
from the large circle ran down the corridor in the direction of the
smaller circle as the crop lay from the small circle ran up to the large
circle, both joining each other exactly half way up the corridor to
create a tuff of crop pointing to the outside of the corridor. (see
photo).
In our initial visual examination I noticed an interesting aspect where
the edge of the large circle joined the edge of the corridor path. At
first glance it looked like the weave of the circle was overlapping the
downed crop of the corridor path, but on closer examination I discovered
there was absolutely no overlapping, they both joined exact.
There were no power lines or towers in close vicinity of the formation.
Although this formation must had been a couple of weeks old, we did do
compass and battery checks but did not discover any abnormalities.
One final note - I called the owners of the land again last night to keep
them informed of what is happening. They are very interested in this
phenomenon and informed me of strange animal behavior (friend's dog)
at the site. They will keep me informed of any additional happenings
they hear of. By far, my most interesting formation experience.
Dennis Eklund
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
email: dbrentt@h...
From: Paul Anderson
Date: Tue Sep 5, 2000 9:16pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Hazlet, Saskatchewan Crop Circle
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
September 5, 2000
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HAZLET, SASKATCHEWAN CROP CIRCLE
Preliminary Report - September 6, 2000
Hazlet, Saskatchewan
August 24, 2000
Report received this afternoon of another circle in Saskatchewan, at Hazlet, near Swift Current. Report received from farmer Ellis Randy. First found in morning by Ellis while combining the field on August 24.
Formation is a 22' diametre circle, in duram wheat. Very neat and tight clockwise spiral lay pattern, a "perfect circle", with no damage to plant stalks, entry / exit paths, etc. reported (circle is again in a field with no tramlines).
Digital aerial photo already taken by a local neighbor who is a pilot, and I should have a copy shortly. Farmer has also taken ground photos, copies pending of these as well.
Ellis' wife Heather reported odd feelings when she stepped inside the circle, like suddenly having had " too much coffee", which she described as like feeling some kind of energy inside the formation. Also some unusual UFO / alien -related dreams a couple of weeks before.
Both Ellis and Heather are open-minded and curious about the crop circle phenomenon, especially after having it finally "arrive on their doorstep", and don't attribute this circle to pranksters, based on their physical examination.
The circle is well into the field, not visible from any nearby pathways or roads.
The circle has also been filmed by a CBC affiliate film crew from Swift Current.
This is the sixth formation reported in Canada for 2000.
Paul Anderson
From: Paul Anderson
Date: Wed Sep 6, 2000 8:09pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Crop Circle
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
September 6, 2000
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SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN CROP CIRCLE
Preliminary Report - September 6, 2000
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
September 6, 2000
Report received this afternoon from Dennis Eklund in Saskatoon,
of a large ringed circle about two miles outside of the city, found
this morning (?) according to initial reports. Reported on local TV
news this morning. Details pending.
Dennis investigated the Moosomin, Saskatchewan dumbbell
formation from August 20, and the Grenfell, Saskatchewan circle
from August 10, and is also now the new Saskatchewan director
for CPR-Canada.
On a related personal note, I again had a dream last night of a
similar looking formation, the second time that has happened in
the past couple weeks, the first with Moosomin, as related in my
report on that formation. The last time before these that I had any
crop circle or related kinds of dreams, etc. was several months ago,
so it is an interesting correlation if nothing else. Just food for
thought.
This is the seventh formation reported in Canada for 2000.
Paul Anderson
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From: Paul Anderson
Date: Thu Sep 7, 2000 6:46pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Update #1 - Grenfell, Saskatchewan Crop Circle
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
September 7, 2000
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UPDATE #1 - GRENFELL, SASKATCHEWAN CROP CIRCLE
Following is a ground report on the Grenfell, Saskatchewan circle from
Dennis Eklund, Saskatchewan director for CPR-Canada. It should be
noted that both the farmer and reporter who initially reported the circle
described a neat, radial lay pattern, with the formation apparently
suffering considerable damage by the time Dennis was able to get to it
on the 27th. Ground shot photos from Dennis are now posted on the
web site as well:
http://www.geocities.com/grenfell00.html
Paul Anderson
GRENFELL REPORT
On August 27th while driving back to Saskatoon from the dumbbell formation
in Moosomin we had the opportunity to take a look at the small formation on
the farm of Lloyd Arthur located just south of Grenfell, Saskatchewan.
Although Lloyd was not at home at the time, his son was kind enough to show
us the way to the formation. Located in the field of wheat about 30 yards off
the gravel road it was apparent that it was not the classic type of formation
we are all used to seeing. Measuring approximately 10 feet in diameter it
was plain to see it was not a neat or perfect circle. Both the floor of the
formation still showing a slight radial effect and the outer edges offered no
uniformity giving the whole formation a very disorganized and messy
appearance. This could be partially due to the damage caused to the formation
after being recently swathed and also the visitors it attracted since being
discovered August 9th.
The crop seemed to be pushed down from the centre and out in all directions
into the standing crop giving the formation an uneven circumference.
Although time restrictions did not allow us to do any sampling, I did notice
some swollen node abnormalities, even the odd stem of crop bent completely
at a right angle at the node itself. Because the field was already swathed it
was hard to tell if there were any colour differences as previously reported.
We concluded our brief examination by taking the following photos and also
doing a compass and battery check inside the formation. No abnormalities
were discovered. Small but interesting, it would of been nice to spend more
time examining.
Dennis Eklund
CPR-Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
dbrentt@h...
From: Paul Anderson
Date: Thu Sep 7, 2000 8:47pm
Subject: CPR-Canada News: Update #1 - Hazlet, Saskatchewan Crop Circle
CPR-CANADA NEWS
The E-News Service of Circles Phenomenon Research Canada
September 7, 2000
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UPDATE #1 - HAZLET, SASKATCHEWAN CROP CIRCLE
An aerial photo has been added to the web site:
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/hazlet00.html
A closeup shot from the photo is attached:
© Ian Sletten (hazlet00.jpg)
*Correction: the previous direct links for the last updates with
latest reports and images for the Moosomin and Grenfell
formations in Saskatchewan should be:
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/moosomin00.html
http://www.geocities.com/cpr-canada/grenfell00.html
Paul Anderson
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