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SUBJECT: NEW INFO ON ENGLANDS CROP CIRCLES FILE: UFO1219
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Copyright, 1990. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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LONDON (AP) -- Someone equipped with Ouija boards, wooden crosses and a
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sense of humor played a practical joke on a team of investigators trying to
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determine the cause of mysterious circles that appear suddenly in farm fields.
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The team of engineers and photographers thought they had cracked the mystery
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when sophisticated cameras and monitoring equipment recorded flashing orange
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lights Tuesday night in a field they are watching in Wiltshire.
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When the international team found two large circles with parallel lines
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running through them on Wednesday morning, they were really intrigued.
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But upon closer examination they realized they had been had.
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Ouija boards and wooden crosses were found in the center of the circles, and
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the Operation Blackbird researchers were not amused.
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"Somebody had a joke, but it has actually set our research back," said Colin
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Andrews, a team member and the author of "Circular Findings."
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"We have a serious job to do. It is only funny for 60 seconds," he said,
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adding that the recording of flashing lights were probably thermal images of
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people running around in circles.
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The investigators from the United States, Japan, West Germany and Britain
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had planned to spend three weeks monitoring the field in the Vale of Pewsey in
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the town of Wiltshire, 75 miles southwest of London. It was not immediately
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clear if the practical joke would cause them to change their plan.
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They are trying to determine the source of the mysterious circles, which
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have appeared suddenly among crops in England and elsewhere in Europe.
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The perfectly formed circles of flattened corn -- some with decorative
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patterns, some with concentric rings -- were first recorded in England in 1678.
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In other countries, the circles have been reported in sand, snow and rice
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paddies. The circles have been variously attributed to whirlwinds, witches,
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magnetic forces, animals, spaceships -- and hoaxers.
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Last year, 300 circles appeared and as many theories as to why.
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The most recent theory, published in the New Scientist magazine, suggested
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they were formed by weather conditions and electrical charges in the area.
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