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4.9 KiB
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55 lines
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SUBJECT: PREPARE TO MEET THY DROUGHT FILE: UFO1156
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TODAY, London, England-July 20,1990 CR: T. Good
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WORLD experts will jet into Britain today to try to solve the cornfield circles riddle which has baffled the country.
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Britieuropean and Japanese researchers-armed with high-tech cameras-will attempt to capture on film whatever, or WHOEVER, has caused the patterns in the fields.
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But, as the scientists stake out rual Wiltshire, TODAY-which broke the news of the phenomenon-tracked down experts who think they know what the circles mean.
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4 Historians believe that the carefully plotted lines and circles resemble the writing of the Sumerians, who lived on the Iran=Iraq border 5,000 years ago.
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And, amazingly, the message could be a warning to save water.
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Linked with other evidence, it could mean we are in for a long drought.
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Charles d'Orban, of London University's School of Oriental and African Studies, said: "The shapes in the field look like the work of the Sumerians, from late fourth and early third century BC.
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"They had a relatively sophisticated system of writing with symbols which show a marked resemblance to those in Wiltshire."
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In Sumerian, the world's oldest written language, two concentric circles means a well or cistern.
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Two parallel lines mean double, or multiply(the signs are shown above).
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So the message could mean: Multiply yours wells.
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After examination of blown-up prints of the dramatic TODAY pictures, Mr. d'Orban said: "The resemblance is uncanny. I cannot think of any other explanation for it."
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Last night Britain's top weather experts backed Mr. d'Orban's theory that the symbols could be linked to the climate, particularly a spell of dry weather.
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TODAY weatherman Philip Eden said: "Whoever or whatever drew these patterns certainly knows about meteorology.
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"They look just like the signs on the sort of weather chart I see every day."
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Me. Eden said kthat the circles which appeared in a pattern in a field in the Vale of Pewsey on Tuesday were wind direction symbols.
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Left to right, the key-shaped symbols show a Force Seven gale from the south-west, a Force Five Gale from the south-east, a calm area with no wind, fog and a calm area with no wind.
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It's a real puzzle how they got there," he said. "I can't think of an explanation but it's very exciting."
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BBC TV weatherman Bernard Davey said: "I will be interested to see if we can find out for definite how these circles keep appearing."
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Asked if aliens could have been responsible, he said: "I'm always suspicious when circles appear like this.
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"I won't rule out men from outer space...just in case."
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And ITV weatherman Alex Hill added: "I reckon the circles are a weather report.
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"Maybe it's been put there to help those Soviet cosmonauts steer their spacecraft back to Earth.
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"One thing's for sure, it wasn't me that put them there."
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Experts at the British Museum last night refused to be drawn into the debate.
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A spokeswoman said: "We really wouldn't want to get involved with anything of this nature."
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But languages expert Peter Colvin of London University supported our message theory.
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He said: "Some of the figures look like a system of writing which is still used in parts of inner and Outer Mongolia.
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"I have seen it in books, but unfortunately, I am not able to read it.
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"I don't suppose many people in Britain can do so either."
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Our photographers flew across Wiltshire yesterday and spotted eight new circles, including the one we've reproduced (above left).
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But as the mystery deepened last night, experts admitted they still do not know what has coused more then 200 circle alerts in Wiltshire and Hampshire this summer.
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Some believe that the phenomenon is caused by rare fungus or soil disorders causing crops to collapse in bizarre patterns.
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Others insist that animals such as hedgehogs or badgers many have run wild in the summer heat, causing havoc in fields.
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Some say freak wind conditions could be the cause of the damage.
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Still more argue the circles are caused by aliens, landing their spacecraft or desperate to communicate with humans.
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But cynics dismiss the patterns as the work of practical jokers, using bricks on lengths of rope to flatten crops.
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Perhaps there's a ring of truth to all of them. But last night there was no getting away from the weather.
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The circles have appeared during one the of the hottest and driest spells in Britain.
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In other words the message could mean: Fill up thy wells and prepare to meet thy drought.
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Those Sumerians knew what they were writing about.
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CLIVE NELSON
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