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SUBJECT: CROP CIRCLE HOAXERS FILE: UFO3188
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CROP CIRCLE HOAXERS REAP REWARD OF AROUND $3,000
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By Toby Moore, Environment Correspondent.
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Now we know. The perfect crop circle takes 3 people five hours to
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create with an aluminum ladder and some bits of old pipe. No
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experience neccesary.
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"Just a technical challenge, really." said Mr. David Overd, a designer
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with Westland Helicopters and joint winner of the first Olympiad for
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crop circle hoaxers, held over the weekend in the dead of night at a
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secret Buckinghamshire wheat field.
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Mr. Overd and two colleagues from his company's design department
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beat 11 other groups - some with several years experience - to claim a
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first prize of $3000.
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All spent Saturday night and Sunday morning, from pub chucking-out
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time to dawn - prime hoaxing time - creating a highly complex crop
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circle to rigorous standards in marked off areas of a large field at
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West Wycombe.
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The winning team entered their allotted area using a hinged ladder as
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a bridge. Then, with a tape measure as a guide, they flattened the
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wheat with small lengths of plastic piping.
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Mr. Adrian Dexter, 27, leader of the winning team, said this was only
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the second circle he or his team members had created.
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"This is about the easiest $3000 I would normally hope to make at
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night," he said.
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Each team, scrutinised by invigilators with infrared binoculars, had
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just five hours and one area of field measuring 180ft by 66ft on which
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to produce a design incorporating 15 triangles, circles and squares.
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The competetion was organized by the Cerealogist Magazine and the
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Koestler Foundation.
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The article was accompanied by an aerial photograph showing the field
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with all 12 circles, 8 of which look every bit as authentic as the
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"mystery" circles.
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