Crop Circle Discovered in Wilbur, Washington
What makes Wilbur different from the rest of small town America is the appearance of a crop circle.
On July 1, the National UFO Reporting Center was contacted by a resident of Lincoln County, Washington, informing them that a crop circle had been discovered in a field of wheat just outside Wilbur, Washington.
"The crop circle was first witnessed at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, by two gentlemen who were driving back roads, inspecting the standing crop of wheat. One of the two witnesses works for a local agricultural chemical company, and the other is a local wheat farmer." Peter B Davenport, Director of the National UFO Reporting Center of Washington State, stated in an email interview.
By the time NUFORC arrived at the scene to investigate the appearance, an undetermined number of residents had already visited the scene and had created two or more paths leading to the crop circle.
The Crop Circle is approximately 150 feet long and 150 feet wide. The wheat has been flattened in a counter-clockwise fashion in both the large central ring and the eight outlying circles.
It is reported, but still unconfirmed by UNFORC, that a local resident photographed an unusual object (via his cell phone camera) which he observed hovering near him. There is also word of another resident witnessing a flash of light in the general vicinity of the crop circle on Thursday night.
Members of a family who live just to the southeast of the formation claim to have seen either a flash of light or a light that seemed to scan the area where the crop circle appeared. This report remains unconfirmed; NUFORC has not yet interviewed the family.
NUFORC is completing further investigations to confirm these statements.
Current research suggests that there may be a connection between crop circles and UFOs; however, at this time, there is no definitive answer as to exactly what causes a crop circle to form.
According to The Crop Circular, over 10,000 crop circles have been observed and documented in 29 countries and generally appear in grain fields. There have been over 80 witnesses to the formation of crop circles and there are claims that a crop circle can be formed in a matter of seconds. Many of these witnesses describe a shaft or ball of light that descends on the field during the formation of the crop circle.
Although there have been cases of forgeries and hoaxes by people who were trying to deceive others, genuine crop circles all have one thing in common. Plant stems are not broken; they are bent, usually about 1 inch from the ground in the plant's first node. There also appears to be changes in the electromagnetic field in a crop circle. Compasses have been known to spin, batteries drain, and cameras & cell phones to malfunction when used in a crop circle.
Residents of Wilbur may not know what caused the formation of their Crop Circle, but they do know that something unusual has happened in their small community. For now, they will await the investigation by NUFORC and hope that it will provide them with some answers.
To report UFO sightings, visit www.UFOCENTER.comSources:
Peter B Davenport. Director. National UFO Reporting Center: Personal Correspondence
Crop Formation Reported from Wilbur, Washington State. The National UFO Reporting Center.
A Crash Course on Crop Circles for Beginners. The Crop Circular
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I also live in colfax area and enjoy night skys but knowing the area purchased by BLM, the Esscure ranch near George Knott Rd.Its a place one dos'nt want to be alone, yes I saw a dead cow there with lazer burns and all, nothing went around for days and even my horse would not approch and he never before acted this way, yes and missing time driving late hrs. there, yes those stars,orange, red blue they are real I watched one come down about 4 in the morning and slowly pass over close to the ground. Ya this is a strange area
I have live in area of unusal sightings near colfax and pullman now for years. On any given night when stars are bright has anyone else noticed prob like stars in all cornors of night sky with blue, red and orange, yellow lights. Can be seen with naked eye but with binoclurs its esp. weird. These are statinary objects? Plus there is always something strange going on around here but goes unexplained.
I live in eastern washington state and saw something unusual in the sky the thursday before the crop circle in wilbur was found. I wonder if anyone near wsu also saw this.
Keep checking - new crop circles discovered this week in Wilbur on the Haden farm. I know these farmers personally and no way they did this themselves!
Has anyone ever postulated a reason behind the circles? Just a calling card? Very fascinating and well written story!
oh--I admit I didn't read the entire article about the residents' paths. I still say this is crude and inelegant, and not on par with the anamolous ones.
I visited the site on sunday when i went home to visit family. My first thought was to say BS to all this but I know my home town and i know the area along with the people and, they would not do this. I think if it was anyone it would be a kid but i know the kids there are to lazy and would rather drink beer then do something like this. All i have to say is it is very weird. But I would like to note that I remember about 6 or 7 years back there was another cropcircle found 30 miles away in a remote location by a small plane.
Bill, maybe Sasquach made it.
Wonder if they're all radially symmetric like that. Symmetry could explain something about their formation.