Medway Crop Circle 1991 Page

Crop Circles in Kent of 1991.......

THE THRUXTED QUINTUPLET

Thruxted, Nr. Canterbury

JULY 1991- Wheat

It's believed that this formation arrived at around the same time in July, as the "Wye Tripler". Back in '91 they were both considered major events for Kent.

Note that in the diagram the uppermost pathway that leads into the top circle, is in fact bending away at a different angle than the rest! Why this is so isn't really known, but this type of misalignment has been featured by "The Circlemakers" on several other occasions. So what's their reasoning behind all this...surely they haven't made a mistake? But maybe we have to consider that these sorts of oddities are deliberate mistakes! Could for instance "The Circlemakers" be relaying an important spiritual message here?...Are they in fact saying, "Our formation isn't perfect, for only God is perfect"?

Luckily a few photos were taken of it by Andrew King, just minutes before it suffered at the hands of the grim reaper!

Photo © Andrew King

Diagram © Graham Tucker

THE WYE TRIPLER

Wye -

28th July 1991 - Wheat

This triple circle linked by pathways was found in ripened wheat just to the south-east of Wye village, on land owned by Wye Agricultural College. Measuring over 70 feet in length, one of the spurs was kinked in a fashion similarly seen in other formations of the period.

The large central circle was unusually swept into contra-rotating bands, which alternated in clockwise/anticlockwise directions, with the end of the spur piercing the circle's centre. The smaller circles also displayed this sort of swirling effect, which notably failed to complete a swirled circuit (figure 1).

None of the circles were perfectly circular, which believe it or not, is sometimes an indication that the formation is genuine. Rarely does the phenomenon produce perfect circles, for more usually they're elliptical. During the early days (when "variations on a theme of simple circles" were very common), researchers naturally learnt to treat perfect circles as possibly "suss"!

The formation was not easily seen from the roadside, as it lay in a somewhat flat field that was partially obscured by hedgerow. Because it was found in a field belonging to Wye Agricultural College, many naturally assumed that it was a student prank (although it must be said that students were on summer vacation at the time). Members of the Kent CCCS though, proclaimed it as genuine, and as such it received extensive coverage on the local TVS news. Unfortunately as a consequence of this the formation received quite a number of visitors, who quickly created a crumpled mess. This we feel helped to cloud researchers' subsequent reports. As expected at the time, the Ashford edition of the Kentish Express exposed the formation as a probable hoax by involving former students in its write-up. Based entirely on hearsay with no one quite prepared to admit anything, this piece of fascinating journalism though did make a change from the "Did you see the little green men - is it aliens?" variety, that we've come to expect from various ill-informed local rags.

Fig 1