REPORT

All Cannings, Near Alton Barnes, Wiltshire.

Reported May 6 2009.

This circle was spotted from a nearby road in the early morning of May 6. The formation measures 202 feet in diameter. Much of the formation was shabby and trodden by late morning on day one, making any full critical examination nonviable. Some percentage of the laid plants were noted to be bent and not broken at the base

Report by Charles R Mallet

This flowery formation had some definite energy to it, especially notable in the small circle I could get to without disturbing the formation. A close direct overhead view would be great to see the wonderfully woven and flowing crop around the central area. The flow of the crop was especially interesting as, in some of the outer downed segments, the crop flowed in three or four directions.
Many of the stems were broken and some severed completely several inches from the ground leaving the stems standing vertically, however many good examples of distinctly bent stems could be found (pictured), many with no signs of physical pressure markings. The general state of the crop in the field varied from a few very tall plants, one in particular with a spiral highlighting and isolating it (pictured), to some almost dwarf plants, with varied amounts of long (nearly a foot) grass scattered around along with a few bare soil patches. The centre, as with the six small circles is intricately woven to a neat and pleasing splayed spiral.

Robert Armstrong