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REPORT
ON CROP CIRCLE AT LOOSE BOTTOM, FALMER, NEAR BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX –
appeared 30 May 2014
By ANDY
THOMAS
This single clockwise
circle in barley can be seen clearly, if distantly, lying to the east of
the B2123 road when driving north from Woodingdean to Falmer. The Falmer
area has been host to several crop formations over the last few decades
since the first recorded one (another single circle) in 1974, peaking
with a flurry of more complex patterns in the early to mid 2000s. Since
then Falmer has been dormant until now. Indeed, this is the first
official crop formation anywhere in East or West Sussex for several
years; quite a contrast to old times given that for a while in the 1990s
the county regularly received around 10-12 formations each summer.
Images Andy Thomas Copyright 2014
This new circle
diameter165 feet, which
seems to hark back to the phenomenon’s beginnings in its simplicity, is
further west along the same field that played host to a more
sophisticated design, also in barley, in 2004. The best view of it can
be obtained by walking east towards Lewes along the South Downs Way
footpath (which can be accessed from a lay-by on the B2123) and looking
northwards. The rather amusing Ordnance Survey name for the area, ‘Loose
Bottom’, is unknown to all but seasoned locals.
Reports and photos from
a Brighton resident who entered the formation a few days after its
appearance suggest that the circle has a complex and attractive centre
with a tight central twist, while the surrounding lay, though probably
initially neat, is making a rapid recovery. A few potential crease marks
were reported in places, but on the whole little stem damage was
apparent.
Images
Richard Martin
Copyright 2014
The circle lies within
half a mile or so from the Brighton and Hove Albion football stadium,
built in recent years on the very field in which a triplet crop
formation appeared in 1990. Few players are probably aware that they are
sweating it out on the very site where once a crop circle lay. Rather
aptly, it has been remarked more than once (particularly by those who
objected to the site’s development) that from a distance - see photo -
the stadium looks like a huge UFO has rather obtrusively landed in an
otherwise rural scene…
Andy Thomas
http://www.truthagenda.org June 2014 |
