European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 21, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here. A amps photos by Dave Diehl Peeta Simmons stands atop a cd if overlooking farms near Bratton England where she and about a dozen others have perched to watch what is creating mysterious Geometric patterns right in the wheat Fields below. Aliens nature or hoax watchers hoping to solve the Riddle of Field circles by Dave Diehl . Bureau Bratton England a if the Fields of Wiltshire county have revealed the secret of the mysterious circles that form there Peeta Simmons is not telling Simmons and about a dozen others recently spent three weeks perched atop a Cliff outside this Small Hamlet in southwestern England. There were hoping to see what few others have seen strange Geometric patterns actually forming in the wheat Fields below. But what they saw through binoculars by Day and sophisticated infrared cameras by night wont be known by the rest of the world until october when a program about the Circle watch called operation Blackbird airs on British television. Relatively Little is known about the origins of the imprints which appear in great numbers in neighbouring Hampshire and Wiltshire counties. No one had Ever witnessed a Circle being formed since the shapes were first discovered about 15 years ago. Dozen of the shapes sometimes covering acres of ground have been recorded and photographed in the Hilly Rural county. Many of the shapes appear with lines arcs and Geometric effects similar to pictographs. Simmons an avid Amateur Circle watcher is a protege of Colin Andrews and Pat Delgado the founders of the circles phenomenon research group which Aims to answer the riddles in the round. Andrews and Delgado have spent 10 years trying to find out More about the circles and have written one of the two books on the Phenomena. A although lacking proof the two believe the imprints Are caused by some sort of unexplained intelligence. Other researchers believe their origins arc extraterrestrial while still others say the patterns which flatten crops symmetrically and without any apparent damage Are caused by whirlwinds that Bounce off Hills and div bomb into crops. The leading authority on the whirlwind theory is or. Terrence Meaden a physicist who wrote the second Book on the subject. Meaden who was not involved with the Blackbird watch said his theory is bolstered by the fact that the shapes Only crop up in summer when varying air temperatures and wind create whirlwinds similar to those formed by air. Rushing off air plane wings. So far none of the theories can be proved beyond doubt although the it is a he added. Simmons a science fiction writer who has penned a Book called a vicious circles a thinks the forms Are inspired from below. She believes that a vast network of it definitely does appear to have an intelligence which is what has the entire world  a Peeta Simmons Blackbird film Crews claim to have filmed the forming of at least three circles. Delgado said he is counting on the Blackbird study to further his theory that the shapes Are formed by something smarter than Man. A this Energy is manipulated by a very High level of intelligence a Delgado said. A we have to say it is an Energy we done to understand. Call it spiritual but that a for Lack of a better name. A no one should be that arrogant that they can propose to guess what underground canals in existence since roman limes creates a Force that affects the Earth and air above ground. Delgado said he has been Able to detect higher Levels of Energy at the Sites of the circles he a studied. A it definitely does appear to have an intelligence a Simmons said Quot which is what has the entire world  the bbl together with a japanese television production company has spent More than $2 million to support the Blackbird Mission which involves 50 Circle watchers Manning three shifts at the Cliffside observation Post. With that kind of. Money invested the watchers arc keeping their pledge not to discuss the specifics until the television show airs in october. A a it a their baby a Simmons said. But the world around the circles remains sceptical. On the first night of the Blackbird Vigil pranksters took to one of the Fields below and made a pair of crude circles in the night. Some 300 people on hand for the Start of the Blackbird operation watched unknowingly As pranksters armed with flashlights somehow stomped out shapes in the wheal Field. The perpetrators left behind ouija boards and crude wooden crosses Delgado said. A the whole place was absolutely manic a Simmons fumed. On an adjacent Hill another giant Man made Circle sits amid a recently harvested Field a further reminder from a local Farmer that not everyone welcomes the Circle watchers. One Bratton resident whose House is just below one of the Hillside hoaxes had a final observation of the watchers a a they re All twisted they