European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes sunday july 28, 1991crop Marks have experts going in circles by William e. Schmidt the new York times Beckhampton England for a second summer Farmers across southwestern England Are waking to find giant circles and Odd Geometric patterns pressed into their Fields of ripening wheat strange symbols that have been attributed to everything from alien beings and Forest fairies to the work of Rural pranksters. But while some of the most imaginative minds in Britain continue to debate who or what is making the circles Farmers and business people in the county of Wiltshire have succeeded in deciphering part of their cryptic message to them the circles mean Money in their pockets. With a steady Stream of sightseers foreign tourists japanese physicists psychics american ufos enthusiasts and Amateur scientists now making their Way to Wiltshire Farmers Are roping off Fields like theater lobbies and charging a Pound apiece about $1.65 to anyone who wants to go in and take a closer look. A if you Are a visitor in England i think this is a lot More interesting than the Tower of London done to you a John White asked As he stood beside his Muddy land Rover and made change for people lined up outside the Gate to his farm. The newest and the largest of the shapes a a Complex pattern of circles forming a giant Triangle More than 250 feet Long a was discovered on Whites farm the other Day although he said he does no to have a clue who put it there. The circles have been nearly epidemic in Southern England since the summer of 1090. Although their full size and complexity can be appreciated Only from the air a steady Stream of cars carrying sightseers made their Way to Whites Field Over the weekend navigating narrow on Lanc farm roads As they followed hand printed signs Reading a crop circles a with an Arrow pointing the Way. A few Miles to the South near the Village of Alton Barnes a couple were not Only charging admission to see a Circle discovered on their farm but were also Selling a scorn Circle Quot key rings for 1.75 pounds apiece or about $2.90. And next weekend in Glastonbury in the neighbouring county of Somerset a hotel will be the site for a three Day seminar on the crop circles with a schedule that includes sessions of Tat Chi a a chinese Art of meditative exercises a and a guided minibus tour of a half dozen crop circles. The tour comes Complete with a picnic lunch. The latest flush of interest in the circles australian bomb Falls near Homes Sydney Australia a the Royal australian air Force is investigating How a 25-Pound bomb was mistakenly dropped 200 Yards from a group of houses during a training exercise a spokesman said saturday. Wing commander de Baldwin said he expected to receive a report on the incident Early next week. No injuries were reported. The air Force declined to make further comment. Residents of a housing development in a suburb of Newcastle 75 Miles North of Sydney were astonished to hear an explosion and see a Cloud of smoke close to their Homes thursday afternoon. The bomb was dropped by an f/a-18 Hornet almost two Miles from the Raaf bombing Range at nearby Williamstown. A it is a big worry when the Raaf Start dropping bombs in your own Back Yard Quot said resident Neil Thompson. A rash of crop circles has struck Germany too. These were found in Netze about 36 Miles South of Kassel. The origin of these circles is unknown but German students have admitted they created some of the circles As a  was t ufos but students having a Lark Bonn Germany up a mysterious circles in German Fields similar to those that raised speculation of extraterrestrial activity in Britain were apparently the work of Down to Earth but bored students. Four Law students told a camera team in Northern Germany they decided to spend some of their summer vacation in the Best academic tradition a playing pranks. The students perched on wooden Sticks so As not to leave footprints used a Large wooden Plank to produce near perfect pictogram in a wheat Field near the Northern town of Rendsburg. A a experts quoted by mass circulation dailies compared the circles to those that have surfaced in England. The publicity surrounding the prank encouraged the students to continue their work in other Fields. A ave got itchy fingers like pyromaniac a said one of them. Another group of students tried the same trick using a car. But having drunk a. Little too much alcohol they failed to produce credible circles and were caught by an irate German Farmer. Another Northern German Farmer was delighted however when he found the pictogram in his Fields a he promptly started charging an entry fee of $3 for visitors who wanted to see the circles on his property. Comes amid a Rush of new sightings both in England and abroad. In Germany a double ring More than 70 Yards in diameter was discovered last week near the Village of Felm in Schleswig Holstein. Then another turned up in a Field outside the German town of Damp on the Baltic sea. While there have been Circle sightings outside Europe including Canada Japan and North and South Dakota Wiltshire remains the unchallenged crop Circle capital of the world. About 600 circles were counted in the county last year and More than a dozen have been discovered this year. Cynics assert that the circles Are an elaborate hoax perpetuated under cover of darkness by pranksters who use rollers to stamp out the intricate patterns in the Waist deep Fields of wheat or Corn by following rope or string anchored at the Center of the circles so they can accurately Trace their arcs. But Peter Collier a Canadian who claims to be an Engineer and has spent the last several weeks in Wiltshire does not believe that most of the circles he has visited Are hoaxes. Kneeling in Whites Field at the very Center of one of the circles Collier Drew a Crystal Pendant from his pocket and dangled it Over the flattened shafts of wheat. The Pendant began to spin in a slow clockwise arc. A you can see there is Energy Here a Collier said interpreting the pendants motion As a measurement of latent Energy within the Field. A and its something More than just human  he Shook his head. A no this Structure is much too Complex to be the work of Man a he declared. Collier said he does not know who is making the patterns but he and others argue it is no coincidence that they Are appearing in Wiltshire amid a rolling Rural landscape dotted with strange monuments and Stone monoliths that Are the legacy of a prehistoric culture that once thrived in the Region. Bomb blast rocks Spanish City san Sebastian Spain a an explosion caused by a car bomb believed rigged by Basque separatists destroyed 40 vehicles but resulted in no injuries saturday four Days before a scheduled Royal visit to Spain a troubled Basque Region police said. The explosion was the fourth in the three province Region in less than a week and was believed to be the work of the armed separatist group Eta which seeks Independence for the basques. A police official who was not identified said the car bomb was exploded by Remote control when a car with two policemen inside drove past. The police were not injured. Two children were hospitalized for minor injuries thursday following the explosion of a car bomb at a civil guard Barracks in run. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia Are scheduled to travel to the province of a Lipuzcoa on tuesday for ceremonies commemorating the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Previous Royal visits to the Region including one to its historic capital Guernica set off anti Spanish rioting. Searchers fail to find vanished aircraft port-v1la, Vanuatu up searchers uncovered no Trace saturday of a passenger plane with nine people on Board that disappeared two Days ago Over a rugged Mountain Range on the Island of Espiritu Santo Island. The aircraft belonging to Vanuatu internal air services or Vanair took off at 12 25 . Thursday with Only two hours Supply of fuel on a Short bight from the West coast of Espiritu Santo to the Island s major town Loganville on the East coast. Espiritu Santo is the northernmost Island of Vanuatu a formerly the Anglo French territory of the new hebrides a an Island nation that lies about 1,2110 Miles Northeast of Australia. Australian government officials have confirmed that one of the passengers is a Diplomat Roger Strickland a third Secretary in the australian High commission in Vanuatu. Vanair has identified the others on Board As two British two French and four Vanuatu an passengers. Murray Pope Vanair s general manager said saturday that the Aerial search was resumed at Dawn but later was halted by bad weather in the area. He said a ground search will not be launched until search teams have located evidence of the aircraft. Civil aviation director Wally Mcleod said three helicopters and an australian air Force Hercules aircraft will continue the search sunday along with aircraft from Vanuatu