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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Circles on the field and other formations. United Kingdom

ID	#1632924066
Added	Wed, 29/09/2021
Author	July N.
Sources	noufors.com galactic2.net
Phenomena	Circles on the field and other formations
Status	Result
Resume	Преднамеренная фальсификация

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

11.08.1996

Location:

Замок Оливера

United Kingdom

Crop circles were discovered near Oliver's Castle, near Devizes, Wiltshire, on August 11, 1996.

Original news

Oliver's Castle, near
Devizes, Wiltshire
August 11, 1996

Type:

Photo

Phenomena:

Circles on the field and other formations

Source:

noufors.com

Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

The art of the action

Various promotions advertising and art can be priniti randomly for the paranormal or issued for them intentionally.

A mysterious and mystical theme attracts people's attention so it can be used to attract the audience.

Here are various advertising companies for products, individuals, media, and various hudojestvennye installation, objects, land art (from the English. land art — landscape-art) and the like. This category can also be considered Museum pieces.

Investigation

Versions testing, their confirmation or refutation. Additional information, notes during the study of materials

Video "Oliver's Castle"

The phenomenon of the appearance of "circles on the field" (also called agroglyphs or formations) especially attracted public attention in the 1970s and 1980s, when they began to be discovered in large numbers in the south of Great Britain. There are various hypotheses about the origin of circles: from rational ones (circles are the work of man) to alternative ones (microsurches, ball lightning

Resume

The most likely explanation. The version, confirmed by the investigation

Deliberate falsification

This version includes any falsifications that imitate unexplained phenomena both from the outside: practical jokes, flash mobs, fake news, witness fraud, staging, etc.

There are many ways to make something similar to a ghost or a flying saucer from improvised materials, without using video and photomontage.

Many homemade things made for the sake of a joke, a practical joke or a direct imitation of a mystical being or event can be taken as unexplained not only in photos and videos, but also in reality.