Post by Jessie Desmond on Apr 28, 2014 11:07:20 GMT -9
1977 - Eagle, Alaska
This circle is one of a very few known from Alaska, the mainly snow-covered outpost of the USA close to the North Pole. It was reported in issue 4 of Ideal's UFO Magazine which was published in December 1978.
The circle report was included as a side-note in a three-page paper called "UFOs Terrorize Alaska” by John Love. I am currently trying to source an original copy, but despite not having seen it yet, we do have some details courtesy of other internet sites which have summarised the case.
From the descriptions I have read, it consisted of "a single circle, swirled clockwise in grass" wherein the grass was also scorched. There were "four triangular depressions located along the inner edge of the circle which were located at the cardinal points."
The location is close to the Yukon River in the area around the town of Eagle, which lies in the Southeast Fairbanks borough of Alaska. The circle appeared during the summer, and was found immediately after a UFO sighting.
As if this were not strange enough, there were also several different animal bodies in the vicinity.
I believe the drawing left was part of the original magazine article. It shows the circle with the four depressions, and also indicates the swirl on the floor.
All the animal remains are detailed - I think we need to put these details and the UFO report to one side, and just focus on the circle itself.
Once again we have a report published long before the crop circle phenomenon was established in the public mind, in 1978. The witnesses clearly stated that the circle was "swirled", and the drawing corroborates the main points, and shows lines of rotation in the flattened grass - to all intents and purposes, the same features we are used to seeing in ordinary crop circles.
Location
The maps below indicate the general location. Below left we see Southeast Fairbanks, in eastern Alaska. Below right we see a map of that region, with prominent locations marked. The town of Eagle is underlined, and the line of the Yukon River can be seen winding down to the town from the north west.
This circle is one of a very few known from Alaska, the mainly snow-covered outpost of the USA close to the North Pole. It was reported in issue 4 of Ideal's UFO Magazine which was published in December 1978.
The circle report was included as a side-note in a three-page paper called "UFOs Terrorize Alaska” by John Love. I am currently trying to source an original copy, but despite not having seen it yet, we do have some details courtesy of other internet sites which have summarised the case.
From the descriptions I have read, it consisted of "a single circle, swirled clockwise in grass" wherein the grass was also scorched. There were "four triangular depressions located along the inner edge of the circle which were located at the cardinal points."
The location is close to the Yukon River in the area around the town of Eagle, which lies in the Southeast Fairbanks borough of Alaska. The circle appeared during the summer, and was found immediately after a UFO sighting.
As if this were not strange enough, there were also several different animal bodies in the vicinity.
I believe the drawing left was part of the original magazine article. It shows the circle with the four depressions, and also indicates the swirl on the floor.
All the animal remains are detailed - I think we need to put these details and the UFO report to one side, and just focus on the circle itself.
Once again we have a report published long before the crop circle phenomenon was established in the public mind, in 1978. The witnesses clearly stated that the circle was "swirled", and the drawing corroborates the main points, and shows lines of rotation in the flattened grass - to all intents and purposes, the same features we are used to seeing in ordinary crop circles.
Location
The maps below indicate the general location. Below left we see Southeast Fairbanks, in eastern Alaska. Below right we see a map of that region, with prominent locations marked. The town of Eagle is underlined, and the line of the Yukon River can be seen winding down to the town from the north west.