To: psa@look.ca
From: Paul Anderson <psa@look.ca>
Subject: CCCRN News: 'Radial Pattern' Anomaly - Midale, Saskatchewan 2001
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 06:29:11 +0000

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February 27, 2002

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'RADIAL PATTERN' ANOMALY - MIDALE, SASKATCHEWAN 2001

While doing a talk this past weekend, a sharp-eyed observer
pointed out a previously unnoticed peculiarity in one of the
aerial photos from Midale, Saskatchewan last summer.

It is a shot of the 'celtic cross' formation (Midale #5) beside
the oil pump, the same one where the previously discussed 'blind
spot' anomaly showed up in other photos and video. This picture
was taken by CCCRN field research assistant Robert Leslie a few
days after we had been in the formation ourselves. The farmer
had by now harvested around the formation, leaving a band of
standing crop surrounding it, with the rest of the field cut. In
the area of cut crop, you can see a subtle pattern of very thin
straight 'lines' radiating out from where the formation is,
almost like a secondary 'extension' of the formation in some
way. In other words, the formation appears to be at the center
of the radial pattern, which is more easily seen on one side of
the formation but also faintly visible in places on the other
side. The pattern is not visible in the area of standing crop
immediately surrounding the formation, suggesting it is perhaps
only very close to or on the ground. Shadowing and relief of the
lines from the sunlight can be seen. It looks somewhat like a
magnetic lines of force or sunburst type pattern - could this be
some kind of magnetic or energy 'imprint' in the crop? How far
out the pattern radiates is unknown, as it goes off the edges of
the photo. It is perhaps reminiscent of a photo from Busty
Taylor in England several years ago showing a formation of thin
straight radial lines very lightly 'imprinted' into a field. If
some normal part of the field, why does the pattern appear to
radiate out from the crop formation? Why is it only visible in
the cut part of the field? It may be noted also that the power
lines between the two electric towers (one near the oil pump,
the other out of range in this shot, to the right of the
formation) pass directly over the formation, roughly in line
with the radial pattern at the point where they cross over above
it. Explanations or theories, anyone?

Photo at:

www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/ufoupdates/listers/midale01.html

Anyone wishing a larger version, I can e-mail or mail you one.
The pattern is somewhat clearer in the original print than the
jpg version.

On another note, there will be a two hour webcast radio
interview today on the Canadian circles for 'Wake Up USA' on the
Stardust Radio Network (Virginia), live from 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
ET.

http://stardustent.com/stardustradio.htm

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