| Farming Wife Recalls Appearance of Crop Circles in Wiltshire in the 1940s and 50s
Researchers behind the "Crop Circle Exhibition & Center" report a major breakthrough in tracing back the crop circle phenomenon in the world's hotspot - the village of Alton Barnes in Pewsey Valley in the heart of the south-western British county of Wiltshire. The memories of Shirley Carson, mother of East Field farmer Tim Carson, reveal that the area not only plays a key role in the modern-day crop circle phenomenon - but also hosted crop circles already in the 1940s and 50s. Having organised and curated the very first exhibition on crop circles and the research behind the phenomenon in a science museum in 2014, crop circle researchers Monique Klinkenbergh and Andreas Müller present the extended version of their exhibition this year at the newly renovated barn house of The Barge Inn, a local pub at Honeystreet (near Alton Barnes) in Wiltshire. Parallel to the exhibition and information centre, the two researchers also ask their visitors - especially local farmers and residents to
