Halset farm, community of Ringsaker, 22 nd of July 2000. Photo: Jan Nystad
By Signe H. Einseth, UFO-News nr.2 – 2000
The crop circles are a global phenomenon, and as far as we know, they have occurred in Norway since 1995. The Norwegian Crop Circle Group has been established to register the Norwegian phenomenon and as a network for interested persons in Norway.
Information about crop circles can be reported to the e-mail address post@kornsirkler.org .
The Norwegian Crop Circle Group was established 22nd of January 2000, initiated by a few persons (lead by Eva-Marie Brekkestø) engaged in crop circles.
Unfortunately no united effort to handle this phenomenon has previously existed in Norway. Thus the information about previous Norwegian crop circles has been spread on the hands of several private persons. The Norwegian Crop Circle Group now tries to collect this information, sort it out and make it available on the Internet.
The group has already contacted several persons with information about crop circles, and some of this material has already been placed on the homepage www.kornsirkler.org . As more information is gathered, the homepage will be extended and updated.
The Norwegian Crop Circle Group is meant to be a network of and for persons who are interested in the phenomenon. If you wish to be a part of this network, please contact us, - whether it is as a field researcher when crop circles occur in Norway, or to help us gathering information about crop circles. The future number of crop circles in Norway will of course determine the amount of activity.
This far only one crop circle has been reported in Norway this summer. The circle, that was reported the 22 nd of July, appeared at Halset farm in the community of Ringsaker. It is a dumbbell formation consisting of a small circle with a diameter of 5 meters connected with a corridor to a larger circle (10 m. diam.), that was surrounded by a ring.
Halset farm, community of Ringsaker, 22 nd of July 2000. Photo: Jan Nystad
We remind those of you who are interested in visiting Norwegian fields, that once the ground is no longer frozen, you need a permission from the landowner to enter a cultivated field. You should thus always ask the farmer for permission. Normally this is no problem.
Crop circles in previous years
In 1999 four crop circles were reported in the regions of Skedsmo, Bærum and Asker. The circle at Syverstad farm in Asker, that seems to be the most impressing in Norway so far, was chosen as the logo for the Norwegian Crop Circle Group. We have registered two reports from 1996, - one from Askim/Mysen and one from Raufoss. In 1996 two circles were observed, one at Raufoss and the other at Enebakk.
We have reason to believe that there have been Norwegian crop circles that have not been reported. Most farmers are probably, at the best, not interested in crop circles and do not wish any publicity if a circle occur in their field. Others, who are convinced that the circles are pranks, might be hostile towards the phenomenon. Still, the Norwegian Crop Circle Group hope to raise both the knowledge and the awareness around this strange phenomenon until, one day, we have the answers to the riddle the crop circles present.
The Norwegian crop circles have been simpler than the often very complex formations that appear in southern England today. We must not forget, though, that the circles that appeared in England in the 70-ties and 80-ties looked a lot like the ones we observe in Norway today. It might seem that the circles start out in a small scale in any given country before they develop in complexity and number. (Or as the sceptics would put it; the circle pranksters are growing more skilful every year….?) It’s very easy to turn away the phenomenon in this way.
Genuine or hoaxed - or both?
It’s important to realize that the formations that have been revealed as faked are less complex and has a simpler geometry than the genuine ones. The grain in these circles does not show the physical changes that are often found in the genuine ones. The man-made circles are also said to have a different “energy”. It is important to know that both man-made and genuine circles exist, and that it is often very difficult to tell the two from each other without scientific investigation.
The problem with faked circles will probably continue. The famous English crop circle photographer, Steve Alexander, met the challenge and made a formation himself as an experiment. “For”, as he says, “till you’ve tried to make one yourself, you don’t realize what this is all about”.
Crop circle researcher, Karen Douglas, says in the introduction to the Crop Circle Year Book 1999: “Many choose to rationalise this phenomenon as a hoax or as vandalism by artists unknown, but in doing so, they perhaps unwittingly deny its endurance, and most notably, the question of its significance. Perhaps this is best seen as the significance of beauty, mystery and spirit in our modern day lives. With the crop circles we are essentially dealing with the impact of shape. Shape (or form) is a fundamental response to vibration and frequency, a simple truth, which can give mush insight into the effects of measure, proportion and harmony upon the environment and the human being. It has been shown that the human being has the capacity for empathetic responses to shape, just as to music. In fact the two are intimately connected. It is any wonder that we are drawn to such phenomena?”
We live in a very exiting time, and only the future will show what hides behind this enigmatic phenomenon. Meanwhile, the Norwegian Crop Circle Group will try its best to follow the development of the crop circles in Norway and to communicate the knowledge that it hopefully will achieve.
You’ll find us at www.kornsirkler.org , and you can contact us at post@kornsirkler.org .