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SUBJECT: PREPARE TO MEET THY DROUGHT                         FILE: UFO1156


TODAY, London, England-July 20,1990  CR:  T. Good

       

     WORLD experts will jet into Britain today to try to solve the cornfield
circles riddle which has baffled the country.
     Britieuropean and Japanese researchers-armed with high-tech cameras-will
attempt to capture on film whatever, or WHOEVER, has caused the patterns in the
fields.
     But, as the scientists stake out rual Wiltshire, TODAY-which broke the
news of the phenomenon-tracked down experts who think they know what the
circles mean.
     4 Historians believe that the carefully plotted lines and circles resemble
the writing of the Sumerians, who lived on the Iran=Iraq border 5,000 years
ago.
     And, amazingly, the message could be a warning to save water.
     Linked with other evidence, it could mean we are in for a long drought.
     Charles d'Orban, of London University's School of Oriental and African
Studies, said:  "The shapes in the field look like the work of the Sumerians,
from late fourth and early third century BC.
     "They had a relatively sophisticated system of writing with symbols which
show a marked resemblance to those in Wiltshire."
     In Sumerian, the world's oldest written language, two concentric circles
means a well or cistern.
     Two parallel lines mean double, or multiply(the signs are shown above).
     So the message could mean:  Multiply yours wells.
     After examination of blown-up prints of the dramatic TODAY pictures, Mr.
d'Orban said:  "The resemblance is uncanny.  I cannot think of any other
explanation for it."
     Last night Britain's top weather experts backed Mr. d'Orban's theory that
the symbols could be linked to the climate, particularly a spell of dry
weather.
     TODAY weatherman Philip Eden said:  "Whoever or whatever drew these
patterns certainly knows about meteorology.
     "They look just like the signs on the sort of weather chart I see every
day."
     Me. Eden said kthat the circles which appeared in a pattern in a field in
the Vale of Pewsey on Tuesday were wind direction symbols.
     Left to right, the key-shaped symbols show a Force Seven gale from the
south-west, a Force Five Gale from the south-east, a calm area with no wind,
fog and a calm area with no wind.
     It's a real puzzle how they got there," he said.  "I can't think of an
explanation but it's very exciting."
     BBC TV weatherman Bernard Davey said:  "I will be interested to see if we
can find out for definite how these circles keep appearing."
     Asked if aliens could have been responsible, he said:  "I'm always
suspicious when circles appear like this.
     "I won't rule out men from outer space...just in case."
    And ITV weatherman Alex Hill added:  "I reckon the circles are a weather
report.
     "Maybe it's been put there to help those Soviet cosmonauts steer their
spacecraft back to Earth.
     "One thing's for sure, it wasn't me that put them there."
     Experts at the British Museum last night refused to be drawn into the
debate.
     A spokeswoman said:  "We really wouldn't want to get involved with
anything of this nature."
     But languages expert Peter Colvin of London University supported our
message theory.
     He said:  "Some of the figures look like a system of writing which is
still used in parts of inner and Outer Mongolia.
     "I have seen it in books, but unfortunately, I am not able to read it.
     "I don't suppose many people in Britain can do so either."
     Our photographers flew across Wiltshire yesterday and spotted eight new
circles, including the one we've reproduced (above left).
     But as the mystery deepened last night, experts admitted they still do not
know what has coused more then 200 circle alerts in Wiltshire and Hampshire
this summer.
     Some believe that the phenomenon is caused by rare fungus or soil
disorders causing crops to collapse in bizarre patterns.
     Others insist that animals such as hedgehogs or badgers many have run wild
in the summer heat, causing havoc in fields.
     Some say freak wind conditions could be the cause of the damage.
     Still more argue the circles are caused by aliens, landing their
spacecraft or desperate to communicate with humans.
     But cynics dismiss the patterns as the work of practical jokers, using
bricks on lengths of rope to flatten crops.
     Perhaps there's a ring of truth to all of them.  But last night there was
no getting away from the weather.
     The circles have appeared during one the of the hottest and driest spells
in Britain.
     In other words the message could mean:  Fill up thy wells and prepare to
meet thy drought.
     Those Sumerians knew what they were writing about.
                                     
                                     CLIVE NELSON

              
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