Paul Fuller
First let me begin by apologising yet again for the
unacceptable lateness of this issue. The reason for this delay is
quite simple. Regular readers will know that in August I visited
the National Monument Record in Swindon to see if I could find
any evidence of historical crop circles in the aerial
photographic archive. To my pleasant surprise I did find
something important, but unfortunately I have faced a succession
of frustrating problems in evaluating this important evidence. To
begin with, it took three attempts and six weeks for my local
photographic shop to enlarge the wrong parts of the photograph.
Then I had to contact some aerial archaeologists to gain their
professional opinion on what I had found. One archaeologist
promised he would respond by mid November but unfortunately his
workload prevented him from doing so. I have therefore decided to
hold this article back to my next issue, something I should have
done in October. I am very sorry for this and can assure readers
that it won't happen again. Hopefully issue 24 will be ready for
printing by late January.
At this stage I must emphasise that the value of the
photographic evidence I have discovered hangs very much in the
balance. One aerial archaeologist who has inspected the print is
convinced that the circular traces are all archaeological in
origin. However, two other archeologists disagree. You'll have to
wait and see before deciding for yourselves !
Now onto more important things.
