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   SUBJECT: CROP CIRCLE REPORT                                  FILE: UFO1214    
      
      
   Message number 455 in "SYSOP"   
   Date: 11-27-90  23:17   
   From: Mark Eilert   
   To:   John Komar   
   Subj: Report of Sighting   
      
   I left a report of an unusual cirlce found in an alfalfa field by a farmer in   
   Kansas using your Report Sighting Program.  I did not witness this circle,   
   but it was reported to me by the farmer (my father in-law) over the   
   Thanksgiving holiday when I was in Kansas.  The 18 foot diameter circle (18   
   inches wide) appeared in July 1990, sometime between the time when the   
   alfalfa was cut down and the time it was raked (several days).  The color of   
   the "residue" was blue-grey and very different than the color of the newly   
   cut alfalfa and the growing alfalfa plants.  The farmer, who has lived on and   
   farmed this land for all of his life (over 50 years) has never seen anything   
   like this before.  He showed the circle to his wife and to a neighbor before   
   destroying it with a rake.  He did not take any photographs of the circle,   
   but he did keep a small jar of the alfalfa plants with the residue coating   
   He is willing to give the sample to anyone interested in analyzing it.  He   
   has given me permission to report his finding.  His name is:  Robert   
   Ackerman, Sr.   
                 Rural Route #1   
                 Park, Kansas  67751   
                 (913) 673-4617   
   I have seen the sample and agree that it is unusual.  It has the appearance   
   of a fungus or mold growing on the alfalfa, which would not necessarily be   
   unusual except that it appeared "overnight" and that it was in the shape of a   
   perfect circle which covered not only growing alfalfa plants but also a newly   
   cut windrow of alfalfa.  Please call me at 873-5951 (work) or 872-8393 (home)   
   if you have any questions.   
                                    Mark Eilert   
   P.S.  I enjoy this BBS very much and appreciate your service. Thanks!   
      
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   Date of Sighting: July 1990   
      
   Sighting Time: unknown   
      
   Duration of Sighting: n/a   
      
   Place of Sighting: state of Kansas, Sheridan County, near town of Park, in the   
   country   
      
   Brief physical Description: Unusual circle found by farmer in newly mowed   
   alfalfa field.  Diameter of circleapproximately 18 feet.  Width of band of   
   circle approximately 1.5 feet (18 inches).  The color of the circle was blue-   
   grey which contrasted with the green and b   
      
   Brief location of sighting: Alfalfa field near Park, Kansas.  Approximately 0.5   
   miles from farmer's home.   
      
   Where and what they were doing: My father in-law was raking alfalfa windrows   
   together.   
      
   Noticed the object? My father in-law noticed the color of the circle.   
      
   What witness thought object was at first: No idea.   
      
   Reaction/Action during/after sighting: n/a   
      
   Object description and actions:   
   A blue-grey coating on the alfalfa plants.   
      
   Lost by: n/a   
      
   Real Name & Age: Mark Eilert, age 30   
   Street: 590 G Street   
   Town/City: Millington, TN   
   Country: USA   
   telephone: 901-872-8393   
   Occupation: Naval Officer/Civil Engineer   
   Employer: U. S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps   
   Education: BS Agricultural Engineering from Kansas State University   
   Degree: Bachelor of Science in Engineering   
   Major: Agricultural Engineering   
   Special Training: Facilities Management   
   Vision: 20/20   
   Colorblind or Eyeglasses: no/no   
   Hearing: good   
   Health During: n/a   
   Health After: n/a   
      
   Viewed from: a   
      
   Viewed Through: j   
      
   Area/Location:   
      
   Area/Terrain: a   
      
   Sky Condition: n/a   
      
   Precipitation: a   
      
   UFO Direction: n/a   
      
   Ufo Elevation First Seen: n/a   
      
   Ufo Elevation last seen: n/a   
      
   UFO distance when closest: n/a   
      
   UFO altitude closest to ground: n/a   
      
   position of UFO: n/a   
      
   Also in Area: n/a   
      
   observed object or light: n/a   
      
   # of, Shape of and color of: blue-grey circle on the ground   
      
   Sound: n/a   
      
   Smell: none detected   
      
   Speed: n/s   
      
   Real size: n/a   
      
   Apparent size in relation to star: n/a   
      
   Apparent size in relation to the moon: n/a   
      
   Bright as: n/a   
      
   Did object/light... 16   
      
   Witnesses: two   
      
   Did object/light... 16   
      
   Other Agencies: no   
      
   name use: a   
      
   Date: 11/27/90   
      
   Other Agencies:   
   name use: I did not witness this, but my father in-law reported it to me over   
   the Thanksgiving holidays   
      
   Date:   
      
                    
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