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07/03/2007
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— March 10, 1949

Some weeks are weirder than others. Last week's bear in a tree seems pretty tame, compared to a guy hunting with blow darts in Coulee Dam this week, then mysterious crop circles found in Lincoln County wheat fields.

A photo of the crop circles appears here, but that's all there was time to get by our early deadline this week; the paper is going to press a day early because of the Fourth of July holiday.

Next week, in the paper and online, we'll try to bring you more on the crop circles and anything else, weird or normal, that crops up.

In the meantime, please try not to make news with fireworks. The heat is going to be high and dry. Fireworks could easily turn to brush fire and destroyed homes.

Have a great holiday, when, at least once, you pause to think about the birth of a great nation and a great notion, a government ruled by its people. Raise a cold one to keeping it that way.

Scott Hunter, editor and publisher


©The Star of Grand Coulee 2009

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Added: Saturday July 07, 2007 at 12:42 AM EST
wilbur hill circles
I went out twice today to look at the circles. The first time was with my friend Dave and my son, Matt. As we stood in the middle of it all and offered conjecture as to how they got there I thought to myself that we really couldn't know for sure by ourselves. All I do know for sure is that they were there and I saw them. There is lots in life that we think we know but we really don't know much for sure. We take lots for granted.
bob hendrickson, coulee dam, WA
Added: Wednesday July 04, 2007 at 11:56 AM EST
Crop Circle in Lincoln County
I represent the BLT Research Team, a group of scientists and fieldworkers who have been studying the crop circle phenomenon here and abroad for 15 years. Over the years this research has led to the publication of 3 papers in the scientific literature outlining physical changes discovered in crop circle plants and soils caused, we believe, by exposure of the plants and soils to very unusual energies. There is evidence that the plants/soils have been exposed to microwave radiation, unusual electrical pulses, and strong magnetic fields, but the source of these energies remains an enigma.

An associate called me several days ago about this crop formation and emailed me a few photos. From our experience over the years, this event does not look man-made and we have asked him to go back to the formation and look for elongated apical (top) nodes and expulsion cavities (holes blown out in the plant stems) and also described how to carry out a magnetic drag of the soils. Although visual examination of a crop formation is usually not enough to determine it's authenticity, careful observation can be a good indicator, if you know what to look for.

If there is anyone in the area locally who would be willing to help with some additional field-work, please do contact us by email, or phone, as soon as you can.

For the scientific research, see: www.bltresearch.com
Nancy Talbott, BLT Research Team Inc., Cambride, MA

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