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Cases outside the UK

There are a high number of circles events on record outside of the UK, although a good number of these are either lacking in meaningful information, or have manifested in plants other than classic crop fields. Consequently some will be found under "Related cases", while others are omitted entirely.

This is of particular note when considering the two prolific countries of Australia and Canada. Because these countries seem to have their own typical circles events, it is helpful to consider these cases on a national basis, rather than lumping all overseas circles into a strict chronology.

Many of these accounts have UFO reports associated with them. We are not placed to judge the UFO-related details and are interested primarily in the circles. Logic says there must be many more of these cases - we would like to hear about them, if anyone can supply information (see Home Page for contact details).


USA

Fantastic work on historical circles from the USA has been conducted by ICCRA - the Independednt Crop Circle Reearchers' Association headed up by Jeffrey Wilson (no relation). Thanks to them we have added perhaps two dozen good quality cases to the historical record, as well as gathering previously unknown data and images on cases known previously. Without their sterling work we would not have the two hitherto undocumented reports below.

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1965      Veblen Township, South Dakota
Twenty seven circles in wheat





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1973      Point Dume, Malibu, California
Single circle in wheat, with colour aerial photo



Canada

A high number of circles events are known from Canada, numbering in the dozens before 1978. Crop circles when defined strictly are fewer, but the Canadian cases happen to be of immense interest, typically consisting of multi-circle arrays spread across single fields. We outline the most note-worthy below.

Special mention is due to research group Ufology Research of Manitoba (UFOROM), and in particular Chris Rutkowski, who has kept careful documentation on North American UFO cases, from which we are able to pluck incidents which we recognise as crop circle events. (Chris Rutkowski has one other, particularly impressive claim: he is author of one of the world's first magazine feature on crop circles, The Ring Phenomenon, which was published in Canadian UFO Report in 1979. This article can be seen on the "Random evidence" page of this site.)

 

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1967    Willen, Manitoba
Six circles in a field of grain



 

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1977    Menzie, Manitoba
Fifteen circles in oats

 

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1977    Rossburn, Manitoba
Eleven rings in wheat







Australia

Australia has a wealth of older crop circle events recorded, roughly equalling Canada in scale. This is largely due to the invaluable work of Keith Basterfield and the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), who compiled a database of Australasian events, many of which are of the crop circle type.

Australia also boasts the most famous pre-1978 event in the world - the Tully 'saucer nests' of 1966. Since these appeared in reeds rather than crops, they can be found under "Related cases". Bona fide crop circles are below:

 

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1973    Bordertown, South Australia
Seven circles in oats

 

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1973    Wokurna, South Australia
Single circle in wheat







Other overseas circles

Crop circles pre-dating the modern era are known the world over, locations ranging from Japan to Brazil, USA to New Zealand. Most have scant details, but the Overboelare case in Belgium is worth detailing. We also have some fascinating reports of historical circles in southern Africa...

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1936    Overboelare, Belgium
Numerous circles in a variety of cereal crops





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Various locations in southern Africa
Countless occurences discussed, over a period of thousands of years
historic old crop circles - overseas circles
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