1962 - Swayfield
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This account of a flattened ring of crop (probably a circle rather than ring) was mentioned in passing in the steam enthusiasts' magazine, Steam World (No. 39, September 1990).
The correspondent was Noel Ingram, who submitted the article 'A4s on Stoke Bank', pictured left. The article recalls a day back in 1962, when he was on the lookout for steam locomotives at the railway bridge in Swayfield. He mentions events in his article, "A sudden whirlwind whipped up the crop skyward and then stopped as suddenly as it had begun - leaving a ring of flattened crop!" |
Location
Mr Ingram was photographing trains from the bridge at the approximate centre of this photograph (Corby Road). The village of Swayfield can be seen to the west.
The "A4" in the article is a type of steam engine, and does not refer to the A4 road.
It is unclear which side of the track the circle formed. As the train was headed south ("London-bound"), Mr Ingram's phrase "to the left of the A4" could mean to the left from the train's perspective, or, as he was facing it as it approached, to the left from his. We cannot say for sure.
The whirlwind and crop circle must have been close to the bridge to have been seen, and so would presumably have manifested in one of the fields in this image.
historic old crop circles - UK circles
