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Badbury Rings Pentagram

Badbury Rings, near Shapwick, Dorset

A five-armed pattern below an Iron Age hillfort.

In July 2024 a five-armed, pentagram-like formation appeared beside Badbury Rings, a great Iron Age hillfort near Wimborne. Each arm ended in a flared shape, with two thin strips of standing crop running along it.

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When
19 July 2024
Where
50.8213, -2.0459
Group
Crop circles

Visiting

Badbury Rings is National Trust land with free access and parking.

Cover of UFO Cases of Britain by Cale Mills
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UFO Cases of Britain

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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