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Bondip Hill Cross

Near Ilchester, Somerset

The first UK crop circle of 2026, in bright yellow rape.

On 4 April 2026, the first UK formation of the year appeared in flowering oilseed rape on Bondip Hill near Ilchester, close to RNAS Yeovilton. It was a cross with a ring, around 100 feet long.

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When
4 April 2026
Where
51.0145, -2.6856
Group
Crop circles

Visiting

Private farmland north of the A303, a few miles from Yeovil.

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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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