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Milk Hill Galaxy

Alton Barnes, Wiltshire

A spiral galaxy of 409 circles, the biggest formation ever seen in Britain.

Overnight on 12 August 2001, a vast spiral galaxy of 409 circles appeared on the slope of Milk Hill, above Alton Barnes. It measured around 240 metres across.

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When
12 August 2001
Where
51.3700, -1.8600
Group
Crop circles

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Formations change every year; always ask the farmer's permission.

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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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