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Westbury White Horse Circles

Bratton Downs, Wiltshire

Three flattened circles below a chalk horse that started the national craze.

In August 1980 the local paper reported three flattened circles in a field of oats below the Westbury White Horse. It was one of the first crop circle stories to reach the national press.

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When
Summer 1980
Where
51.2634, -2.1475
Group
Crop circles

Visiting

The White Horse and Bratton Camp hillfort are open access, with a car park on top.

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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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