The crop circle shown above appeared in East Meon, Hampshire, around July 23 1995.

The geometry consists of 11 circles arranged in such a way that 8 are concentric with the remaining three off-set to create a pair of crescent-shapes, pointing in opposite directions.

This particular circle is of moderate complexity compared to some of the more extreme examples over recent seasons, but there is something about the elegance of this geometry which fascinated me. When I discovered Bert Janssen's method by which all crop-circle geometries, at least up until that time, could be generated, I used his basic template to investigate the East Meon circle.

The geometry does indeed yield to Mr Janssens starting template, as I display below. The upper diagram shows full derivation from the initial three-circle geometry which he described. The next image shows in more detail the steps by which the East Meon circles can be drawn. If anybody wants a detailed list of the steps, please email me. 

The overwhelmling impression I got when working on this geometry was how precise the relative sizes and positions of the circles needed to be to fit exactly as they do in the original crop-circle. It is difficult to imagine how any geometer, human or otherwise, could have conceived and devised this virtuoso example of the art. It is truly such a finely tuned construction, that the slightest deviation will cause circles to overlap, which does not happen of course in the East Meon design.

Geometrical analysis of East Meon design

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