I stumbled upon this phenomenon in young maize in May 1998 at Rossum (NL) and in June 2002 at Didam (NL). In both cases there wasn't a maize circle, but a simple track running through a young maize field.

The traces I found gave me the strong impression of a ball of light (beach-ball sized) flying through the field just above the ground, and causing quite some damage to the young maize plants.

In 1998 the track ended (or began?) in a small circle in a grass verge. This made it obvious that we were indeed dealing here with the 'circle energy'. Furthermore, I discovered notches in some of the leafs (see photograph below: Didam, NL 2002), that were very similar to the ones I found in a wheat formation at Willemshaven, NL, in 2002 (2nd photograph below). In other words, I think it's safe to assume that these maize tracks were indeed the result of the same mysterious crop circle energy. (For a detailed report, see www.dcca.nl)

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