On 9 July 1996 British John Wheyleigh decided to do a night-watch on top of Oliver's Castle (Wiltshire, UK). It was a cold and wet night and he crawled deep into his sleeping bag, with his video camera at the foot. In the early morning hours of 10 July he was awakened by a strange, humming sound. He looked at the virginal crop field below and saw balls of light skim over the crop. He grabbed his camera and filmed the actual forming of a complex formation. In less than five seconds the entire pattern fell into the wheat field, as if a huge stamp was pushed into the crop from above.
The lights did not push down the crop physically, that is they didn't touch the plants. They just skimmed over the crop. It seemed as if they activated something that was already present, and which caused the crop to be pulled or pushed down. The balls of light appeared from behind a row of trees and shrubs behind the wheat field in which the formation appeared. Some lights disappeared there as well, while others shot off to the right where they disappeared off the screen with great acceleration.
This footage shot by Wheyleigh became famous and notorious. As soon as it got copied and distributed, people started doubting its authenticity. It was simply too good to be true! Various labs in America, England and the Netherlands analysed the video footage (known as 'the Oliver's Castle Footage') and concluded unanimously that nothing could be found which indicated hoaxing. On the contrary, we seemed to be dealing here with a real, genuine, authentic video footage. In the Netherlands the footage was examined by technicians of Dutch Television in Hilversum. They noticed that the crop went down in a spiraling movement. This could well explain the
Researcher Patrick Wilson analysed the lights and reached the following conclusion: "The objects, far from being vague blobs of light, appear to be solid objects of a 'batwing' shape' and with a central spherical body. Moreover they are spinning in flight.
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The Oliver's Castle Footage was labeled 'dodgy'. A sad thing, that - in my opinion - clearly reflects the fear alive in so many of us. When the footage is shown to people for the first time, everyone reacts in the same way. Everybody is in awe, gets the chills and becomes emotional. I notice it every time I show the footage during my lectures and my workshops. Deep down everybody knows this is for real and thus, they show a deep emotional respons. It is not until later that some suddenly become suspicious. Like I said: this footage is simply too good to be true...
In all honesty I admit that I went through the same process. My first reaction too was that I knew with my heart and my soul that this piece of footage was genuine. I was deeply touched when I first saw these magnificent images. But then, not even a day later, suspicion arose. This was too good to be true. It couldn't be true, could it...? It took me almost three years (in which I studied all the pros and cons and thoroughly read all the reports) before I had the nerve to stand up and say in public: "Yes: I recognize that the Oliver's Castle Footage is authentic!"
The Oliver's Castle Footage is part of the video / dvd
