THIS PIECE OF PI GIVES MATH EXPERTS INDIGESTION

"Mathematicians are perplexed after a highly complex crop circle appeared in a Wiltshire field - depicting a fundamental mathematical symbol. The circle is, apparently, a coded image representing a complex mathematical number — the first ten digits of pi — and even astrophysicists admit they find it ‘mind-boggling’" reports not The Space Aliens Weekly – but The Times of London.

Measuring around 150 feet in diameter, the circular pattern was created in a barley field near an Iron Age hill fort called Barbury Castle.

"Barbury Hill is a well-known place for lovers. It's a bit like lover' lane, but no one heard or saw anything," said Ann Antoni after her husband Jon discovered the 150ft formation early one morning. The Antoni’s Bradbury Hill campsite is currently jammed with visitors from throughout the planet, if not the galaxy. 

"It has very precise mathematical proportions. It would have been almost impossible for someone to make it so accurately. The barley is very delicate, but not a stem was damaged, it was all just gently bent," reports crop circle expert, Francine Blake. "It happened very quickly. The stems had been heated, like they had been microwaved and cooked slightly."

Retired astrophysicist Mike Reed recognized the symbol as a piece of Pi – the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Reed says the barley pattern clearly shows the first 10 digits of Pi – 3.141592654 – with the tenth digit correctly rounded up. The little dot near the centre is the decimal point and the code is based on ten angular segments, with the radial jumps being the indicator of each segment. Mathematicians agree. But they aren’t happy about it. And neither are journalists who refuse to report other obvious oddities like chemtrails. This particular Pi does not appear to be woman or manmade. [Times June 18/08; mangawitch.blogspot.com]

An astrophysicist has identified a crop circle that suddenly appeared near Barbury Hill in England as the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter known as "Pi" – shown correctly to 10 decimal places. The gently bent, slightly heated barley was not broken. And no other signs of disturbance were found - except this perfect piece of Pi.