by Daily Mail Reporter
July 11, 2010

from DailyMail Website

Perhaps it was caused by a close encounter of the 3-D kind.

This sophisticated crop circle uses an optical illusion to give the impression of a three dimensional cube. The creators of the 200ft wide design in a field of wheat at Clay Hill near Warminster, Wiltshire remain a mystery.

The area is known as the UFO capital of Britain after repeated sightings of unearthly objects and numerous crop circle appearances over the last few decades.

An amazing four-dimensional crop circle has appeared in field of wheat

at Clay Hill, Warminster, Wiltshire

However, those hoping that the mysterious circle is a message from another world or a sign of a spacecraft landing are likely to disappointed.

Over a decade ago pranksters Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted that they had created 200 crop circles mostly around Warminster.

Mr Bower explained that after sketching them out in his studio workshop they would take a plank and rope to a cornfield where they would walk around with the rope in ever-increasing circles and make a passageway leading to another identical circle.

Not that this very down to earth explanation halted wild conjecture about their origins.

The crop circle phenomenon started in Westbury, just three miles north of Warminster in August 1980 and last month 200 crop circles have appeared in one elaborate formation in the nearby village of Mere.

Some believe Westbury's proximity to the prehistoric stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury is the reason for the strange goings-on. Others say it is because it lies on the confluence of two so-called ley-lines, which link spots said to have 'mystical energy'.

Conspiracy theorists put them down to the proximity of Salisbury Plain, home of secret military work.

Crop circle expert Steve Alexander said of the latest design:

'It appears to be a cube which involves the circle makers using techniques other than just flattening the crop.'

This spectacular design has appeared 40 miles away