The crop circle has to be one of the most intriguing6 sights of the countryside. The first was only reported in 1980 but they're now a worldwide phenomenon, recently spotted in Japan, Canada and America. People are still unsure about how these huge shapes (the biggest was made of 400 separate circles) are formed. Some argue they're messages from aliens, while others claim they're the work of vandals7. But, in 1996 video tapes were discovered that showed circles actually being formed by two UFOs, in a field near Stonehenge. Or were they secret military projects...?

     庄稼围成圆圈是乡下最能激起人们好奇心的现象了。到1980年才有第一例的报道，但是如今它遍及全球。最近在日本、加拿大和美国都有报道。人们还不确定这些巨型图案（最大的由400个单独的圆圈组成）是如何形成的，有人认为它们是外星人发送的信息，而另一些人声称它们是故意搞破坏的人的“杰作”。但是1996年在英格兰巨石阵附近拍摄的录像带上发现这些圆圈实际上是由两个飞碟造成的。或许它们是秘密的军事项目？