On 6 July 2009, an off-duty Wiltshire police sergeant was driving west along the A4 past Silbury Hill—a 129-foot prehistoric chalk mound and UNESCO World Heritage landmark—when three figures in white coveralls appeared in a field opposite.
Thinking they were forensic officers, he braked hard, climbed out, and walked toward them.
The trio were crouched over the barley beside the so-called “Mayan” crop circle, an imprint that case-investigator Andy Russell later told Liberation Times was “definitely man-made.”
Andy Russell recounts what happened next - according to the police sergeant, who has kept his identity secret to this day:
‘They [the three beings] seemed to be inspecting the crop. When he got to the edge of the field he heard what he believed to be a sound not dissimilar to static electricity.
‘This crackling noise seemed to be running through the field and the crop was moving gently close to where the noise was moving. He felt the hair on his arms and back of his neck raise up.
‘He shouted to the figures who at first ignored him, not glancing at him.
‘When he tried to enter the field they looked up and began running.
‘He said, “They ran faster than any man I have ever seen. I’m no slouch but they were moving so fast. I looked away for a second and when I looked back they were gone. I then got scared. The noise was still around, but I got an uneasy feeling and headed for the car. For the rest of the day I had a pounding headache I couldn’t shift.”’