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Circular Evidence was not the first book on the subject. Dr Terence Meaden, who had been publishing reports of circles in the specialist Journal of Meteorology since 1980, published his own book, The Circles Effect and its Mysteries (see Further Reading). This elaborated on his ideas that the circles were a product of atmospheric conditions. In 1987 he set up a research group CERES, named after the Roman Goddess of agriculture. It was through Dr Meaden's organization that another 1988 event came to light. He reported the experience of Tom Gwinnett, who was driving by his organic wheat field when his car stalled and the lights died. He then observed flashes of light among the wheat heads, converging on an orange yellow light form, which was spinning, emitting a noise likened to an old-fashioned sewing machine. After a minute or so, the light blinked out and his headlights came on. The following day an 8 metre (26 feet) circle was discovered at the site where the light form had been observed. Singleton Doublet Triplat-in-line Quintuplet Quadruplet Ringed circle Double-ringer Triple-ringer Simple ring Simple oval Ringed centre formation oe Ringed centre formation ‘Celtic cross’ Wi Overlapping doublet ‘Triangular’ triplet Spurred singleton ‘Defective’ quintuplet ‘Closed’ quintuplet Oval with satellities Tailed singletan