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ROSWELL ALIENS PHONE BACK WITH WARNING? MARINE LIGHTWHEELS: CROP CIRCLES OF THE SEA? by Kris Sherwood ©1997 few months ago, to my utter amaze- A= I became aware of a little- known and mysterious phenomenon known as "marine lightwheels". Astonishment grew as I researched the facts. I now have little doubt that at least some of the physics involved are similar to those that create crop circles. Reports of "marine lightwheels" or "sub- marine lightwheels" have been recorded by mariners for more than a hundred years, and one source states that they are also mentioned in ancient Indian literature. They are almost exclusively seen in the waters of the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea, but have also been reported in the Gulf of Mexico and off Western Australia. They are all in close proximity to the latitude of 19.5 degrees—a fact I find very interesting. There are hundreds of reports on record describing these gigantic, rotating, rimless wheels of light, seen on or just under the surface of the water, though there are also a few reports of the phenomenon appearing aerially just above the water's surface. While the source of the light itself has been attributed to the bioluminescent marine organisms, or Noctiluca miliaris (plank- ton), present in profusion in these waters, what is it that is stimulating them to pro- duce the vast and complex geometrical dis- plays that have been reported? Most witnesses describe first seeing a distant pulsing or oscillating light approach from the horizon. As it nears, radiating spokes of light moving rotationally on the surface of the water become visible and are seen to be rapidly revolving around a cen- tral hub that is described as being not brighter than the rays. Nearing the observer's ship, the bands of light have been seen to curve concavely into the direction of their rotation, each band passing the ship at the rate of roughly one-second intervals and at speeds of 60 to 200 miles per hour. As the ‘lightwheels' approach and cross the area occupied by the boat, there is no apparent effect from the boat on the progress of the light display; though on occasion it has been noted that the light- wheels seemed to follow with the boat, or, in the case of multiple wheels, to converge with the vessel's course for a time. Light from the 'wheel' has clearly been observed reflecting up onto the ship; not coming from overhead or being 'beamed down'. Rather, it seems to come from below the water's surface. The lightwheels have been estimated to be made up of roughly 16 radial spokes of light. The width of the light-spokes is usu- ally equal to the spaces between them, and has been reported to vary from 20 to 70 feet depending on the size of wheel. This width remains constant throughout their length, not widening at the terminus the way a beam of light would. The spokes or rays have been described as forming "sinusoidal curves" or "flattened Ss", revolving around their hubs and curved like a "Catherine-wheel". The diameter of the wheels has been esti- mated at 500 to 600 yards, though there are widely varying sizes reported in the indi- vidual accounts. In some cases the diame- ter has been put at a half-mile or more. In the case of multiple-wheel events (or, on occasion, concentric, radiating-ring dis- plays), the first in the formation is the largest and the following ones tend to diminish in size. Occasionally wheels will overlap, simultaneously turning in opposite directions around separate hubs. One sighting describes two sets of concentric, radiating, circular light-rings that were fol- lowed by an elliptical set of rings which radiated at a much faster rate than the cir- cular ones. This particular sighting, from the Gulf of Oman in October 1960, also included the description of "three separate vortices" ecent disclosures about animal Ree: in Scotland and the US have raised a storm of polarised reactions round the world. Some, obsessed with technological progress whatever the cost, are excited about the prospects for human genetic ‘therapy’. Others, full of foreboding about these developments, say we know too little about the consequences to go down such a route and should rethink our ethical principles before it is too late. In our next issue we shall feature a new book which illuminates this controversy. The core of The Roswell Message comes from ET crew members who mentally sur- vived the crash. This channelled material is part of a very thorough update and analy- sis of the whole Roswell scenario. What the ETs say is that they had a com- mon ancestry with us, and that they want to warn us not to make the same mistake that they did, for they embarked on a program of genetic engineering which erased indi- vidual differences. As a result they are now in an evolutionary dead-end. Their message is both a healing and shocking warning against genetically-pro- grammed apocalypse and a cry for help from their threatened civilisation. The Roswell Message, by René Coudris, will be published by Gateway Books, UK, on 4th July—the 50th anniversary of the spacecraft crash—and will be reviewed in the next issue of NEXUS. 68 = NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1997