Cynthia Hind recieved a letter from Martin Chibanda, of Kwe-Kwe, in Zimbabwe. He had not personally seen the circles, but had met a farmer in Botswana who told him a most interesting story. We are grateful to Martin for the report and he is trying to get hold of the farmer so that we can obtain more information from him.  But in the meantime, here is Martin's story: 

'When I was on holiday in Botswana, a farmer I met there mentioned to me that he had lost a large amount of his maize crop when something apparently burned his field. The strange thing was that it was burnt in a specific shape denoting letter-like structures carved into his crop. This he drew on paper and I have drawn this for you to see.  

The coloured area is the unharmed portion of the crop. The shap is composed of perfectly symmetrical circular and X-shaped structures and four 'pot-holes'. 'According to the man, the 'pot-holes' looked as if something had dug into the soil while the rest was burnt. The farmer also mentioned that the surrounding stalks were lying flat away from the central shapes and that it was near harvest time when the maize was dry. 

'Unfortunately, at the time I did not ask about the size of the burnt area and the date it happened, but I will try and get these details for you if I can. I found it all very strange as I had never heard of anything like this before; but I must tell you that the man was more worried about the loss of his crop than about the formation...' 

For more detail see UFO AFRINEWS No. 10 - 1994