Two crop-circle experts die within hours of each other
The crop circle community has been left stunned after two of its leading lights died within hours of each other.
Dorset investigator and conference organiser David Kingston passed away last week after a year-long battle with cancer.
Meanwhile, the body of crop circle investigator Paul Vigay was found on the Hampshire coast at Southsea.
Mr Kingston was a prominent organiser in the crop circle and UFO research fields, running one of the biggest website and holding a prominent annual conference in Dorchester.
The 70-year-old began full-time UFO research in 1976 and began investigating crop circles in the late 1980s. The Dorchester conferences began in the mid 1990s, after he started lecturing on UFOs, crop circles and conspiracy theories.
The conferences scheduled for this spring and summer were cancelled when Mr Kingston's health took a turn for the worse recently.
Fellow researcher and friend David Haith said: "His wife Mary and his family were at his bedside.
"He was a tireless worker for truth and through his website, conferences and lectures, encouraged a great number of people to go on their own explorations of the mysteries of the universe.
"Now David is en route to uncovering one of the greatest mysteries of all and we wish him a fond bon voyage on his last great journey," he added.
Mr Kingston, from Weymouth, said he first saw UFOs while serving with the RAF all over the world, and found his true calling when links were made between the new phenomenon of crop circles and UFOs in the late 1980s.
His conferences hosted lectures by the world's most prominent experts on UFOs and crop circles, including the British Government's former UFO investigator Nick Pope and Troggs frontman Reg Presley.
Another to have lectured at the Dorchester spring conferences was Paul Vigay, a mathematician and computer expert who became one of the leading lights of the crop circle world.
His body was found on the shore at Southsea, near Portsmouth, last Thursday – police say the circumstances surrounding his death are not suspicious.
Mr Vigay, 44, was well known in the fields of Wiltshire and renowned among crop circle devotees as an expert at decoding the hidden meanings in crop circle patterns. "Paul was one of the brightest stars in the crop circle universe," said circle photographer and researcher Lucy Pringle.
"A talented mathematician, computer technician and a maker of electronic gadgets, he was one of the first researchers into the crop circle phenomenon in the early 1990s, where his talents were quickly recognised.
"He had an exceptional gift for investigation and often led the field in deciphering the mathematical aspects found in certain crop circles. He was amazingly articulate and he had a rare knack of being able to explain technical details in the simplest language. He has made a major contribution to the subject and his place will not be easily filled," she added.
Mr Vigay's friend of 23 years Claire Diestler, 39, from Bedhampton, said she visited him for a cup of coffee last Tuesday. She said: "He was absolutely fine, that's why I am so shocked. There was absolutely no indication that anything was wrong. In fact he was quite jokey. We all feel a bit guilty having seen him.
"We are all worried we did not pick up on something.'
Mrs Diestler added: "He was really interested in UFOs and anything a bit unusual like crop circles.
"He used to go to Wiltshire quite a lot to take photographs of them. He was really popular and had a lot of friends. He was very funny and we always had some great laughs," she said.
10 Comments
by Joanne Gillies, northern Ontario, Canada
Saturday, April 11 2009, 7:37AM
“I too think it rather suspicious. As for someone to put all the pieces together: there is a series of books. 'Atlantis Rising' is book 2 of the "Sirian Revelations" series by Patricia Cori. Just read it. THere is more 'control' going on than just media: even CIA etc are
hardly more than puppets in this drama. HAARP is worse than nuclear blasting, and is busy busy busy bombarding the Ionosphere with about 10 billion watts of high frequency radio waves. Meanwhile, low frequency (sub sonic-= we can feel but not hear them) waves are being used to bombard and control our emotions, moods and psychies.even affecting our very DNA- Aboriginals are being targeted because of the knowledge they hold in their traditions and teachings: there are high suicide rates in northern aboriginal communities; and in the city near where I live, last year there were mass suicides amongst teens in this area: it is more than ozone that is being demolished. I am thinking the high frequency waves are the answer to the dogs barking all night long some nights.
we had rings around the sun a few mornings past: and every day there seems to be these low level thin clouds: cocktails of who knows what being spread over us?
and when are we going to get the rest of the info on all the underground cities/ military installments worldwide?
The reason everyone remains so blazee about it all is that it is hard to rise above the sonic bombardments: all that on top or underneath the constant drivel coming over the radio and through the tvs and computers. that is Atlantis Rising: Patricia Cori. be brave and check it out: too long we have sat under the iron boot of world religions: burning at he stake, and always otherwise threatened with death and worse have kept us wandering in this course of not looking, not seeing, not asking, and not perceiving:”
by Rob Kellendar, UK
Thursday, March 05 2009, 6:31PM
“Any of you "Seekers of the Truth" still searching for it, please see The Field Guide published by Strange Attractor, an extraordinary account of what is one of the most interesting and underated art forms of our times. Eat the wheat and ditch the chaff, people”
by John, PA.
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 10:35PM
“scslim....What are you saying?that every one who has ever walked in or seen a crop circle will die?....lol good guess...and do you know anyone who hasn't died within 6 months of their birthdays?....what a maroon!.....lol”
by SCSlim, USA
Wednesday, March 04 2009, 1:20AM
“It was only a matter of time. Eventually, everyone who has ever seen or walked in a crop circle will meet the same fate. Not only that, but they will be taken within 6 months of their birthdays!”
by m.savont, washinton state
Monday, March 02 2009, 4:45PM
“you know ive always wondered ,knowing that some effort has been put into trying to understand what these things mean, mathematical ,or other ,has anyone put them altogether to see if they spell out a story or messaages given in parts ,will still seach for a simple reason,an understanding that we all can see”
by richard, canada
Saturday, February 28 2009, 11:11AM
“One always wonders why UFO/crop circle info has been surpressed by major governments esp USA/Britian(both senior and major arms makers/arms exporters). One therefor wonders how much $ some stand to make from surpressing positive info likely to be gained from UFO/crop circle sources. Likely this gov't surpressed info (If ever released fully)would be bad for arms makers and their friends in high places. IE---Bush/Blair cronnies, etc. Sort of like the 260 TONNES of US cash that was flown into Iraq. See recent TV reports on Iraq abuses by USA. Where is the $? How about the best looted Iraq museum pieces that come from one of the richest human cultures in history. Some gov't high ups likely CIA/military industrial complex/black ops US do not want the truth out. UFO info news leaking out but not all, or fast enough. Crop C info might blow the lid off of arms sales. Is it a wonder some die in mystery. Control of info is what it is all about. Control info---control people.”
by Roy, Vermont USA
Saturday, February 28 2009, 2:48AM
“Kind of scant on details. Vigay was only 44, a friend who saw him last week thought he was in good health, yet his death on the shore is not suspicious?
Perhaps it is all innocent, but some more info., like a cause of death, would be appreciated.”
by canadaguy, Canada
Friday, February 27 2009, 10:52PM
“Their journey's have just begun....peace.”
by Doug Rogers, Newtown, Conn., U.S.A.
Friday, February 27 2009, 3:24PM
“Here in the U.S. we have enjoyed the comments and commentary from both of these major contributors to Crop Circle history, for several years.
We will miss their regular presence here on the tube.
All of us will be lucky to now have some talented soul come along to fill the void. We are, however, sure it will happen.
The C.C. story must continue to be told.”
by My_Vorpal_blade, Earth
Wednesday, February 25 2009, 9:02PM
“How convenient for those who would hide the truth.”