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The Vacaville Chain

2003 · Edge of Vacaville · California · USA

The Vacaville Chain (2003, Edge of Vacaville · California · USA)
◈ PHOTO: STEVE M. WINDHAM · CC BY 2.5

WHAT IT IS

A line of circles joined by a pathway, pressed into a field right up against a suburb. One of the American formations of 2003.

WHERE IT STANDS

Disputed. No maker has claimed it. Sceptics say people made it; proponents point to what they say people could not do.

STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 5 OCT 2026

THE RECORD

DATE
2003
PLACE
Edge of Vacaville · California · USA
MADE BY
Unclaimed
TYPE
Fractals & geometry
TECHNICAL
Crop recorded as maize (unconfirmed) · chain of circles on a path · 6 July 2003 · not the better-known Fairfield formation of that summer, which local teenagers confessed to · no maker found for this one

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