Condign volumes 1 to 3

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# UNCLASSIFIED

UK RESTRICTED

## LEY LINES, EARTHLIGHTS AND UK EARTH FAULT LINES

## LEY LINES

1. This aspect is briefly investigated because of the suggestion that the location of 'LEY LINES' and UAP sightings may be linked in some way and even in coincidence. The name 'LEY LINES' was coined in 1921 from the old terminology the 'lay' or 'lie' of the land.

2. The suggestion of a UAP connection seems to have originated from a French investigator who postulated that there was a tendency for UFO sightings to appear in straight lines'[1]These were then called 'orthotenies'.

3. Further investigators ([2] and [3]) respectively linked archaeological and astronomical interests to the theory.

4. A Ley Line is stated to be a straight (or nearly straight) line which some have connected with ancient sites. These comprise hill forts, stone circles, earthworks (e.g. long burrows, mounds), stone markers, ancient abbeys and churches built on old pagan locations. The postulation is that these are found to be in alignment or near-alignment. There is other evidence that they often occur over water-bearing underground fissures They are also supposedly associated with 'magnetic currents (or some type of unknown current' or 'force') which allow, for example, water to be located by some, while seeming to have physical effects on others. On occasions a plan of several ley line groups has (reportedly) shown replica astronomical patterns (e.g. BEAR). Numerous plots of these 'ley lines' can be made by simple

reference to ancient sites and markers etc. found on Ordnance Survey Maps.

5. The work was further followed-up by researchers who conducted considerable investigation into the geometry and alignment of ancient sites, such as stone circles, the results of which have suggested that these were accurately constructed (and that ancient civilisations must have had knowledge beyond expectation). In the UK much of this is based on 'accurate' measurements of standing artefacts (which often turn out to be spaced at multiples of ~2.72 feet - the so called 'megalithic yard' - a human pace!)

6. In the research briefly explored the alignment of three such sites is statistically invalid. Four-point ley lines are also rejected as inadmissible on the grounds of probability. However, 'ley lines' of many objects spread over many kilometres in length can be found.

7. Rationale The only significance in including LEY LINES in this UAP study was to note that (should clusters of sightings or lines of sightings appear) in the analysis, ley lines may be a factor, since some of the locations which form ley lines involve rocky formations. Hence, there may be a tenuous connection with tribo-or chemi-luminescence, where certain archaeological formations are said to produce visual effects when they fracture. There may also turn out to be some sort of connection with the earth's geomagnetic field. The action of rocks fracturing to produce light has been proven in laboratory experiments. One particular Norweigian location where this has occurred consistently, with similar rock formations to parts of the UK.