Thursday, January 27, 2011

University investigates crop circle rumor



Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University (UGM) is currently investigating a rumor that a group of its students created the crop circles that recently appeared in Sleman, Yogyakarta.

A rumor has been circulating on websites, twitter and mailing lists that several UGM students were claiming to be the crop-circle makers.

“The head of the mathematics program has phoned the 2008 student coordinator to check the truth of the rumor,” UGM mathematics student Arief Wahyu Kurniawan said Tuesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

A rumor has been circulating on websites, twitter, and mailists that some UGM students claimed they were the crop circle makers.