Asheville – It appeared mysteriously over the weekend, intriguing local residents and begging the question: what is it?

The pattern, about 100 feet long and half that wide, looks like two interlocking circles, with small circles inside those. It’s a crop circle, which depending on your point of view, is the work of mischievous pranksters wielding grass flatteners or an alien spacecraft.

Rick Hawkins, 28, who lives on Oak Crest Drive, leans toward the latter explanation.

“There were some bright lights over here Saturday night,” said “I thought it was a plane, but now I don’t know.”

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