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Community => History => Topic started by: BridgeTroll on January 02, 2021, 09:13:03 AM

Title: Where is the Betz Sphere?
Post by: BridgeTroll on January 02, 2021, 09:13:03 AM
Enjoy!  :)

It was March 27, 1974, and members of the Betz family were in Florida, inspecting the damage done by a small brushfire near their property on Ft. George Island. The island is a patch of dry ground among the coastal marshlands of northeastern Florida, well timbered with beautiful moss-draped trees and tropical scrub. Antoine and Jerri Betz, accompanied by their 21-year-old son Terry, happened to stumble upon a surprising object: a bright metal globe, about the size of a bowling ball, just sitting there in the grass.

https://wonderfulengineering.com/betz-sphere-makes-place-inexplicable-wonders/
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4334
Title: Re: Where is the Betz Sphere?
Post by: BridgeTroll on January 02, 2021, 09:17:01 AM
My bad... the intrepid reporter's of the Jaxon has covered this already.

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/the-mysterious-betz-sphere-of-fort-george-island/
Title: Re: Where is the Betz Sphere?
Post by: Tacachale on January 03, 2021, 01:11:38 PM
It's an awesome story! Our partners at WJCT also did a great podcast about it last year:

https://www.wjct.org/podcasts/oddball/