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Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)

 
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Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
In 1974 a metallic sphere was discovered in Florida. It started to exhibit characteristics bordering on the paranormal. Studies by the Navy, APRO and other science institutes could not unlock the mystery. After intense scrutiny, including Alan J Hynek, the story and the object were off everyone's radar. Efforts to identify or debunk it were unsuccessful. The rather troubling and well researched story can be read at this link
[link to mysteriousuniverse.org]
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11/26/2013 01:39 PM
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Neat mystery
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11/26/2013 01:41 PM
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bump for a good mystery
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11/26/2013 01:43 PM
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read it was a fake. fell off a truck carrying loads of them, got hyped. i wll look for a link. brb
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The Navy took it and still has it.
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It's in that huge warehouse in a wooden crate next to the Ark.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. -Carl Sagan.
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"There are many published news reports of the incident, and from these reports, we can glean that what the Betzes reported at the time is considerably less remarkable than what is now claimed on some of the paranormal websites that promote the Betz sphere as an alien artifact. For one thing, the ball sat quietly on display inside the Betz home for nearly two weeks, and is not reported to have ever moved on its own at all, except for when someone took it down to experiment with it. Neither the US Navy nor J. Allen Hynek reported observing the ball do anything unusual whatsoever. Neither corroborated Carl Willson's assertion that it had odd magnetic properties, or that it was broadcasting a radio signal. The only thing Hynek and his fellow Enquirer panelists noted was that it rattled when shaken."

[link to skeptoid.com]
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GG: I also read it was a fake, but the article in the link seems to debunk this aspect. And...the first thing I thought was: "it's in a wooden crate in a warehouse" too
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GG: I also read that article, which seemed like it omitted some information of the story and accentuated the rattling noise part. The main question for me would be-'where is it today?' followed by -"why has no one investigated this further if so many questions were left on the table?"
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I'm the alien that built the Betz sphere.

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GG: I also read that article, which seemed like it omitted some information of the story and accentuated the rattling noise part. The main question for me would be-'where is it today?' followed by -"why has no one investigated this further if so many questions were left on the table?"
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well, as they said in the article, a lot of what people know of the sphere has been made up and was not part of the original story itself.
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HAVENT HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE TILL TODAY. GOOD ARTICLE
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11/26/2013 04:00 PM
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
ZORK CAME BACK TO PICK IT UP, HE HAD ALL HIS VACATION PHOTOS ON THE SPHERE , WHEN HE WAS ABDUCTING AND DISECTING US FOR THEIR SCIENCE PROJECT A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
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Very curious
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My only problem with the skeptoid article is that it ignored the details of the first reporter to investigate the sphere, among other details. The original story link seemed to present information in more complete detail, including Naval investigations conclusions, leaving the question open ended, while the skeptoid article had more of an agenda and forces an unproven conclusion upon the reader. (The Volkswagen story seemed to be disproven at the time). The puzzling convergence of both stories is that no one can seem to find any solid information on this since the mid 70's. That leaves things fuzzier than skeptoid would have you believe.
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Wouldn't it be easier to contact the Betz family to get an accurate location of the object. I find it interesting that we all (including myself) could be dupped by the articles written from the internet. Just my two cents.
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The sphere is real. The government stole the original and replaced it with a fake sphere to make it look like that the sphere is a hoax.
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The St. Petersburg Time is a legit newspaper that had first account of the sphere. The reporter definitely belived the sphere had some strange proprities. The article from Skeptoid ommits a lot of information.
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Well that's an interesting story.

Hard to believe that the story ends there, given the amount of information there is to work with.

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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
Hello my name is Jan. My surname shall left alone. I do not have alot of time and this may sound cliché or cheesy, but hear me out. The Betz family is gone. Disappeared you may say. Think of me as Edward Snowden. There is a program on the internet that crawls the net and removes any information about the Betz or anyother thing that the goverment wishes to be secret. The sphere is located in the northpole. There is the only Place where it magnetic propertios do not interfere with our electronic devices. Know this that even the goverment has no idea what this is. I was a special agent posted there. I wish to share this knowledge with you until it's too late. this post may be deleted any moment so please take a screenshot and keep this safe. You wont hear for me again.

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Hello my name is Jan. My surname shall left alone. I do not have alot of time and this may sound cliché or cheesy, but hear me out. The Betz family is gone. Disappeared you may say. Think of me as Edward Snowden. There is a program on the internet that crawls the net and removes any information about the Betz or anyother thing that the goverment wishes to be secret. The sphere is located in the northpole. There is the only Place where it magnetic propertios do not interfere with our electronic devices. Know this that even the goverment has no idea what this is. I was a special agent posted there. I wish to share this knowledge with you until it's too late. this post may be deleted any moment so please take a screenshot and keep this safe. You wont hear for me again.

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Classic GLP post reply - it has all the elements.

Of course we won't hear from you again... in fact the men in black are probably bundling you into a white unmarked van headed straight for the CIA whistleblower prison at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. (Source:Uncle worked there)

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It's in that huge warehouse in a wooden crate next to the Ark.
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They are making wine now:

[link to www.betzfamilywinery.com]
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ive been searching for a while for any info on this case anybody still intrigued?
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
ZORK CAME BACK TO PICK IT UP, HE HAD ALL HIS VACATION PHOTOS ON THE SPHERE , WHEN HE WAS ABDUCTING AND DISECTING US FOR THEIR SCIENCE PROJECT A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
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Zork is the planet
Mork is the alien.
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ZORK CAME BACK TO PICK IT UP, HE HAD ALL HIS VACATION PHOTOS ON THE SPHERE , WHEN HE WAS ABDUCTING AND DISECTING US FOR THEIR SCIENCE PROJECT A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
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Zork is the planet
Mork is the alien.
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MORK from ORK! nanu nanu shazbot! whatever
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
We have one like it. Found in the yard after a UFO hovered over a home and frightened the family. Untested in nature. Low level radiation that seems to spike. Jim Marlin and Ronny Dawson with Alien Artifact [link to imgur.com (secure)]
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
Yeah, this is from 2015 :

[link to moviepilot.com (secure)]
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
Check our the 'Atlantean Sphere' if you want to see some mysterious shit.
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i guarantee you the entire narrative is fraud. t
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Re: Does anyone have any recent information on the Betz sphere? (alien artifact)
btw its a spent fuel core from a tr2b.





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