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on May 26 1974 Terry Matthew bets a 21

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year old pre-med student along with his

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mother Jerry and his marine engineer

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father Antoine or inspecting the damage

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caused by a brush fire that had raged

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across an 88 acres swath of woodland

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that they had recently acquired on Fort

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George Island which is nestled just east

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of Jacksonville Florida at first the

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trio found nothing out of the ordinary

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but before their expedition was over

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they stumbled across a peculiar highly

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polished metal order that was just under

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8 inches in diameter

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the only delineating mark that the three

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could find was an elongated triangle

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shape stamped into its surface

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stunned Terry and his parents wondered

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whether or not they might have stumbled

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across some kind of down to NASA or

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maybe even Soviet satellite perhaps they

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even speculated that the friction

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induced heat of this object plummeting

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from its orbit might have had something

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to do with a fire that had ravaged the

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property but none of them could find any

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science of an impact crater or any

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indication of collision or heat damage

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on the gleaming metal globe the trio

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then surmised that it might be an old

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fashioned cannonball which someone had

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silver-plated as a souvenir

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intrigued by this extraordinary find

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Terry decided to leave that 22 pound

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bowling ball-sized sphere into their car

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and take it back to their home where he

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showed the unusual object to a 12 year

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old relative named Wayne he was just as

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perplexed by the mysterious object as

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the rest of the family had been Terry

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placed the strange prize on a window

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seat in his bedroom in there the

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anomalous object remained virtually

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forgotten until approximately two weeks

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later when

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decided to entertain his friend Teresa

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Fraser with an impromptu guitar recital

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in his room eliciting some decidedly

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unusual reactions from the sphere

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according to Terry moments after he

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began strumming his guitar

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the metallic ball started to vibrate

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like a tuning fork and begin emitting a

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curious throbbing sound in response to

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certain notes this sound was accompanied

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by what seemed to be an inaudible at

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least to hear mayor's residence that

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deeply disturbed the Betts family's dog

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days later in the April 15 1974 edition

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of the Palm Beach Post Gerry Betts was

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quoted as saying there must be high

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frequency waves from it when we put our

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poodle beside the ball she whimpers and

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puts her paws over her ears in the days

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that followed the strange performance

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the Betts family began to notice some of

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the spheres other peculiar attributes

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they observed that when the orb was

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pushed against the floor it would stop

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vibrate for a moment change direction

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and invariably return to whoever first

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folded in one unprecedented circumstance

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it rolled for 12 minutes straight the

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single pause as if this wasn't

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astounding enough Terry and his family

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soon realized that they sphere in

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defiance of all logic appeared to be

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responsive to weather conditions

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becoming noticeably more active on

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bright days as opposed to overcast days

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as if it were being directly affected by

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the solar energy although it was clearly

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influenced by sunlight the sphere did

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not register any obvious changes when

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exposed to direct heat or infrared light

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the sphere would also sporadically

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vibrate at low frequency as if a motor

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were running excited and just as

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intriguingly

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had just one relatively small intensely

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magnetic spot on its surface

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Terry displaying the kind of inquisitive

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instincts that all science students

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should begin to conduct a series of

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homespun experiments on the object his

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initial efforts were rudimentary and

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consisted of tapping the sphere gently

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with a hammer which resulted in a

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distinctly bell-like

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ringing sound but it wouldn't be until

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Terry placed the object on the flat

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glass surface of his mother's coffee

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table in order to display as unique find

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that things would get really interesting

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in one attempt after another the smooth

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sphere would consistently roll right to

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the precipice of the glass surface

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pause and then reverse its direction

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only to stop again at the opposite edge

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and repeat the maneuver

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the BET's family began considering the

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possibility that this object was

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equipped with a sophisticated guidance

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system or perhaps being intelligently

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controlled either from within or by some

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animatic external force the family

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decided that the sphere almost certainly

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appeared to be striving to get safely to

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the ground without falling an even more

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bizarre event occurred when one of the

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family members decided to slant the

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table at an upwards angle and the sphere

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began to spin up the incline utilizing

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its own momentum this seemingly

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impossible defiance of the laws of

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gravity left the BET's tribe

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thoroughly baffled as if to further

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indicate that the sphere may have been

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harboring something sensitive within it

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seemed to resist all attempts at being

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shaken by its human handlers in the

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April edition of the 1974 Lodi

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California News Sentinel Jerry stated if

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you shake the ball vigorously and then

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place it on the ground it feels just

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like a huge Mexican jumping bean which

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is trying to get away from you the Betts

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family became so concerned about the

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spheres clear ability to independently

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navigate its way around their home that

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they took to placing it in a sealed bag

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at night so that the object could have

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escaped after days of watching the

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sphere perform these incredible feats

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the Betts family decided that it was

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time to go to the public and try to find

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out just what it was that they actually

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had in their possession

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the first call that Jerry Betts made was

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to the local Jackson folk journal the

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journal was intrigued by the story they

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sent out a seasoned photographer blond

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anger to get to the story and snap a few

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pictures discussed ago anger dutifully

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accepted the assignment but secretly

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feared he might be stepping into a den

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of crackpots but he would have Anton

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that theory soon enough when anger

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arrived at the Betts home he was eagerly

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greeted by Jerry who wasted no time and

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presented him with this fear anger

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described the moment for the April 12

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that was when the matriarch of the Betts

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clan instructed the still dubious anger

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to give the ball a little shove across

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the floor here's the event in Angers own

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words I'm leery of this kind of thing

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when I got there mrs. Betts said you

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won't believe this if you don't see it

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she told me to put it on the floor and

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give it a push and roll the ways and

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stopped it turned by itself and rolled

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to the right about four feet it stopped

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then it turned again and rolled to the

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left about eight feet made a big arc and

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came right back to my feet

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anger examined the steel ball intently

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and like the Betts family before he

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could find no seams and no indication of

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a manufacturer on the surface safe for

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the inscrutable triangular symbol

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stepped outside as soon as the now

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converted photographer relate his

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fantastic story to his editor the paper

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wasted no time in publishing his account

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and within days a worldwide media

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firestorm before signing a receipt in

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fact mrs. Betts is so concerned she's

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considering insuring the ball

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reporters from such prestigious

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publications as the New York Times the

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London Daily and dozens of other papers

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from as far away as Japan called or

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traveled down to sate Georgia to see

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this mystery sphere with their own eyes

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but it wasn't just journalists whose

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curiosity was piqued by the strange case

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the scientific and military communities

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were also clamoring for a good look at

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this unusual sphere representatives of

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both the US Marine corpse and NASA

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contacted the Betts family as did UFO

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investigators representing the aerial

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phenomenon research organization or APRA

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the visitors often arrived skeptical but

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almost universally left both impressed

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and perplexed by the spheres bizarre

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abilities a US Marine spokesman even

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went so far as to admit on television

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that the ball had behaved strangely in

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his presence and conceded that he was

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unable to explain its origin an official

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press release issued by Marines publicly

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stated that the ball was not the

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property of the United States government

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by this point Antwone Betts had been

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forced to return to the seat on a

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freighter and Jerry and her children

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were swept up in a medium Maelstrom from

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which there seemed to be no reprieve the

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family who had intentionally chosen an

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isolated place to live have become

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overwhelmed by the press feeding frenzy

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and in the April 14th 1974 edition of

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the Palm Beach Post Jerry was quoted as

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saying we came to Fort George Island to

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get away to a serene atmosphere now I

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can't get away from the telephone it

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means nothing to people in the West that

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it's midnight here and when they quit

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calling those on the east wake up and

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start at the peak of this frenzy

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renowned astronomer and ufologists dr.

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Jay Allen

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got involved for those who may not be

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familiar with the work of J Allen Hynek

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there's little crash course in his own

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words please welcome from the Center for

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UFO studies in Evanston Illinois dr. J

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Allen Hynek dr. honey when you first get

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a report of a sighting is your job to

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assemble evidence that will prove it to

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be so or to assemble evidence to prove

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that it did not happen you know there

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are two ways to go on any investigation

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the first thing we do is to try to

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disprove it because what is the point of

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establishing of perpetuating a myth or

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that isn't so and it turns out that some

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90% of the reports if we have a

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nationwide police network an 800 number

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that the police use and we get reports

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every night from police departments or

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different parts of the country most of

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them are planets twinkling stars

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explainable or I get excited IFOS become

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identifiable flying objects but that

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remaining 10% those are the ones we go

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after now a UFO the UN UFO course simply

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means unidentified it does not

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necessarily mean visitors from outer

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space but it must be unidentified not

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just to the person who is puzzled by it

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but it must remain unidentified after

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considerable study then and only then is

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it a UFO in relation to the Betts

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mystery jail and hi Nick requested that

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the Betts family send the sphere to his

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office at Northwestern University in

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Chicago so he could personally inspect

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it

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but Jerry refused because she was warned

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that the one-of-a-kind object might be

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seized or misplaced to the chagrin of

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scores of scientists and military

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officers the sphere remained firmly

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entrenched in the Betts home and that's

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where it remained until a bizarre series

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of unexplainable events forced the

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family to wonder whether or not this

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otherworldly innocuous sphere was

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capable of

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and perhaps unleashing supernatural

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forces just when the almost unbearably

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hectic scene that sounded the BET's

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house started to become almost routine

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things suddenly took an undecided term

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for the weird Gerry Betts reported that

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she and her family began to hear strange

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organ like music wafting through their

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cavernous abode in the dead of night

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even though there was no such instrument

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in the home and as if that weren't

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creepy enough doors begin slamming

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seemingly on their own volition at all

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hours of the day and night while the

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Betts family claimed that they weren't

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afraid of this activity this new

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development did cause concern for

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Antoine and Gerry who decided that it

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was high time they got to the bottom of

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the mystery to help them achieve that

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goal they went to the Navy the Becks

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family finally relinquished this fear to

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scientists posted at the Jacksonville

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Naval Air Station the initial efforts of

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the Navy metallurgists were met with

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dead ends as their x-ray machines were

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not strong enough to penetrate the

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sphere

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according to navy spokesman Chris Byrne

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eager he said the following our first

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x-ray attempts got us nowhere

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we're going to use a more powerful

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machine on it and also run spectrograph

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tests to determine what metal it's made

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of there's certainly something odd about

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it I don't know who manufactured it but

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I say it came from Earth we do know that

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it's not explosive and presents no

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hazard eventually the scientists at the

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station were able to determine that the

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exact size of the sphere was seven point

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96 inches in diameter and that it

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weighed precisely 21 point 34 pounds

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they also concluded that the shell of

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the sphere was approximately 1/2 inch

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thick which according to the report

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could withstand a pressure of 120.000

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pounds per square inch and made of

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stainless steel

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specifically Megan

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faris le number 431 this Ally is a

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magnetic nickel bearings stainless steel

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designed for heat treatment to the

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highest mechanical properties and

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corrosion resistance

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the Navy teams powerful 300 kV x-ray

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also discovered two round objects inside

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the sphere surrounded by a quote halo

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made of a material with an unusual

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density they also noted that the sphere

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displayed four different magnetic poles

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two positive and two negative which were

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not concentric the Navy also concluded

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that while the sphere was intensely

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magnetic it did not show signs of

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radioactivity it did not appear to be an

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explosive at this point the Navy

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scientists wanted to cut into the object

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to get a better look but Gerry Betts

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steadfastly refused stating to the press

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I told them we expect a comprehensive

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report in two weeks and if it can't be

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identified as government property it is

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to be returned to us the Navy made good

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on their promise and returned the sphere

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but lingering questions remain as to the

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origin and identity of the object

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that there is quite a lot of magnetism

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in it this indicator would indicate that

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the fall is some sort of Steel you have

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any theories as to what couple might be

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not really to me if this appears to be a

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real what the balance is at this point

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the Betts family began to seriously

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consider the possibility that they were

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in possession of the genuine

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extraterrestrial technology or an alien

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buggy device as some of the neighbors

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had dubbed it according to Jerry if no

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other explanation can be found that's as

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logical as any who could say what's on

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another planet even speculations have

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been proven wrong the Navy says what it

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isn't they say it isn't an explosive so

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we still want to know what it is

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Berninger of course was hesitant to even

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entertaining the extraterrestrial origin

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hypothesis stating on April 15th 1974 in

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an edition of the Palm Beach Post as

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assured as burn occurs words seemed to

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be this opinion regarding the suppose

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its safety as well as the terrestrial

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origin of the sphere would not be shared

404
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by other scientists who tested the

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anomalous steel ball on April 13th 1974

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dr. Carl Wilson representing a Louisiana

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research firm known as the Omega minus

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one Institute in Baton Rouge Louisiana

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showed up on the scene

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dr. Wilson examined the sphere for over

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six hours and discovered that the sphere

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supposedly had radio waves coming from

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it and a magnetic field around it

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dr. Wilson confirmed the Navy's

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discovery of multiple poles within the

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sphere and claimed that the phenomenon

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was a mind bender as the flux density of

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the field appeared to fluctuate in

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potency based on as-yet-unidentified

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patterns this he claimed defied all

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known laws of physics dr. Wilson

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evidently went on to suggest that the

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metal that made up the shell of the

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sphere while comparable to stainless

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steel

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contained an unknown element making it

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slightly different from steel the doctor

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also apparently witnessed the spheres

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ability to propel itself across surfaces

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and abruptly change directions but was

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unable to determine a pattern in

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movement or explain how that was even

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possible one of the theories posited was

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that it might be a damaged

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extraterrestrial probe or perhaps saving

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some sort of anti-gravitational device

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in the end the Omega minus one Institute

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findings regarding the identity of the

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mysterious sphere were just as

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inconclusive as the Navy's and the Betts

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family were no closer to the truth it

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was then that members of the avro

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organization managed to convince the

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family that they might be in possession

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of evidence of the existence of

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extraterrestrial intelligence and as

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such with legitimacy eligible to win the

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national Enquirer's then $50,000 reward

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in the early 1970s the editorial staff

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of the National Enquirer and most other

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popular publications for that matter

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00:21:01,860 --> 00:20:58,760
took a serious interest at least in

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terms of profit margins in subjects Lake

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cryptozoology ufology and the

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supernatural on March 12 1972 the

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publication offered an award of ten

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thousand dollars for the best scientific

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00:21:18,970 --> 00:21:15,880
evidence of the reality of UFOs and

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00:21:21,970 --> 00:21:18,980
fifty thousand to the first person who

460
00:21:25,149 --> 00:21:21,980
could prove that UFOs came from outer

461
00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:25,159
space and is not a natural phenomena

462
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:27,830
this already bountiful zone was raised

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to 1 million by 1976 while The Enquirer

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was considered by most be a little more

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than a supermarket tabloid the

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publication took great pains to assemble

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what they refer to as a blue-ribbon

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panel which consisted of noted

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scientists including dr. J Allen Hynek

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dr. James Albert harder dr. R Leo

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sprinkle the group also consisted of

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biologist Frank B Salzburg and State

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University of New York professor of

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philosophy dr. Robert F creakin besides

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the PhD holders the panel was rounded

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out by such esteemed men

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as a former Supreme Court justice a

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former attorney general of the United

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States and a former New York Court of

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Appeals judge the heads of a borough

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MUFON and NICAP were also on hand to

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form a sort of mini panel those in

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charge of deciding which cases would go

484
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before the primary panel the team came

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together once a year and was charged

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with the daunting task of designating

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the most legitimate UFO cases reported

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in the past year as well as examining

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any physical evidence of Seti counters

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it would be at the panel's discretion to

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decide if any of the evidence

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represented incontrovertible proof of

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alien life and thus award its presenter

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the prize money up until this point the

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only winner was Darrell Johnson and

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family who are involved in the renowned

497
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Delphis Kansas UFO encounter resulting

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in an intriguing series of photos which

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one than $5,000 for scientifically

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valuable evidence of UFOs in 1974 the

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panel convened in New Orleans and the

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Betts family decided to send the

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mysterious sphere to the event while

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they no doubt hope to become the

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recipients of the substantial reward the

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family's primary objective was to expose

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the sphere to these esteemed scientists

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who might be able to suggest what

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further analysis might be performed to

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identify the anomalous sphere Terry

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Betts was designated as the personal

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carrier of the object that was sent to

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New Orleans with his sphere into I have

514
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no knowledge of how the sphere itself

515
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happened to be in the place where I

516
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found it as I've stated previously when

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I found it there was on top of the

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ground it was not embedded I saw no

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charred marks no you know

520
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no big indentations in the ground in

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fact it looks as if someone had taken

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and set at the spot but as to how it got

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there ah nor anyone else I know has any

524
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knowledge of this needless to say the

525
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sphere became the center of attention

526
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between April 20th and 21st the device

527
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was subjected to yet another battery of

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tests while the panel confirmed much of

529
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what the Omega minus 1 Institute and the

530
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Navy's researchers had already revealed

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including the fact that the object acted

532
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like an audio transponder it could not

533
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discern the origin of the sphere but as

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intrigued as the panel members were by

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the object the fact that it had no

536
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direct connection to any UFO sighting

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negated any possibility of the bets

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family winning the $50,000 reward in the

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end dr. J Allen Hynek surmised that the

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object was likely made colleagues

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regarding the so-called mystery sphere

542
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let me ask your precious professor Hynek

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about your latest evaluation of the

544
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sphere seems like a perfectly normal

545
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there I see if that if that is true then

546
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why hasn't someone stepped forward to to

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make

548
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well I wanted that very same thing and

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uh do you have any theories about that

550
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well no I'm very much wondering why the

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me that if if we're to be normal and

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natural if somebody surely would have

553
00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:03,890
with it well I've got one like that my

554
00:26:08,620 --> 00:26:06,289
garage or our company maker who with

555
00:26:10,779 --> 00:26:08,630
over the week or something like that but

556
00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:10,789
the sphere also caught the attention of

557
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:12,950
one of his blue ribbon panel colleagues

558
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:15,650
and this noted scientists investigation

559
00:26:21,340 --> 00:26:17,770
into the sphere will take a potentially

560
00:26:25,870 --> 00:26:21,350
terrifying turn forcing enter to ask is

561
00:26:28,779 --> 00:26:25,880
the sphere a doomsday device dr. James

562
00:26:31,149 --> 00:26:28,789
Albert Carter the professor emeritus of

563
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:31,159
civil and hydraulic engineer at the

564
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:33,110
University of California at Berkeley

565
00:26:37,870 --> 00:26:35,690
became increasingly intrigued by the

566
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:37,880
reports he was reading regarding the

567
00:26:42,460 --> 00:26:40,400
bets fear and he was no doubt delighted

568
00:26:45,490 --> 00:26:42,470
by his opportunity to examine the object

569
00:26:48,010 --> 00:26:45,500
firsthand following the National

570
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:48,020
Enquirer competition the bets allowed

571
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:50,690
dr. harder to examine the sphere the

572
00:26:54,490 --> 00:26:53,600
results of which were disconcerting to

573
00:26:57,159 --> 00:26:54,500
say the least

574
00:26:59,070 --> 00:26:57,169
dr. James a hardier the a prose

575
00:27:01,210 --> 00:26:59,080
consultant in civil engineering

576
00:27:03,430 --> 00:27:01,220
commented that an x-ray of the sphere

577
00:27:06,909 --> 00:27:03,440
should result in a doughnut-shaped

578
00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:06,919
presentation however the navy x-ray show

579
00:27:12,570 --> 00:27:10,039
to internal spheres after the 300 kV

580
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:12,580
x-ray bombardment rendered the shell

581
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:15,650
invisible this indicates that the

582
00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:18,080
internal material is more dense than the

583
00:27:23,380 --> 00:27:21,289
stainless steel shell thus a substantial

584
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:23,390
portion of the weight in the internal

585
00:27:27,770 --> 00:27:25,730
material and the shell could be much

586
00:27:29,270 --> 00:27:27,780
thinner than half an egg

587
00:27:31,730 --> 00:27:29,280
the father that seems a little

588
00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:31,740
anticlimactic then all one needs to

589
00:27:36,830 --> 00:27:33,990
really do is read the final conclusions

590
00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:36,840
that dr. harder came to regarding the

591
00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:38,940
nature of the sphere and its internal

592
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:42,060
contents in an announcement made at the

593
00:27:48,650 --> 00:27:44,730
International UFO Congress in Chicago on

594
00:27:52,450 --> 00:27:48,660
June 24th 1977 dr. harder presented his

595
00:27:56,210 --> 00:27:52,460
truly astonishing and utterly terrifying

596
00:27:58,880 --> 00:27:56,220
findings regarding the Betts fear based

597
00:28:00,980 --> 00:27:58,890
on my x-ray studies the two internal

598
00:28:04,010 --> 00:28:00,990
spheres are made of elements far heavier

599
00:28:05,750 --> 00:28:04,020
than anything known to science while the

600
00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:05,760
heaviest element yet produced in any

601
00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:07,950
atomic reactor here on earth has an

602
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:10,800
atomic number of 105 and the heaviest

603
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:12,600
element occurring naturally on earth is

604
00:28:17,870 --> 00:28:15,440
uranium with an atomic number of 92 I

605
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:17,880
have determined that the Betts fear has

606
00:28:24,890 --> 00:28:22,710
atomic numbers higher than 140 if one

607
00:28:26,510 --> 00:28:24,900
were to drill into the sphere it is

608
00:28:28,820 --> 00:28:26,520
possible that the masses could go

609
00:28:32,030 --> 00:28:28,830
critical and explode like an atomic bomb

610
00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:32,040
and because of this danger and because

611
00:28:35,450 --> 00:28:33,840
the object is still presumably under

612
00:28:38,780 --> 00:28:35,460
surveillance by its supposed alien

613
00:28:40,340 --> 00:28:38,790
makers I'd warn anyone against to any

614
00:28:43,340 --> 00:28:40,350
attempts to go to Florida to investigate

615
00:28:45,950 --> 00:28:43,350
the Betts fear as if this weren't

616
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:45,960
potentially dire enough harder went on

617
00:28:50,930 --> 00:28:47,810
to warn the assembled audience of

618
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:50,940
scientists and UFO investigators that

619
00:28:56,330 --> 00:28:53,610
any attempt to discern the contents of

620
00:29:00,850 --> 00:28:56,340
the sphere might unintentionally set it

621
00:29:04,250 --> 00:29:00,860
off or worse yet offend its ostensibly

622
00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:04,260
extraterrestrial creators it went

623
00:29:08,210 --> 00:29:06,270
unreported whether or not the Betts

624
00:29:11,660 --> 00:29:08,220
family concurred with dr. Harding's

625
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:11,670
potentially apocalyptic conclusions but

626
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:13,290
it is difficult to believe that they

627
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:15,930
were not at least a little anxious about

628
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:18,510
the potentially devastating effects that

629
00:29:23,990 --> 00:29:21,840
tampering with the sphere may cause was

630
00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:24,000
about at this time that the stories

631
00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:26,310
surrounding the sphere seemed to vanish

632
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:28,480
without a trace

633
00:29:33,390 --> 00:29:31,780
the sphere itself that is to say at

634
00:29:36,419 --> 00:29:33,400
least from the public eye

635
00:29:38,730 --> 00:29:36,429
this is baffling considering the fact

636
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:38,740
that it was at just this moment that the

637
00:29:44,970 --> 00:29:41,440
tale became truly fascinating

638
00:29:47,490 --> 00:29:44,980
not to mention possibly dangerous as the

639
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:47,500
years have slipped into decades two

640
00:29:52,409 --> 00:29:49,530
primary questions have haunted

641
00:29:55,980 --> 00:29:52,419
investigators the first son answer

642
00:29:58,919 --> 00:29:55,990
question is what the hell was the BET's

643
00:30:01,020 --> 00:29:58,929
fear the million-dollar question is of

644
00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:01,030
course Dee Terry Betts and his parents

645
00:30:07,070 --> 00:30:03,520
actually stumble across an alien

646
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:07,080
artifact or is there a more prosaic

647
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:10,690
explanation for the whole affair some of

648
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:13,090
the more mundane hypotheses proposed

649
00:30:18,390 --> 00:30:15,190
have ranged from the sphere being an

650
00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:18,400
extra large ball bearing to a paper mill

651
00:30:24,900 --> 00:30:21,580
valve or maybe it was a cryogenic

652
00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:24,910
storage device known as a Dewar flask or

653
00:30:30,150 --> 00:30:27,520
maybe it was a check valve used in a

654
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:30,160
phosphate pumping line but it seems

655
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:31,840
likely that any of the number of

656
00:30:36,539 --> 00:30:34,330
scientists and engineers who examine the

657
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:36,549
sphere were likely to have ruled out any

658
00:30:42,390 --> 00:30:39,760
commonplace industrial tool nevertheless

659
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:42,400
there is one mechanism that numerous

660
00:30:48,570 --> 00:30:45,070
researchers have clamped onto as the

661
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:48,580
true identity of the sphere and that is

662
00:30:54,630 --> 00:30:51,250
that the sphere was nothing more than a

663
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:54,640
sea bottom marker the fact that both the

664
00:30:59,820 --> 00:30:57,010
Marines and the Navy denied ownership of

665
00:31:01,560 --> 00:30:59,830
the device is noteworthy especially in

666
00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:01,570
light of the fact that in the years that

667
00:31:06,150 --> 00:31:03,190
would follow there'd be numerous

668
00:31:08,250 --> 00:31:06,160
investigators including UFO author role

669
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:08,260
in Dee's story who would suggest that

670
00:31:13,260 --> 00:31:10,690
the object was indeed a sea bottom

671
00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:13,270
marker which was used to assist missile

672
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:15,400
launching submarines by giving them

673
00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:17,890
stable points of reference for ballistic

674
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:21,370
calculations according to story he said

675
00:31:26,749 --> 00:31:23,679
that the Navy's failure to identify the

676
00:31:29,959 --> 00:31:26,759
sphere could be due to a need-to-know

677
00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:29,969
related to classified devices the

678
00:31:33,739 --> 00:31:31,799
inherent flaw in this theory however

679
00:31:34,549 --> 00:31:33,749
resides in the fact that even if

680
00:31:36,199 --> 00:31:34,559
Berninger

681
00:31:38,869 --> 00:31:36,209
and his team did not have top-secret

682
00:31:40,729 --> 00:31:38,879
clearance the hoopla surrounding the

683
00:31:43,069 --> 00:31:40,739
discovery of the sphere not to mention

684
00:31:44,779 --> 00:31:43,079
the reams of paperwork that would have

685
00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:44,789
been necessary to conduct these

686
00:31:49,719 --> 00:31:47,129
experiments with Navy personnel would

687
00:31:53,659 --> 00:31:49,729
have surely set off some kind of alarm

688
00:31:55,669 --> 00:31:53,669
even in clandestine circles the Betts

689
00:31:57,379 --> 00:31:55,679
family had already agreed to give up on

690
00:31:59,869 --> 00:31:57,389
the device if it proved to be military

691
00:32:02,089 --> 00:31:59,879
property and it would have taken very

692
00:32:04,459 --> 00:32:02,099
little effort on the Navy's or the

693
00:32:06,349 --> 00:32:04,469
Marines before them for that matter to

694
00:32:08,989 --> 00:32:06,359
keep the sphere in their possession of

695
00:32:10,430 --> 00:32:08,999
the technology were that sensitive even

696
00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:10,440
if they wanted to keep the devices

697
00:32:16,549 --> 00:32:13,859
purposes a secret the flipside however

698
00:32:19,269 --> 00:32:16,559
is that the Betts fear might have been a

699
00:32:22,249 --> 00:32:19,279
piece of top-secret or maybe even

700
00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:22,259
extraterrestrial technology and that the

701
00:32:29,119 --> 00:32:25,769
Navy replaced it with a replica but this

702
00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:29,129
is of course pure speculation one should

703
00:32:34,279 --> 00:32:31,049
also consider the fact that Antoine

704
00:32:36,469 --> 00:32:34,289
Betts was a marine engineer while he's

705
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:36,479
not likely to be an expert on military

706
00:32:41,359 --> 00:32:39,690
tech we'd seem improbable that he would

707
00:32:44,869 --> 00:32:41,369
not have at least recognized that

708
00:32:46,729 --> 00:32:44,879
devices merits of the origin so assuming

709
00:32:48,829 --> 00:32:46,739
that this was not a ballistic reference

710
00:32:51,079 --> 00:32:48,839
marker perhaps we ought to consider the

711
00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:51,089
possibility that the Betts family came

712
00:32:59,149 --> 00:32:55,529
across a stolen steel ball according to

713
00:33:01,849 --> 00:32:59,159
the April 23rd 1974 edition of the Ocala

714
00:33:04,039 --> 00:33:01,859
star banner a sculptor by the name of

715
00:33:06,169 --> 00:33:04,049
James sterling Jones claimed to have

716
00:33:08,089 --> 00:33:06,179
lost the sphere when a cluster of them

717
00:33:10,369 --> 00:33:08,099
fell off the luggage rack of his

718
00:33:12,379 --> 00:33:10,379
Volkswagen bus while he was driving

719
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:12,389
through the Jacksonville area on his way

720
00:33:17,020 --> 00:33:14,690
home to Taos New Mexico

721
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:17,030
Durling jones asserted that he'd gotten

722
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:19,490
the industrial valves spheres from an

723
00:33:24,340 --> 00:33:21,770
anonymous friend who had procured the

724
00:33:26,530 --> 00:33:24,350
objects illegally he further asserted

725
00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:26,540
that the rattling that the Betts is

726
00:33:30,100 --> 00:33:28,490
claimed to hear within the sphere was

727
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:30,110
due to the fact that the company that

728
00:33:35,710 --> 00:33:32,930
manufactured it had drilled holes into

729
00:33:39,580 --> 00:33:35,720
the object allowing metal chips to fall

730
00:33:41,470 --> 00:33:39,590
inside before reweld in them shut this

731
00:33:44,140 --> 00:33:41,480
seems to fly in the face of the fact

732
00:33:46,990 --> 00:33:44,150
that none of the experts who examine the

733
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:47,000
sphere noticed any weld marks and that

734
00:33:52,210 --> 00:33:49,610
the x-rays seemed to reveal distinct

735
00:33:55,210 --> 00:33:52,220
structures within the object his

736
00:33:57,490 --> 00:33:55,220
testimony is further cast into doubt due

737
00:33:59,170 --> 00:33:57,500
to the fact that the artist ostensibly

738
00:34:02,020 --> 00:33:59,180
in an effort to protect his friend and

739
00:34:04,030 --> 00:34:02,030
his illicit activities refused to name

740
00:34:06,610 --> 00:34:04,040
the company that manufactured his

741
00:34:10,090 --> 00:34:06,620
spheres which might have put the whole

742
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:10,100
business to rest once and for all

743
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:12,290
Paulette seems as if the industrial

744
00:34:17,380 --> 00:34:14,930
angle may rest on shaky ground there's

745
00:34:20,230 --> 00:34:17,390
the distinct possibility that the sphere

746
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:20,240
was another kind of artificial object

747
00:34:24,670 --> 00:34:22,610
which may have plummeted from the

748
00:34:29,110 --> 00:34:24,680
loftiest of heights to the earth below

749
00:34:30,460 --> 00:34:29,120
in the form of a Down satellite it's

750
00:34:32,890 --> 00:34:30,470
difficult to claim that the Betts

751
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:32,900
mystery sphere does not resemble a

752
00:34:38,890 --> 00:34:36,320
Sputnik style Soviet satellite with its

753
00:34:41,650 --> 00:34:38,900
antennas ripped off or perhaps even a

754
00:34:44,020 --> 00:34:41,660
simplified version of China's she shot

755
00:34:48,010 --> 00:34:44,030
one experimental satellite which was

756
00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:48,020
launched in 1971 as tempting as it is to

757
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:51,200
suppose that the sphere was man-made the

758
00:34:55,660 --> 00:34:53,090
fact remains that there was absolutely

759
00:34:58,510 --> 00:34:55,670
no indication of a crash on the Betts

760
00:35:01,240 --> 00:34:58,520
property saved the brush fire and no

761
00:35:04,930 --> 00:35:01,250
sign of any re-entry burns on the object

762
00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:04,940
itself these two facts alone would seem

763
00:35:10,180 --> 00:35:07,280
to entirely disqualify the notion that

764
00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:10,190
the mystery sphere was a to rest early

765
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:13,790
constructed object so leaving behind

766
00:35:18,460 --> 00:35:16,490
both industrial and satellite theories

767
00:35:20,980 --> 00:35:18,470
let's look at some of the less ordinary

768
00:35:22,690 --> 00:35:20,990
options including the fact that the

769
00:35:25,210 --> 00:35:22,700
sphere seemed to have an eerie

770
00:35:28,450 --> 00:35:25,220
resemblance to the oft reported World

771
00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:28,460
War two aerial Marauders known as the

772
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:31,370
Foo Fighters beginning in November of

773
00:35:38,050 --> 00:35:35,450
1944 world war ii allied aircraft pilots

774
00:35:40,690 --> 00:35:38,060
begin to describe frightening encounters

775
00:35:43,470 --> 00:35:40,700
with small glowing silver colored

776
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:43,480
spheres in the skies over Germany and

777
00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:46,730
eventually the Pacific Theater these

778
00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:49,280
strange airborne anomalies appear to

779
00:35:54,940 --> 00:35:51,860
follow the Allied planes both

780
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:54,950
individually and in clusters they were

781
00:36:00,610 --> 00:35:57,490
able to maneuver around the planes at

782
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:00,620
tremendous rates of speed and displayed

783
00:36:06,370 --> 00:36:04,490
astonishing dexterity even stranger was

784
00:36:08,950 --> 00:36:06,380
the fact that these peculiar machines

785
00:36:11,380 --> 00:36:08,960
seemed to toy with the crew of these

786
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:11,390
aircraft causing a great deal of

787
00:36:16,910 --> 00:36:13,970
consternation among those on board but

788
00:36:20,300 --> 00:36:16,920
exhibit few if any overtly hostile

789
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:20,310
actions these sightings were taken very

790
00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:23,010
seriously by the military brass who

791
00:36:28,490 --> 00:36:25,860
assumed that these Foo Fighters were yet

792
00:36:31,660 --> 00:36:28,500
another new weapon conceived by Nazi

793
00:36:34,730 --> 00:36:31,670
scientists to turn the tide of the war

794
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:34,740
but soon it became evident that these

795
00:36:39,940 --> 00:36:37,650
bizarre aerial acrobats were also

796
00:36:42,350 --> 00:36:39,950
accosting axis pilots

797
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:42,360
according to UFO researcher and

798
00:36:46,730 --> 00:36:45,210
professor of Natural Sciences at Western

799
00:36:50,090 --> 00:36:46,740
Michigan University

800
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:50,100
Michael D swords he stated that during

801
00:36:53,990 --> 00:36:52,410
World War 2 the Foo Fighter experiences

802
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:54,000
of Allied pilots were taken very

803
00:36:58,370 --> 00:36:56,490
seriously accounts of these cases were

804
00:37:00,770 --> 00:36:58,380
presented to heavyweight scientists such

805
00:37:03,350 --> 00:37:00,780
as David Griggs Luis Alvarez in HP

806
00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:03,360
Robertson the phenomenon was never

807
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:06,150
explained most of the information about

808
00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:07,770
the issue has never been released by

809
00:37:13,310 --> 00:37:11,100
military intelligence while Foo Fighter

810
00:37:15,950 --> 00:37:13,320
Runyon's continued to be reported by

811
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:15,960
pilots following world war ii reports

812
00:37:21,170 --> 00:37:17,970
had to window down in the latter half of

813
00:37:23,330 --> 00:37:21,180
the 20th century still it's hard to turn

814
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:23,340
a blind eye to the fact that the best

815
00:37:29,030 --> 00:37:26,610
fear at least on the surface seems to be

816
00:37:32,090 --> 00:37:29,040
very similar to eyewitness descriptions

817
00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:32,100
of Foo Fighters but if these round

818
00:37:37,910 --> 00:37:35,040
glowing hummingbird like objects are not

819
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:37,920
to blame then like this be some sort of

820
00:37:43,970 --> 00:37:41,970
alien atomic bomb in his highly

821
00:37:47,330 --> 00:37:43,980
acclaimed book Chariots of the Gods

822
00:37:50,390 --> 00:37:47,340
author Erich von Daniken introduced the

823
00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:50,400
world at large to robert Sheroes theory

824
00:37:55,310 --> 00:37:52,380
that it might have been extraterrestrial

825
00:37:57,740 --> 00:37:55,320
atomic weapons that were responsible for

826
00:38:01,040 --> 00:37:57,750
the total destruction of the biblical

827
00:38:04,460 --> 00:38:01,050
cities of sodom and gomorrah as well as

828
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:04,470
other ancient disasters supporters of

829
00:38:08,890 --> 00:38:07,050
the alien atomic bomb theory maintain

830
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:08,900
that in the ancient past

831
00:38:14,930 --> 00:38:11,730
extraterrestrials or possibly a lost

832
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:14,940
civilizations such as Atlantis managed

833
00:38:20,720 --> 00:38:18,090
to detonate nuclear weapons on earth the

834
00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:20,730
venerated Hindu epic known as the

835
00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:21,760
Mahabharata

836
00:38:26,460 --> 00:38:23,910
even describes a single projectile

837
00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:26,470
charged with all the power of the

838
00:38:33,660 --> 00:38:30,100
universe an incandescent column of smoke

839
00:38:36,810 --> 00:38:33,670
and flame as bright as ten thousand suns

840
00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:36,820
in all its splendor this one must admit

841
00:38:42,359 --> 00:38:39,190
sounds suspiciously like an atomic

842
00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:42,369
explosion and its resulting mushroom

843
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:45,670
cloud the Mahabharata also refers to

844
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:47,950
great battles that were fought with the

845
00:38:53,730 --> 00:38:50,770
ancient past with airships and beam

846
00:38:56,540 --> 00:38:53,740
weapons which resembles some modern

847
00:38:59,580 --> 00:38:56,550
reports of UFO technology

848
00:39:02,910 --> 00:38:59,590
needless to say mainstream academics

849
00:39:05,250 --> 00:39:02,920
dismiss this theory out of hand but if

850
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:05,260
for the sake of argument we entertain

851
00:39:09,349 --> 00:39:07,090
the notion that aliens were visiting

852
00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:09,359
earth in the ancient past and

853
00:39:14,790 --> 00:39:11,560
occasionally waging war with our

854
00:39:17,010 --> 00:39:14,800
ancestors then could it be possible that

855
00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:17,020
the potential doomsday device described

856
00:39:22,620 --> 00:39:19,810
by dr. hardy might not be a more modern

857
00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:22,630
alien weapon that accidentally or

858
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:25,540
intentionally fell into the hands of

859
00:39:32,609 --> 00:39:29,490
human beings the premise is thin but

860
00:39:33,720 --> 00:39:32,619
still intriguing in a science fiction

861
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:33,730
sort of way

862
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:37,330
the truth is we may never know what the

863
00:39:43,890 --> 00:39:40,930
best fear was but one surefire way to

864
00:39:46,349 --> 00:39:43,900
try and end this enigma is to solve the

865
00:39:51,930 --> 00:39:46,359
second biggest mystery surrounding the

866
00:39:54,780 --> 00:39:51,940
sphere where the hell is it when all the

867
00:39:57,630 --> 00:39:54,790
routine theories and wild speculations

868
00:39:59,609 --> 00:39:57,640
are put finally aside the single biggest

869
00:40:02,460 --> 00:39:59,619
mystery that remains is what ever

870
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:02,470
happened to the best fear in the years

871
00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:04,510
that followed this strange series of

872
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:07,240
events numerous other unfathomable

873
00:40:12,599 --> 00:40:09,310
spheres have plummeted to the earth in

874
00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:12,609
such diverse places as Russia Australia

875
00:40:20,190 --> 00:40:17,800
Iraq and Alabama of all places but none

876
00:40:23,430 --> 00:40:20,200
have ever managed to capture the world's

877
00:40:24,970 --> 00:40:23,440
attention quite like the BET's fear is

878
00:40:27,670 --> 00:40:24,980
Terri Betts

879
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:27,680
one of his relatives still in possession

880
00:40:33,849 --> 00:40:31,040
of the sphere have its allegedly alien

881
00:40:36,310 --> 00:40:33,859
creators reclaimed it or has a long

882
00:40:39,700 --> 00:40:36,320
since been confiscated by the United

883
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:39,710
States military the latter would make

884
00:40:45,730 --> 00:40:42,650
sense if dr. Harding's warning about the

885
00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:45,740
object's destructive potential proved to

886
00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:46,420
be true

887
00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:49,790
sadly following dr. Harding's dire for

888
00:40:55,690 --> 00:40:52,910
warning in 1974 there's been very little

889
00:40:57,870 --> 00:40:55,700
mention of the sphere in the media and

890
00:41:01,359 --> 00:40:57,880
like many flash-in-the-pan

891
00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:01,369
curiosity stories this one likely ran

892
00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:03,500
its course and the public's interest was

893
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:06,140
captured by some other passing fad

894
00:41:12,730 --> 00:41:08,930
before wrapping this puzzle up in any

895
00:41:15,579 --> 00:41:12,740
satisfied fashion but that doesn't mean

896
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:15,589
there haven't been developments in an

897
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:17,810
exclusive interview with Scott Philbrook

898
00:41:23,050 --> 00:41:20,089
and Forrest Burgess of the astonishing

899
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:23,060
legends podcast a close friend of the

900
00:41:28,660 --> 00:41:25,450
Betts family claimed that J Allen Hynek

901
00:41:31,569 --> 00:41:28,670
the Project Blue Book astronomer turned

902
00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:31,579
to UFO investigator started spending a

903
00:41:36,670 --> 00:41:34,160
lot of time at the Betts home when they

904
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:36,680
had the sphere eventually becoming a

905
00:41:41,950 --> 00:41:39,290
very close friend and even spending

906
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:41,960
nights at the house doing all types of

907
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:44,930
experiments on the sphere this friend

908
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:47,210
who was there at the time would go on to

909
00:41:52,359 --> 00:41:48,890
say that Jerry Betts

910
00:41:56,410 --> 00:41:52,369
began to form a whole new opinion of

911
00:41:59,260 --> 00:41:56,420
Hynek and his motives dr. Hynek had come

912
00:42:01,510 --> 00:41:59,270
and he friended himself to the family to

913
00:42:04,870 --> 00:42:01,520
where he came back a couple of times and

914
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:04,880
and correspondent with her for years but

915
00:42:08,950 --> 00:42:06,770
there was something about him that she

916
00:42:11,230 --> 00:42:08,960
did not trust and she felt very

917
00:42:13,990 --> 00:42:11,240
uncomfortable with and she felt like in

918
00:42:15,670 --> 00:42:14,000
the end when the ball was taken and

919
00:42:17,829 --> 00:42:15,680
everything done to it she felt like he

920
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:17,839
had a lot to do with it and that he knew

921
00:42:20,950 --> 00:42:19,280
more than he was telling and he would

922
00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:20,960
tell us one thing but if you go when you

923
00:42:24,819 --> 00:42:23,420
read things on lie about well he said

924
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:24,829
that it was nothing and and people

925
00:42:28,809 --> 00:42:26,210
speculate that he's trying to save his

926
00:42:31,089 --> 00:42:28,819
career his career is UFOs it's not like

927
00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:31,099
you're a neurosurgeon and you're doing

928
00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:32,720
something squirrely or you're someone

929
00:42:35,700 --> 00:42:33,940
researching UFOs

930
00:42:38,579 --> 00:42:35,710
he would tell us something and tell a

931
00:42:40,410 --> 00:42:38,589
stories of things that I'm sure he

932
00:42:42,059 --> 00:42:40,420
probably shouldn't have been telling and

933
00:42:45,180 --> 00:42:42,069
maybe that was to ingratiate himself to

934
00:42:47,250 --> 00:42:45,190
us but I think he had serious ulterior

935
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:47,260
motives and I was young then but hearing

936
00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:50,050
her Howard and express her concern of

937
00:42:55,950 --> 00:42:53,380
him even being in the house of course

938
00:42:58,819 --> 00:42:55,960
there's a chance that in the years

939
00:43:01,440 --> 00:42:58,829
following these bizarre events some

940
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:01,450
accredited scientific institution

941
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:04,450
inspected the sphere and made a formal

942
00:43:10,650 --> 00:43:07,210
announcement regarding its origin thus

943
00:43:13,319 --> 00:43:10,660
solving this enigma once and for all but

944
00:43:17,069 --> 00:43:13,329
if that is the case there's no public

945
00:43:20,099 --> 00:43:17,079
record of it anywhere but in a strange

946
00:43:23,339 --> 00:43:20,109
twist to the entire affair Paul Hynek

947
00:43:25,950 --> 00:43:23,349
one of J Allen Hynek sons admitted that

948
00:43:28,530 --> 00:43:25,960
in his childhood his father had a

949
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:28,540
strange metallic ball hidden in the

950
00:43:33,690 --> 00:43:31,119
basement that he and his brother ceased

951
00:43:36,329 --> 00:43:33,700
to play with they never knew where it

952
00:43:39,380 --> 00:43:36,339
came from or why their father had it

953
00:43:42,750 --> 00:43:39,390
could this have been the best fear and

954
00:43:46,109 --> 00:43:42,760
Hynek either stole it or eventually

955
00:43:49,380 --> 00:43:46,119
acquired it from the Betts family it all

956
00:43:53,220 --> 00:43:49,390
seems just a bit too coincidental if you

957
00:43:55,559 --> 00:43:53,230
ask me in the end there's a good chance

958
00:43:58,890 --> 00:43:55,569
that we will never know definitive

959
00:44:02,130 --> 00:43:58,900
origins of the sphere but there is the

960
00:44:05,250 --> 00:44:02,140
frankly my new chance that as you listen

961
00:44:06,589 --> 00:44:05,260
to this episode the irrefutable proof of

962
00:44:08,250 --> 00:44:06,599
the existence of extraterrestrial

963
00:44:10,820 --> 00:44:08,260
intelligence

964
00:44:14,370 --> 00:44:10,830
might be sitting in a cardboard box

965
00:44:17,310 --> 00:44:14,380
collecting dust in someone's dingy

966
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:17,320
basement just waiting for a curious

967
00:44:34,890 --> 00:44:32,420
[Music]

968
00:44:36,630 --> 00:44:34,900
somewhere in the skies is produced by

969
00:44:38,580 --> 00:44:36,640
Third Kind productions in association

970
00:44:40,380 --> 00:44:38,590
with the entertainment one podcast