The Betz Sphere – Alien Artifact Or Ancient Doomsday Device?
- By
Marcus Lowth
- May 7, 2018
- September 27, 2021
- 8 min read
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- Conspiracy Theory Analysis, Technology
There are many finds of strange and bizarre objects made all over the planet. Perhaps none, however, matched the intense interest of a shiny, metallic orb in northern Florida in the spring of 1974.
Terry Betz 1974
The discovery of the “Betz Sphere”, as it became known, fascinated multiple fields of interest. From ufologists, ancient astronaut enthusiasts, archaeologists, scientists, and even the United States’ military, each wished to investigate the mysterious object in relation to their areas of research or concern. When the national, and ultimately international media ran with the story, the Betz family and their enigmatic find became the focus of multiple “representatives” from these various organizations, and ...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
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Problem I have with claims of special properties in sound, travel, and response are, WHERE ARE THE VIDEOS proving all this?
I shot astonishing films in Kodachrome Super-8 with stereo sound on relative inexpensive hand held Bolex Cameras in early 1970s, as part of high school program. (Better than anything but the latest 13 and 14 pro max iPhones)
Ball was long in their possession.
Folks, when you see there are great claims but No Effort at providing proof – Run. You are in presence of showman and scam.
odd article, I found it when researching the BETZ spherical electric motor, of which there is a complete teardown and rebuilding of in a youtube video! Even Odder is that it is labeled with a brass plate with the name BETZ Motor Company on the plate!
I think I smell rat pellets here somewhere, because this is no mistery machine it’s an electric motor inside a sphere, nothing more and nothing less.
Dennis – you are on very thin ice, if you are comparing the Sphere in article to this video on Betz Motor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FDyF8gVoL8
Buddy, you are disrespecting Marcus’s fine research with your trolling post here.
QED
The fact that no one or agency could define what it was or how it worked the way it did clearly shows it was not made on this earth. Where it is now is a really interesting and valid question that should be answered.
AARON R
You are ignoring the fact that the sphere possesed special qualities regarding it’s behavior.
No ordinary persons, artists included, posses exotic elements having 140 in it’s atomic number.
There are 2 theories not mentioned here. One, that an artist who had made a modern art sculpture consisiting of various sized stainless steel spheres had been traveling through the area close to the time with said sculpture andost a part of it from the back of his truck. The othere, that it was some kind of sonde used by deep sea drilling rigs, of which there are many off the gulf coast. Both of these theories have been discussed in other articles. The artist one is the most plausible, as he had even been interviewed back then.