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Astonishing Legends

The Betz Sphere Part 3

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.69.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

For something that many would claim was just a misplaced piece of industrial equipment, the Betz Sphere attracted a lot of serious attention, some official, some dubious and some a bit of both. Despite the initial vague or dismissive statements from the US Navy and noted scientists such as Dr. J. Allen Hynek that were reported by the news media, they were determined to continue seeking answers from it. The interest didn't stop with our government either, as mysterious foreign agents had shown up and expressed a keen interest in obtaining the orb. Subterfuge, manipulation both social and scientific, a disproportionate offer of a large sum of money, and even a possibly related assault all seem like a lot of effort to obtain an old discarded valve ball. Never before seen photos of the sphere posted with this episode on all of our social media.

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0:07.0

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0:18.0

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0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk for what's

0:29.0

last greener.

0:30.0

Estonishing legends would like to thank the great courses plus Robin Hood, Hims,

0:34.0

Orion and our contributors to Patreon for making tonight's show possible.

0:38.0

We're now two episodes into the story of the Beth's sphere and we've learned

0:43.0

quite a bit up until now. We've cleared up some misconceptions about the

0:47.0

circumstances under which the sphere was discovered and gotten to know the Beth's

0:51.0

family, who became its custodians. We believe that when possible, one should

0:56.0

always get to know the people whose legend you're sharing. It is, after all,

1:01.0

they're legend and we're only borrowing it and in the case of this particular

1:05.0

tale, doing so with a great deal of assistance from the folks who lived through it.

1:10.0

Tonight we'll move past the discovery of the sphere and what it did is we dig into

1:15.0

the ensuing investigations and the myriad of personalities that became involved,

1:20.0

including the venerated US Air Force UFO investigator, Dr. J. Allen Heidek,

1:25.0

who became a Beth's family friend over time, but did he have other intentions?

1:30.0

Welcome back to Estonishing Legends. I'm Scott Philbrook and this is Forest Burgess.

1:50.0

And all of a sudden, a man grabbed her from behind around the neck. She fell off

1:54.0

of the ottoman that she was sitting on and dropped the phone. She was screaming

1:57.0

into the phone. They're trying to get me. They're trying to get me.

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