On the night of May 26th 1964, a 21 year old premed student by the name of Terry Mathew Bets along with his mother and father were inspecting the damage caused by a recent brush fire that had recently enveloped nearly 80 acres of land situated on Ft. George Island. As they approached the brush fire, they suddenly came upon a very mysterious and very out of place metal ball that is said to be just under 8 inches in diameter and extremely well polished and shiny for the location at which it was found. The mystery ball had no blemishes or inscriptions that would allow them to identify where it came from .What it had, however, was a very strange triangular stamp embedded into the ball. What would follow this discovery would go down as one of the most mysterious cases in Ufology history and has since been known as The Betz Mystery Sphere.

After the initial discovery Terry and his parents thought that this may have been a piece from the Soviet Sputnik satellite. But on later inspection, this proved false. So they decided to take this strange object home with them and thought nothing more of it chalking it up to a strange experience, they sat the ball in their living room. It wasn’t until two weeks later, that Terry was playing with his guitar in the same room as the sphere when suddenly the ball started reacting to the music emitting a strange throbbing sound and a vibration. Deeply disturbed, the family’s dog ran and hid under the table. The Betz family continued to discover many more strange properties hidden within this mystery ball. They noted that it would suddenly move, roll around the table and would suddenly come back to its original position and stopping. It also seemed to draw some sort of power or energy from the sun, where the strange powers emanated from it would become more noticeable and active on bright sunny days.

They began to believe that someone or something was controlling the sphere or it had a life of its own. It would occasionally emit a low frequency rattling or vibration as if there was some sort of motor operating inside it. When pushed, the ball would avoid falling and damaging itself and would completely defy the laws of gravity by climbing up a slanted table to avoid falling off. Eventually the media caught on to this story and there was a news frenzy. The sphere repeated these tricks to countless people. The “alien metal ball” was even handed over to the United States Navy where experts were further puzzled by doing their own study and examination of the object. And what the navy found was that it was made of a very high grade steel and X-rays revealed that there were three or four smaller spheres inside. The navy further went on to say that they could not conclude as to why it was behaving strangely unless cutting into it. The Betz family, however, did not want the ball to be cut into and it was returned to the Betz home and that’s when things really started getting strange.

The mystery object took a turn for the worst and started exhibiting poltergeist like activity. The family would hear doors slamming at night, or strange music that filled the house that appear out of nowhere. And to this day the mysterious sphere continues to reside with the Betz family. Over the years there has been many theories to what this object is. With many believing that this is some sort of alien drone or technology that had fallen from space after which exhibiting this strange power. Others have said that it is merely a piece of artwork that had been lost years prior by an artist in that area who had also done work with stainless steel balls. However, much of the reported strange phenomenon and strange powers that came from the ball, that to this day unexplained, have led many to believe that this is simply a coverup. And that the United States Navy could not find the mystery behind it.

These mysterious spheres have also turned up in religious artwork like the one seen in this photo. What you are seeing here is called the Glorification Of Eucharist and it is one of the most mysterious historical paintings created in the 16th century created by an Italian painter named Ventura di Archangelo Salimbeni.

The artwork depicted a number of common religious symbols depicting the father, the son and the holy spirit. But what becomes strange is what they are holding and has been described by many what looks to be a space satellite with a large metallic shiny finish and telescopic antennas and strange lights. Its also known for its similar resemblance to the Sputnik satellite.!

So could this have been some strange alien object that this family happen to stumble upon? What do you think? Share your thought in the comments section. I would love to read them. Share this post and follow me for the latest updates on more mysterious stories.