Welcome to our sixth round of short and spooky stories! In this round, we talk about the recent “drone” scare in the eastern United States, a Florida family’s mysterious ball, and Benjamin Franklin’s backyard body problem. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and more.
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Here are our sources:
Ben Franklin:
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-1-200-buried-bones-in-the-benjamin-franklin-house
- https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/the-house-benjamin-franklin/craven-street-bones/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-there-so-many-skeletons-hidden-in-benjamin-franklin-basement-524521
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hewson_(surgeon)
UAP Drones:
- https://apnews.com/article/drones-new-jersey-what-to-know-e6f565f5d51d9d47ad140e7e7d131842#
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14309337/interactive-drone-sightings-map-new-jersey-trump.html
- https://www.npr.org/2024/12/15/nx-s1-5229628/drones-congress-new-jersey-east-coast-sightings
- https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/return-of-the-mysterious-drones-and-the-twilight-of-ambiguity/
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_drone_sightings
- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/nyregion/new-jersey-new-york-drones.html
- https://briandunning.substack.com/p/drones-in-new-jersey-ufos-in-oregon
- https://abcnews.go.com/US/mystery-drones-new-jersey-new-york-timeline-what-officials-said/story?id=116824178
Betz Sphere:
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19740415&id=0nwzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KTIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6841 – page 13
- https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4334
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz_mystery_sphere
- Astonishing Legends Podcast – Ep 130: The Betz Sphere Part 1