{"id":206231,"date":"2019-08-12T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/?page_id=206231"},"modified":"2023-12-23T17:26:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T22:26:15","slug":"oddball","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/","title":{"rendered":"Odd Ball Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"cs-content\" class=\"cs-content\"><div class=\"x-section e206231-e1 m4f4n-0\"><div class=\"x-container e206231-e2 m4f4n-1 m4f4n-2\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e206231-e3 m4f4n-4 m4f4n-5\"><div class=\"cs-content x-global-block x-global-block-213150 e206231-e4\"><div class=\"x-section e213150-e2 m4kgu-0\"><div class=\"x-row e213150-e3 m4kgu-1 m4kgu-2\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e213150-e4 m4kgu-3\"><div class=\"x-text x-content e213150-e5 m4kgu-4 m4kgu-5\"><link href=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/branding\/fontawesome\/css\/all.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\n<div id=\"mistybackground\">\n<div id=\"UnderwriterCredit\"> Sponsored in part by<a href=\"https:\/\/boldbeancoffee.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"UnderwriterLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BoldBeanCoffeeRoasters.svg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"headerlogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/oddball_header_logo.png\" \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"WJCTWhiteShadowLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/WJCTLogoWhiteWithShadow.png\" \/><\/a>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"midgroundferns left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/midgroundferns_left.png\" \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"midgroundferns right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/midgroundferns_right.png\" \/>\n  <div id=\"murkyundergrowth\"><\/div>\n  <ul id=\"topmenu\">\n    <li><a href=\"#howtolisten\">How&nbsp;to&nbsp;Listen<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.org\/support?utm_source=oddballpodcast.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=donate_link\">Donate<\/a><\/li>\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n  <div id=\"bottommenu\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"foregroundferns left\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foregroundferns_left.png\" \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"foregroundferns right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/foregroundferns_right.png\" \/>\n      <ul id=\"navmenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/episodes\/\">Episodes<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/about\/\">About<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/extras\/\">Extras<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.org\/support?utm_source=oddballpodcast.com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=donate_link\">Support<\/a><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e213150-e6 m4kgu-5 m4kgu-6\"><!-- Mobile Navigation Menu -->\n<div class=\"mobilemenu\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/\" class=\"active\">Home<\/a>\n  <div id=\"dropdown\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/episodes\">Episodes<\/a>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/about\">About<\/a>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/extras\">Extras<\/a>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/shop\" target=\"_blank\">Shop<\/a>\n    <a href=\"#howtolisten\" class=\"submenu\">How To Listen<\/a>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/wjct.lndo.site\/contact\" class=\"submenu\">Contact<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n  <a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" class=\"icon\" onclick=\"showdropdown()\">\n    <i class=\"fa fa-bars\"><\/i>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- End of Mobile Navigation Menu -->\n\n<script>\nfunction showdropdown() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"dropdown\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"block\") {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e206231-e5 m4f4n-0 oddballdiv\"><div class=\"x-container e206231-e6 m4f4n-1 m4f4n-3 oddballdiv\" id=\"episodecontainer\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e206231-e7 m4f4n-4 m4f4n-6\"><hr class=\"x-line e206231-e8 m4f4n-7\"><\/hr><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e206231-e9 m4f4n-8\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\">IN 1974 Gerri Betz and her son Terry found a metal sphere on their property on Jacksonville\u2019s Fort George Island.<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e206231-e10 m4f4n-9 m4f4n-a\"><p>Not long after, witnesses say the ball started vibrating and seemingly rolling with its own volition. The family poodle would whimper and cover its ears near the ball. That\u2019s when the Navy and nationally-renowned UFO scientists took an interest in investigating the ball. Gerri was excited by the attention at first. She was known to those around her as smart and sharp, starting a lucrative trucking business on her own and running for a state House seat. But then people started showing up at her door wanting to see the ball and pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>Today she doesn\u2019t speak of the ball. <em>Odd Ball<\/em> aims to figure out what the ball could have been, who has it and if there\u2019s any way Gerri will finally talk.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e206231-e11 m4f4n-a m4f4n-b\"><p><a href=\"#howtolisten\"><i class=\"fas fa-rss\"><\/i> Subscribe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"sharelink\" href=\"#share\"><i class=\"fas fa-share-alt\"><\/i> Share<\/a><\/p><\/div><hr class=\"x-line e206231-e12 m4f4n-7\"><\/hr><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-container e206231-e13 m4f4n-1 m4f4n-2\" id=\"episodecontainer\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e206231-e14 m4f4n-4 m4f4n-5\"><div class=\"cs-content x-global-block x-global-block-212881 e206231-e15\"><div class=\"x-section e212881-e2 m4k9d-0\"><div class=\"x-row x-container max width e212881-e3 m4k9d-1 m4k9d-2\"><div class=\"x-row-inner\"><div class=\"x-col e212881-e4 m4k9d-3\"><div class=\"x-text x-text-headline e212881-e5 m4k9d-4\"><div class=\"x-text-content\"><div class=\"x-text-content-text\"><h2 class=\"x-text-content-text-primary\"><a id=\"episode0\"><\/a>Episode 0:<\/h2><h4 class=\"x-text-content-text-subheadline\"><\/em>Odd Ball<\/em> Trailer<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-audio x-audio-player e212881-e6 m4k9d-5 m4k9d-6\" data-x-element-mejs=\"\"><audio class=\"x-mejs\" preload=\"metadata\"><source src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wjct\/audio\/2019\/09\/igxRQ1Ug43Yqt8K.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/div><div class=\"x-text x-content e212881-e7 m4k9d-7 m4k9d-8\"><p><em>Odd Ball<\/em>\u00a0is a story about a UFO investigation, a mansion in the woods and how one shiny object sent a Jacksonville, Florida family into hiding. Each week host Lindsey Kilbride dives deeper into the 1974 mystery of the \"Betz sphere.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-col e212881-e8 m4k9d-3\"><div class=\"x-content-area e212881-e9 m4k9d-a\"><audio id=\"episode0\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wjct\/audio\/2019\/09\/igxRQ1Ug43Yqt8K.mp3\"> <\/audio>\n<div class=\"obplaysquare episode0\">\n<a id=\"ep0player\">&nbsp;<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><hr class=\"x-line e212881-e10 m4k9d-b\"><\/hr><div class=\"x-text x-content e212881-e11 m4k9d-8 m4k9d-9\"><p class=\"aahide\"><a href=\"#howtolisten\"><i class=\"fas fa-rss\"><\/i> Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"episodedownload\" href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/wjct\/audio\/2019\/09\/igxRQ1Ug43Yqt8K.mp3\"><i class=\"fas fa-arrow-down\"><\/i> Download<\/a><\/p>\n<!--\n<p id=\"showtranscript\"><i class=\"fas fa-align-left\"><\/i> Transcript<\/p>\n-->\n<p class=\"aahide\"><a class=\"sharelink\" href=\"#share\"><i class=\"fas fa-share-alt\"><\/i> Share<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"x-section e206231-e16 m4f4n-0\"><div class=\"x-container marginless-columns e206231-e17 m4f4n-1 m4f4n-2\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e206231-e18 m4f4n-4 m4f4n-5\"><div class=\"cs-content x-global-block x-global-block-211067 e206231-e19\"><div class=\"x-section e211067-e1 m4iuz-0\"><div class=\"x-container e211067-e2 m4iuz-1\"><div class=\"x-column x-sm x-1-1 e211067-e3 m4iuz-2\"><div class=\"x-content-area e211067-e4 m4iuz-3\"><footer id=\"oddballfooter\">\n<div id=\"UnderwriterCreditFooter\"> Sponsored in part by<a href=\"https:\/\/boldbeancoffee.com\/\"><br\/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"UnderwriterLogo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjct.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BoldBeanCoffeeRoasters.svg\"\/><\/a>\n<div id=\"currentyear\">&copy; WJCT Public Media\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1974 Gerri Betz and her son Terry found a metal sphere on their property on Jacksonville\u2019s Fort George Island. 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