File:Betz mystery sphere.jpeg

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Description	The Betz mystery sphere is a metal sphere with a diameter of 8 inches (20 cm) and weighing 22 pounds (10.0 kg) uncovered in 1974 by a family in Florida.
Author or copyright owner	The Akron Beacon Journal/WJCT
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: The Akron Beacon Journal Immediate source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/truth-betz-mystery-sphere-conspiracy-143000885.html
Date of publication	1974
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Betz mystery sphere
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	This photograph shows the object that the Wikipedia article is about, the "Betz mystery sphere", providing the viewer with a clear understanding of the size, shape, and composition of the object, which cannot be conveyed by text alone. In particular, the object is next to a person and their hand, providing scale.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Object in question came to light in 1974, so no photographs of it would yet be old enough to have passed into the public domain. Searching does not find an otherwise freely available image.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	For visual identification of the object in question, for use in the Wikipedia article about the object.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Lower resolution non-color image, which can already be found online.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Betz mystery sphere//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Betz_mystery_sphere.jpegtrue

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:00, 19 November 2023		262 × 380 (81 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	18:05, 18 November 2023	No thumbnail	949 × 1,374 (296 KB)	Dmoore5556 (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard

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Betz mystery sphere