Hi everyone,

I am new to this website but have been *ahem* 'researching' flat earth on youtube and the net for some time, I always seem to find a lot of people fighting for and against with lots of theory, counter theory, scripture and historical evidence. I have no interest in this whatsoever, I personally believe people will always gravitate towards the worldview that best fits the narrative of their values and life purpose.

Now, I am a pretty practical person who would like to prove one way or the other in an open and repeatable way. I have an open mind and a fairly empty weekend calendar.  The question I put to everyone here is, do any of you actually want to do some experiments to prove/disprove this theory? I am UK based (Hereford) and if your genuinely want to work on this, I have allowed emails to me from this forum.

I do not want to debate or have someone 'show me the light', but I could do with a hand in developing a conclusive test.

Many thanks,

John.

Hi John

I am also new to this forum and have come here for a similar reason it seems. I have found (and conducted) some experiments which have strengthened my opinion that the Earth is a globe and not flat. These three jumped out as being easy to do and rather conclusive.

1) If you have a friend who lives in the southern hemisphere (eg Brasil, Australia, South Africa etc), what you can do is ask them to send you a image of the moon (preferably full) from their perspective. This test works best if they live in a similar time zone as you can then simultaneously take pictures of the moon and compare them. You will find that your friend from the south has a image of the moon which is inverted to yours. I have a couple of friends in Brasil who sent me a picture of the moon and proved this for me. If you have no such contacts its easy enough to fin images online of the moon, especially if searching for "moon behind Sydney opera house" or similar

2)Another good test is to go to a busy harbor. I did this in Rostock in north Germany which was ideal as I could see a great distance and there was a constant stream of ferries. The experiment is to watch the ferries as they leave the harbor. what you will see is that as the ferry gets further away it will begin to disappear from the bottom upwards. This will work best at a harbor where the ferry travels at a straight line away from the harbor so you can clearly see the ferry until it completely disappears.

3)As previously noted you can do the Bedford level experiment (or a similar one). I have not personally done the Bedford level experiment but have done a experiment which has the same principle. You need two or more poles, a marker, a tape measure and a telescope or binoculars. Find a large still pond or canal, say roughly 500m across. obviously this is hard to find, hence why the Bedford canal is used. Place a pole in the water, and make a very clear line on the pole at a convenient height above the water, very accurately measured.  Place a second pole a hundred meters or more away, and again, make a carefully measured clear mark, at the same height above the water surface.  Finally, set up your telescope or binoculars at a similar distance from the first pole, so that you can view both poles in the lens at the same time.  Make sure that the center of the lens is at the same height above the water as the marks on the pole. (If you use three or more poles in the water, then you and the lens can be on dry ground.)  On a flat earth, the marks on the two or more poles would appear in the lens at the same height.  On a curved earth, the pole's lines will not be in line.  The middle line(s) will appear higher than those at the ends.