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William Becker and Bethe Hagens
Known as: Becker-Hagens, The Becker-Hagens team
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William Becker and Bethe Hagens were a husband-and-wife team known for their UVG 120 Polyhedron theory, which proposed a global crystalline grid. Becker was a Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and Hagens was a Professor of Anthropology at Governors State University in Illinois (both active in 1981-1982). Inspired by Buckminster Fuller, they collaborated with other researchers on planetary grid systems, and were inspired by Ivan P. Sanderson's work to synthesize a global grid.
UVG 120 Polyhedron earth grid theoryAncient site alignment with geometric gridsIntegration of Platonic solids with global phenomenaConscious evolution of planetary grid systems
Biography
William Becker and Bethe Hagens are a collaborative husband-and-wife academic team best known for developing the Unified Vector Geometry (UVG) 120 Polyhedron theory in the late 20th century. At the time of their grid research, William Becker served as a Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois, Chicago, while Bethe Hagens was a Professor of Anthropology at Governors State University.
Their most significant contribution to alternative geography and earth mysteries is the UVG 120 Polyhedron model, which they described as an evolving, conscious geomagnetic grid that aligns ancient megalithic sites, earthquake fracture zones, ocean ridges, atmospheric patterns, animal migrations, gravitational anomalies, and ancient cities. Building on earlier work by Ivan P. Sanderson and Russian scientists, they incorporated R. Buckminster Fuller's icosahedron-derived spherical polyhedron to create what they termed an 'Earth Star' structure.
The UVG model features 15 major great circles, 62 major grid points, and 120 basic UVG triangles, synthesizing all Platonic solids into a comprehensive geometric framework. Bethe Hagens later expanded the research to include a geometrically identical 'sky grid' connected to ancient mythologies and sound-generating rhombs. Their work was primarily published in enthusiast magazines and alternative research publications rather than peer-reviewed academic journals.
While their academic credentials lent some credibility to their unconventional theories, the Becker-Hagens grid hypothesis remains outside mainstream geological and archaeological acceptance, representing one of the most ambitious versions of earth-grid theories in alternative research circles.