This item has been hitting the headlines. Another red herring? Perhaps it is that. It’s all over mainstream media. They’re calling it the Buga Sphere. It is a metallic sphere that was spotted flying over Buga, Columbia on March 2, 2025. Then the thing crashed, or landed. And then it was retrieved by some locals. Now the object is the subject of inquiry the world over.

The sphere was brought to a radiologist, Dr. Jose Luis Velazquez, who remarked that “no welds or joints” were found on the surface of the object, indicating, according to the researchers, evidence that the sphere was not man made. I would argue that a cannon ball is as smooth as glass, but I digress.

Their conclusion, as far as that is concerned, was that, “It is of artificial origin, in that it shows no evidence of welding, and its internal structure is composed of high-density elements. More testing is needed to establish its origin.”

The sphere has, etched on to its surface, numerous symbols which some have compared to the writing systems of Mesopotamia, Ogham, runes, and other ancient scripts.

The team used AI to help interpret the meaning of these symbols, and here is what the message read: “The origin of birth through union and energy in the cycle of transformation, meeting point of unity, expansion, and consciousness—individual consciousness.”

The research team interpreted this as “a message to humanity, encouraging a collective shift in consciousness to help Mother Earth—especially considering the current issues with pollution and environmental decline.”

Dr. Velazquez examined the metal ball with X-rays. His findings were interesting. The sphere consists of three layers of metal-like material and 18 microspheres surrounding a central nucleus they are calling ‘a chip.’

They found it had irregular edges, “indicating that it is a solid object.”

X-rays showed 18 small dots within the center of the object, arranged in what looked to be a non-random pattern.

The sphere was found by a group of people on March 2.

One member of the group, David Velez el Potro, appeared on a television show hosted by ufologist Jaime Maussan (of Peru alien mummies fame). He told Maussan, “When I poured water on it, it started to smoke and the water vaporized instantly.”

He said it weighed about four and a half pounds and was cool to the touch, like “the temperature of a refrigerator”

Potro claimed the Columbian government contacted him about the sphere but that he refused to hand it over, stating, “It would never be seen again.”

Perhaps the Buga Sphere is an elaborate hoax. This past weekend, the mainstream media were pushing a skeptics view. FOX News interviewed Dr. Julia Mossbridge, a member of the University of San Diego Department of Physics and Biophysics and the founder of the Institute for Love and Time (TILT), who stated: “It looks so human made to me … It looks to me like a really cool art project … Before you decide something’s anomalous or a UFO, bring the object to a group like the Galileo Project.”

The Galileo Project she is referring to was founded by Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb, whose goal is to studying potential extraterrestrial artifacts. As well, she cited the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies as another trust worthy source for the investigation of such phenomena. “They are all trying to get rigorous information themselves,” Mossbridge told FOX News, “not necessarily waiting on the federal government, about what’s going on in our skies, what’s going on in our waters, and actually trying to get international cooperation around these things.”

Mossbridge, via MSM, is giving mixed signals—are they debunking the Buga Sphere or are they perpetuating a hoax?

Since we don’t have the metallic object in hand, and since we are not on the ground in Columbia, the next best thing to do is to go to Reddit. See what our internet sleuths have to say about the business.

Redditors are not known for being reticent, and here they cut to the chase with some blunt observations.

Commenting on the scientists currently examining the ‘alien’ artifact, Intelligent-Bear-816 posts: “A radiologist? No. A guy with an industrial xray machine. No thyroid protection, ill fitting lead and an entire room of scatter radiation with no one garbed. This is not a doctor haha. This person is cooking these folks.”

More sarcasm from imbrickedup_ who observes, “There is a dense layer surrounding it, which indicates it is thick—absolutely brilliant.”

With that being said, powerfulndn points out that, “He is a real doctor that works with UNAM, which is the most prestigious university in Mexico. Just of veterinary sciences which is likely why he got his mobile system in the first place, to do scans on animals.”

The most in-depth observation comes from Oldie_1_Witness:

“I believe the video of the Buga Sphere is completely legitimate. In case you didn’t know, two people actually filmed it from different angles that day. According to one witness, the sphere touched high-voltage cables, which caused its movement to become erratic. Also, according to the witness, the sphere gave the impression of trying to land, because in his opinion, the object seemed weakened. According to analysis of the videos by Italian experts, they conclude that both are real. At some point in their analysis, they can distinguish that the sphere emitted four different colors on its “northern” side. According to the owner of the German company, the sphere prompted hundreds of people to write to him asking for information about it, and some even called him from Russia offering him any money he wanted in exchange for the sphere. Faced with harassment from curious onlookers and Colombian government authorities, he decided, at the suggestion of some, to give it to Jaime Maussan. Whether you like it or not, Mr. Maussan has been involved in the UFO field since the 1990s. Mr. Maussan has made mistakes, but in his own words, he sometimes got carried away by enthusiasm, but these were never in bad faith. I’m not writing this to defend Mr. Maussan; I just want to say that I’ve observed more successes than failures throughout his career.”

The sphere, on its own terms, presents some interesting questions and is worthy of a thorough, old school, UFO investigation. That’s what it appears to me at least.

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Andrew K. Arnett is a writer/researcher and author of the book The Crowley Conspiracy available on Amazon.