In March 2025, in a rural area of Buga, Valle del Cauca (Colombia), a discovery as strange as it was intriguing raised more eyebrows than the ending of Lost. A metallic, perfectly spherical object appeared without seams or visible markings, as if someone had dropped a galactic marble weighing 2 kilos… which, over time and without doing anything, now weighs 11 kilos. And that’s without eating a thing—or at least that’s what we think.
What do we (actually) know about the sphere?
The first curious detail: the sphere appeared flying in a straight horizontal line. Yep, like it had invisible wings or a secret mission. According to the farmer who found it, the ball hit a high-voltage power line, lost momentum, and shortly after, fell to the ground, bouncing several times. Since when does a 2-kilo metal ball bounce like a rubber toy? That’s either a physics glitch or someone changed the rules of the game.
When it was first picked up, it supposedly weighed 2 kilos. Then 9. Then 11. And now… well, some say it dropped back down to 9 again, like it has a metabolism or is retaining cosmic fluids. Is the sphere trying to lose weight? On a liquid extraterrestrial diet? Only time (and maybe a galactic bathroom scale) will tell.
It’s made from a single piece of metal—no screws, no seams, no label that says “Handmade on Earth.” Just engraved symbols: triangles, moons, circles, and hieroglyphs that don’t match any known language. Alien manual? Interdimensional cryptogram? Really committed contemporary art?
The sphere is about 50 centimeters in diameter, so it’s not just any marble for a cosmic game—it looks more like the official ball of an intergalactic league! And at least that one doesn’t block matches. Yep, had to say it—this league run by Tebas is out here blocking access to thousands of legit websites every time there’s football, all to benefit a private association.
This rickety circus has me hovering over the “screw the Tebas league” button—but we’ll save that rant for after summer. Meanwhile, the galactic sphere floats freely, without censorship or bans.
Let’s get back to the marble before I start throwing Kamehamehas.
What the heck is it?
Theories? Oh, we’ve got plenty. First up: aerospace junk. We know fragments of satellite pressure tanks or rocket parts fall to Earth now and then, often forming round shapes to survive reentry. But this theory crashes faster than Goku after an epic battle—because for this sphere to be this flawless, Krillin and Piccolo would’ve had to catch it mid-air and lovingly polish and paint it.
Let’s be real: space junk usually arrives looking rougher than a Z Fighter’s training gi after a tournament.
And then there are details that make this explanation wobble harder than Master Roshi trying to lift weights:
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Nobody’s claimed it. No space agency, no government, not even Elon Musk with his rocket fleet. When a satellite falls, it’s known. There are protocols, searches, press releases… here? Crickets.
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No signs of combustion. No trace of electronics, valves, wires, or the typical thermal burns space debris usually shows after reentry. Nada. It looks like it was forged in one go—like something straight out of Capsule Corp.
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And the weirdest thing of all? The changing weight, sudden temperature shifts without external influence, and its perfect symmetry. That’s not something you see every day in fallen space junk. The fluctuating weight and precise shape seem to defy the laws of physics and logic.
Could it be an object with a life of its own? Or just a device so advanced it’s beyond our comprehension—like a cosmic power-up from Goku’s hyperbolic training camp?
Until the Z Fighters show up to claim it and put it to good use, this sphere remains a mystery worthy of Dragon Ball and any self-respecting sci-fi series.
What if it’s not from here?
Now we’re entering the juicy part—when theories take off higher than the sphere itself. Because if we rule out space junk or a stray gas tank from a plane, we dive headfirst into the truly intriguing.
Some say it could be a kind of observation probe—non-terrestrial tech keeping an eye on us, analyzing, maybe even judging… or just taking notes on how we argue over the last slice of pineapple pizza (Neapolitan sarcasm alert).
Picture it hovering, scanning our memes, our debates, our grandma’s recipes. Because, let’s be honest, for beings from another world, human chaos must be more entertaining than any reality show.
Then there are the romantics, the mystery poets. They see the sphere as a coded message—a cosmic “ping” sent from the depths of the universe, waiting for someone down here to answer. Like a spacey SOS in hieroglyphic form, full of strange symbols and sacred geometry we don’t yet understand… but that stirs our deepest curiosity.
Maybe it’s the galactic equivalent of “Copy that?” or a simple: “Hello? Anyone there?”
So while science keeps searching for answers and conspiracy theories run wild, the truth is: this sphere remains a mystery with more questions than answers—and just enough magic to remind us how much of the universe we still don’t get.
In summary (with feet on Earth… or almost)
The Buga Sphere is 100% real. It’s being examined by curious folks, researchers, and at least one neighbor with more theories than Discovery Channel. And honestly, no one has yet figured out where it came from, why its weight changes, or what those strange engravings actually mean.
And what if it’s not alone?
What if there are more spheres like this scattered across the planet?
Six more? Seven total? One per continent?
Like Dragon Balls—but instead of summoning a wish-granting dragon, we get scientists, UFO hunters, and Jaime Maussan with his mic.
Secret tech? A reentry capsule? The forgotten egg of a mothership suffering from interplanetary jet lag?
Everything’s on the table.
Nothing’s confirmed.
And if someone is going to figure it out… odds are, their names are Mulder and Scully.
Until then, we’ll keep looking at the sky… and checking the backyard in case another one drops in.
FAQs
That's the million-dollar question (or rather, the 11-kilogram question). Did someone launch it? Did a ship let it go? Or was it simply tired of orbiting and wanted to explore the Valley? Nobody knows.
For now, the only thing it's hurt is our sense of logic. At most, it could damage your peace of mind if you try to explain it too much.
That's another gem of mystery. The sphere has engravings that look like they're straight out of a galactic spellbook: triangles, moons, circles, and hieroglyphics that don't match any Earthly language. Neither the Egyptians, the Mayans, nor Star Wars fans have been able to decipher them yet. Is it a code? A star map? Instructions for not breaking it in the washing machine? Nobody knows. But if someday an archaeologist in a cape shows up saying, "I've deciphered it!" we'll let you know first.
