Last updated: June 27, 2026
It began in Buga. But it did not stay there.
On March 2, 2025, a metallic sphere appeared over the skies of Buga, a mid-size city in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department, and was filmed by multiple witnesses before landing in a field on the outskirts of town. What followed — repeated sightings across the entire region, a second and third sphere recovered weeks later, a paraglider encounter at altitude, and eventually an international chain of custody stretching from Colombia to Mexico to Washington, D.C. — has made the Valle del Cauca the most consequential UAP hot zone in South America.
The First Sphere: Buga, March 2025
The initial object measured approximately 20 inches in diameter. Investigators who examined it up close reported no visible seams, welds, or fasteners of any kind — the surface appeared to be a single continuous metallic shell. Its exterior bore symbols that researchers could not match to any known alphabet or writing system. Most strikingly, the sphere’s reported weight changed between measurements: approximately 4.5 pounds in some assessments, nearly 10 pounds in others, with no clear explanation for the discrepancy.
X-ray imaging revealed a three-layer internal structure. The density of the outer shell was described as consistent with titanium or hardened steel. According to Cultura Colectiva, no conventional manufacturing process could account for the sphere’s construction as observed.
June 2025: Two More Spheres Found
By June 5, 2025, two additional metallic spheres had been recovered in the same region, both appearing identical to the first in shape, size, and surface characteristics. The arrival of three separate objects in roughly the same area within three months shifted the conversation from “unusual incident” to “pattern.” Colombian authorities and researchers had, by this point, taken an active interest.
According to Orbital Today, the secondary finds were located within Valle del Cauca, the same department where the first sphere was recovered, suggesting either a localized phenomenon or repeated passes over the same geographic corridor.
August 2025: Paragliders Encounter a Sphere in Flight
The sightings were not limited to ground recoveries. On August 28, 2025, paragliders flying over Cerro del Pikachu near Tuluá — another city in Valle del Cauca — filmed a metallic sphere at altitude, apparently matching the objects recovered earlier in the year. The encounter was captured on video and circulated widely on social media. The sphere appeared to maneuver independently, not drifting with the wind as a balloon would.
This aerial encounter was notable for two reasons: it demonstrated that the objects were not inert, and it extended the geographic range of the phenomenon beyond Buga itself into the broader valley. As Fox News reported, the Tuluá sighting attracted the attention of international researchers who had been following the Buga sphere story.
Late 2025 and Into 2026: The Sightings Spread
The phenomenon did not abate heading into the new year. On December 23, 2025, a sphere was filmed over Yumbo, an industrial municipality adjacent to Cali — Colombia’s third-largest city and the capital of Valle del Cauca. The footage showed an object consistent in appearance with those recovered earlier in the year, moving at steady speed with no visible propulsion.
On January 29, 2026, a new video emerged from elsewhere in Valle del Cauca, and by early 2026, additional footage had surfaced from the broader Cauca region — suggesting the activity had expanded southward from the Valle. Taken together, these sightings form a corridor of anomalous activity running along the western Andes through some of Colombia’s most densely populated departments. The Hill noted that the cumulative sighting record was unlike anything previously documented in South America.
From Buga to Mexico: The International Chain of Custody
The first Buga sphere did not remain in Colombia. Mexican UAP journalist Jaime Maussan arranged for the object to be transported to Mexico, where it became the centerpiece of a June 2025 press conference in Mexico City. That event drew U.S. Congressman Eric Burlison and attorney Daniel Sheehan — both prominent figures in the American UAP disclosure movement — alongside Colombian and Mexican officials and researchers.
In Mexico, the sphere underwent further scientific examination. Carbon dating of resin material found inside the object produced a date of approximately 12,560 years before present — a result, if verified, that would place the sphere’s origin in the late Pleistocene epoch, thousands of years before any known human metallurgy. The figure was presented publicly for the first time at the May 8, 2026 National Press Club event in Washington, D.C., where Maussan shared a stage with Dr. Steven Greer.
Watch the 2026 National Press Club Event
What Is Happening in Valle del Cauca?
No official Colombian government explanation has been offered for the concentration of sphere activity in Valle del Cauca. The department is not a military zone or aerospace corridor in any obvious sense. It is, however, located along a major Andean mountain chain — the Western Cordillera — with complex terrain, variable air currents, and a string of mid-size cities whose populations have provided consistent eyewitness documentation.
Researchers who have reviewed the accumulated footage note that the spheres appear structurally identical across sightings, suggesting a single class of object rather than a collection of unrelated phenomena. Whether the objects are recovered from the ground or filmed in flight, the same characteristics recur: smooth metallic surface, unknown markings, anomalous weight behavior, and absence of visible propulsion. According to Mystery Lores, the consistency across incidents is one of the most compelling aspects of the Colombia case.
For now, Valle del Cauca has joined a short list of locations — alongside Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, the Hessdalen valley in Norway, and the Nazca plateau in Peru — where UAP activity has been documented with enough frequency and consistency to warrant sustained investigation. The difference is that the Colombia case involves physical objects that have been recovered, examined, and transported — a level of material evidence that most UAP cases never produce.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Buga sphere?
The Buga sphere is a metallic object approximately 20 inches in diameter recovered in Buga, Colombia in March 2025. Investigators reported no visible seams, welds, or fasteners of any kind on its surface. It is one of several spheres recovered across Colombia’s Valle del Cauca region and became the most discussed UAP artifact in Latin American history.
Where was the Buga sphere found?
The first sphere appeared over the skies of Buga, a mid-size city in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department, on March 2, 2025, filmed by multiple witnesses before landing on the outskirts of the city. Subsequent spheres were recovered at other locations across the Valle del Cauca region in the weeks that followed.
What happened to the Buga sphere after it was recovered?
After initial recovery, the Buga sphere became the subject of international scientific analysis. It was presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. in May 2026 by Steven Greer and Jaime Maussan alongside new whistleblower testimony. A chain of custody stretching from Colombia to Mexico to Washington, D.C. documented its movement.
Has the Buga sphere been officially identified?
No government body had officially classified the Buga sphere as of mid-2026. Analysis presented by researchers including Steven Greer and Jaime Maussan suggested anomalous properties, but no peer-reviewed scientific publication had formally confirmed or identified its composition or origin.
