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Infobae: This Would Be the True Origin of the Buga Sphere (Oct 2025)

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Infobae: The True Origin of the Buga Sphere

Summary

Infobae Colombia synthesis (Oct 13 2025) of the buga-sphere case: a metallic ball reportedly found March 2025 near buga, Valle del Cauca, by José Arias Restrepo, passed to his cousin David Vélez “El Potro” in Cali, and handed to jaime-maussan in Mexico. The article’s “verdadero origen” thesis is not a single explanation but the convergent verdict of Colombian astronomers that the sphere is a recent terrestrial artifact — most plausibly a publicity stunt or a man-made “drovni” (drone-UFO), not extraterrestrial. Four named scientists — santiago-vargas, marino-guarin, oscar-amaya-montoya, and lauren-flor-torres — assess the materials as “very terrestrial” (notably optical fibers), reject the unattributed 12,560-year carbon-14 claim, and point to the absence of atmospheric friction marks that any genuine meteorite would carry. The article also surfaces a competing terrestrial provenance: an unnamed Bogotá laboratory told Vélez the sphere was part of an experiment begun in 2011.

Key Claims

  • The Buga Sphere was found March 2025 in the Alto Bonito sector of Buga by Arias using a metal detector; an 8-minute phone video shows it flying “like a motorized ball” before striking power lines and falling.
  • Arias reported weight inflation (2 → 10 kg) and post-handling symptoms (dizziness, vomiting, metallic taste); cousin Vélez retrieved it in a lead suit and stored it 2 months at his Cali metal-detector business.
  • Vélez’s “Cazadores de Ovnis Latinoamérica” Facebook page seeded a viral narrative including ~170 alleged sphere-sighting videos across Medellín, Tuluá, Yumbo — including claims that “the spheres have caused airport closures.”
  • Maussan’s team took the sphere to Mexico; Vélez claims a carbon-14 result of 12,560 years and polymer analysis, but no documentation has been produced.
  • santiago-vargas (Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad Nacional): the sphere’s compounds are “very terrestrial,” citing identified optical fibers; dismisses any otherworldly technology.
  • marino-guarin (Escuela de Astronomía de Cali): calls the case “cuentos” and “charlatanería,” explicitly framing it as a publicity stunt (“montaje con fines publicitarios”).
  • oscar-amaya-montoya (Fundación Casa de la Ciencia de Buga): “probable that this is a recent technological artifact manufactured on Earth.”
  • lauren-flor-torres (PhD Astrophysics, Universidad de Antioquia): meteorites entering the atmosphere show friction alteration; the Buga sphere “luce impecable” — disqualifying a meteoritic origin.
  • An unnamed Bogotá laboratory reportedly told Vélez the sphere was part of an experiment begun in 2011 (rejected by Vélez but presented as a credible terrestrial provenance).
  • Maussan’s prior claims (Peruvian “non-human” mummies) were debunked as composites of terrestrial materials — pattern relevant to Buga.

Notable Quotes (translated)

“In Medellín we’ve captured up to five spheres in a single video. In total we have 170 videos of sightings. In Tuluá, one of these spheres crossed a paraglider’s path and, like my cousin, he felt dizziness and vomiting. These spheres have caused airport closures.” — David Vélez “El Potro”

“For now what we have is much speculation and individual opinions… What science tells us is that no evidence of extraterrestrial life has been found. That doesn’t mean the probability is zero.” — Lauren Flor Torres

The narratives around the sphere are “tales” and “charlatanism” — “a montage for publicity purposes.” — Marino Guarín

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