Scientists Are Studying a Mysterious Metal Sphere They Believe to Be a UFO: 'I've Never Seen a Piece Like This'
Scientists are currently studying a mysterious sphere that they believe to be an unidentified flying object (UFO)
The metal item was initially spotted flying over Buga, Colombia, on March 2
The sphere also appears to have mysterious symbols carved on its surface, one of the researchers studying the sphere saidScientists are currently studying a mysterious sphere that they believe to be an unidentified flying object (UFO).
The metal item was initially spotted flying over Buga, Colombia, on March 2, before later being recovered in the area, according to a video from scientists that was shared online.
Jose Luis Velazquez, one of the researchers studying the sphere, said the mysterious object appears to have "no welds or joints' — both of which would typically indicate human manufacturing. The sphere also appears to have mysterious symbols carved on its surface, he added.
Velazquez and his team said they used an X-ray on the object and found that it consists of three layers of metal, along with nine 'microspheres' in the interior.
'It is a very rare piece … I've never seen a piece like this,' Velazquez said.
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) — told Fox News that she is skeptical of the sphere's origins.
"It looks to me like a really cool art project," she told the outlet.
"Before you decide something's anomalous or a UFO, bring the object to a group like the Galileo Project," Mossbridge continued, referring to the international research project founded by Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb, which aims to vet and study potential extraterrestrial artifacts through rigorous scientific research.
The researcher added that similar findings might say more about the current state of humanity than about the universe at large.
'We are entering a time when we don't have the control that we thought we had," she told Fox News. 'If an artist is doing this, why is that? Well, I think it's partly the same reason. It's because we're learning that we don't understand what's in our skies or our waters. And there's something going on that's essentially bigger than us.'
And while Mossbridge is skeptical of the recent find in Colombia, she doesn't necessarily believe that all UFO sightings or artifacts are a hoax.
'Frankly, we've been looking at UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena) for decades, and the federal government has admitted that there are things that we don't understand, but we are investigating them,' she said.
Mossbridge also stressed the importance of using non-governmental, non-partisan research groups like the Galileo Project and the Scientific Coalition for UAP studies.
'They are all trying to get rigorous information themselves, 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,' she said.
'Because, for instance, the sphere in Colombia is in a different country. So, what are the rules about how we deal with something that's interesting that's found there?' added Mossbridge.
In a statement to PEOPLE, Mossbridge also said: "The natural human response to the unknown is fear. But we need to start noticing that fear doesn't actually keep us safe; what keeps us safe is the willingness to understand and explore what is really going on — and to react appropriately to what we discover."
"That willingness is supported by self-transcendence, the ability to look beyond ourselves and recognize that there are things that are bigger than us," she continued.
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