◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Sphere in the Clouds
A 47-second infrared clip titled "Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020" turned up on a classified network in 2024, already zoomed, sharpened and slowed by whoever edited it. AARO describes only an area of contrast crossing the frame and fading into the background. This is the record of what the clip shows, not a verdict on what was in the cloud.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Sphere in the Clouds is a reported UAP case in Over Afghanistan per the uploader's title ('AFG'); AARO: CENTCOM area, Afghanistan, 23 November 2020.
- An infrared clip titled "Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020" shows, in AARO's description, an area of contrast crossing the frame and fading into the background.
- The clip was zoomed, sharpened, motion-tracked and slowed before it was uploaded, with title cards saying so, and AARO presents it as received.
- It surfaced on a classified network in June 2024, and AARO warns that many such materials lack a substantiated chain of custody.
- AARO confirms neither the country nor the spherical shape; those come from the uploader's title alone.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 corroborating primary document.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
23 November 2020
LOCATION
Over Afghanistan per the uploader's title ('AFG'); AARO: CENTCOM area · Afghanistan
COORDS
33.90°N 67.70°E
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
