The Afghan Sphere

A dark round object glides across a cloud deck, shown at original speed and again zoomed and slowed by whoever uploaded it.

Uploaded as 'Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020'. The sphere stays clearly defined against the clouds.

AARO says it was digitally altered before upload ('sharpened, zoomed, motion tracked, contrast enhanced, slow to 60% speed'). It comes from a set AARO found on a classified network and says lacks a substantiated chain of custody.

Disputed. Serious questions remain about how it was made or what it shows, and neither side has settled them.

STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 4 OCT 2026