Known as the Buga Sphere, the small metal object was seen zigzagging over Colombia in March before landing and being recovered. Scientists in Mexico, analyzing the sphere, found fiber-optic wires inside, suggesting it can send and receive signals.

At a June 20 conference hosted by controversial UFO researcher Jaime Maussan, attendees—including U.S. Congressman Eric Burlison and ufologist Dr. Steven Greer—learned that “fake policemen” attempted to break into the vault holding the sphere.

Greer stated that samples from the UFO “will be tested in a state-of-the-art lab” to determine its origin. He warned, “Any sort of attempts to interfere with this examination will be known, and the people and perpetrators will be held to account for it.”

Burlison expressed concerns about government secrecy, saying, “It’s not any government’s right to protect knowledge about extraterrestrials, if it exists. We have too many people reporting and too many videos to ignore it.”

Researchers claim this is the first UFO recovered and studied entirely by private citizens, not governments.