Sphere
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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

Video showing a sphere/orb UAP as it makes rapid direction changes and bizarre up and down movements

Sphere1 minSighting reportJun 3, 2002, 8:45 PMShalya, Russia

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

1 min

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Limited context

41

Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.

Source provenance

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Field Intelligence

Moon phase

44% illumination

Last quarter — moderate moon brightness

Solar window

Sunrise5:16 AM
Sunset10:53 PM
Day length17h 37m

Weather

Open-Meteo
ConditionsClear sky
Temperature41°F
Cloud cover0% · Clear
Wind5 mph

Area activity

Within 2 daysNo sightings within 60 mi

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jun 3, 2002, 8:45 PM

Timezone

Yekaterinburg Standard Time

Location

Shalya, Russia

Duration

1 min

Witness account

Narrative

This UFO was reported near the city of Shalya, Russia, on June 3, 2002, seen between 8:45pm to 8:59pm, for 1 or 2 minutes, from a witness in a forest. The UFO was described as a black sphere moving like a bouncing ball and was silent. The witness says they were not alone, but unsure of the exact number of witnesses of the object. The witness stated that they recorded a video of the object. (Note: video ends abruptly, witness does not state reason but this specific morphology has widely report...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJun 3, 2002, 8:45 PM

Witnesses place the encounter near Shalya, Russia.

PublishedSep 20, 2026, 6:06 AM

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telemetry

Environmental pass

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