Self-described IT specialist turned independent researcher who authored 'The Sphere Network' (2025), a self-published hypothesis proposing that globally reported UAP 'orb' sightings are components of an AI-driven, non-human-operated planetary monitoring network. The claim is unverified and has drawn skeptical scrutiny, including from the debunking forum Metabunk.
Patrick Jackson describes himself as an IT specialist who began investigating spherical UAP sightings in 2013. In 2025 he self-published 'The Sphere Network,' proposing that many reported 'orb' sightings are components of a covert, AI-driven surveillance and communication system, allegedly operated by non-human intelligences and using microwave relay technology, which he separates into tiered 'Type Two' and 'Type Three' spheres by size and function. Jackson has promoted the hypothesis through UAP-focused podcasts and social media and has announced plans for a white paper proposing satellite-data and machine-learning tests of the idea. The framework is a personal, unverified hypothesis rather than an established or peer-reviewed finding.