# Strange spheres with nubs that get smaller as they divide and stick to people **URL:** \ **Category:** TV\ **Tags:** sci-fi\ **Created:** [September 4, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444 "2022-09-04T00:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/u/Eltrain)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/1 "2022-09-04T00:40:27Z")
Either a movie or TV show. Large spheres (4ft?) with protrusions appear all over and attract attention as they just sit there. I don’t think you ever see them move, just see them in new places. They are impervious to any investigation like opening them or breaking them. Over time they divide/multiply making more and smaller ones. They end up sticking to people and as they get really small might end up becoming viruses, I can’t remember. Seems like I saw this a few years ago, it’s probably after 2000. ---
**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/2 "2022-09-04T01:25:11Z")
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” (2008)? > **[The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) ⭐ 5.5 | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/)** > > 1h 44m | PG-13 ---
**Author:** ![Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/u/Eltrain)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/3 "2022-09-04T18:32:57Z")
Watched this, thanks for the suggestion. Definitely not the same spheres. These are glowing/shimmering. The ones I remember are black/gray and look like old naval mines, or rather the old cartoon version. Spheres with blunted conical protrusions, maybe twelve total. Sort of like the picture of the virus you see on the news all the time, but smooth and possibly metallic. Not sure if there is a technical term for this shape. ---
**Author:** ![afamouspetty](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@afamouspetty](https://filmfind.me/u/afamouspetty)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/4 "2022-12-26T11:04:57Z")
So the first thing that comes to mind when you say spheres that stick in people, reminds me of Phantasm. The first one doesn’t fit but there are several sequels after all the way up to 2016 I believe. I have not seen all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Beasts](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@Beasts](https://filmfind.me/u/Beasts)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/5 "2024-05-31T03:01:18Z")
I thought of Phantasm too. Possibly this one from 2016? > **[Phantasm: Ravager (2016) ⭐ 4.9 | Action, Fantasy, Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3627704/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4)** > > 1h 25m | Not Rated ---
**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/6 "2026-02-19T10:20:03Z")
Season 2, Episode 1 titled “The Invasion” and Season 2, Episode 2 titled “The Offspring” of the docudrama TV series “Alien Encounters” (2012-2014) Main IMDb page of the series: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2257878/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2257878/) IMDb page of Season 2: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2257878/episodes/?season=2&ref\_=ttep](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2257878/episodes/?season=2&ref_=ttep) Episode “The Invasion”: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2767418/?ref\_=ttep\_ep\_1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2767418/?ref_=ttep_ep_1) Episode “The Offspring”: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2780898/?ref\_=ttkw\_ov\_bk](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2780898/?ref_=ttkw_ov_bk) Everything you describe in your question is mentioned and shown in the below circa 10-minute long video clip on YouTube (see it further down): they look like naval mines, they are everywhere all over the world, they do not move, they are impenetrable, scientists compare them to viruses, they start to divide/multiply and they become smaller, and then they attach themselves onto people. The things are all over the world, they do not move, they just sit there: ![1](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/8/86f329130559bb92bbf8c729c6099aa489c74a34.jpeg) ![2](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c04ad01434de5ef834696e5376395ff8aec3760.jpeg) ![3](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c193ca0efbb796dca8bd89878e7db863519390c2.jpeg) They look like microbes or viruses and they start to divide/multiply: ![4](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/9/90099b2815360a2f5948370f6daae5df25669ed0.jpeg) ![5](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4cb15fe689cf15b689922a96069a3529e332c7d9.jpeg) They become smaller and they attach themselves to people: ![6](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f59d6e4742d5c86db172561c28be7d13dd34a612.jpeg) Quotes from the below video on YouTube: ” **Scientists can’t penetrate this sphere’s outer shell** ” ”and then suddenly they start to come apart” ” **Where before there was one sphere, suddenly there are several** ” ”Each new sphere is a **smaller** , identical version of the one that spawned it” You can watch part of it in the below video on YouTube (there are ads in it, just skip them): [![](https://filmfind.me/uploads/default/original/2X/4/463fe1425675af5a026976a584f53bf2e395a3bf.jpeg "Here's What Would Happen If Aliens Invaded The Earth | Alien Encounters") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cXyoB_gSoU&t=116s) According to Apple’s website, it is available on Apple TV: > **[The Invasion - Alien Encounters (Season 2, Episode 1) - Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-invasion/umc.cmc.4oidfyumdcybbb79054e1ubxe?showId=umc.cmc.7ebiqzqpk2u5jznjjumktqir0)** > > The Arrival has ended. A swarm of small spacecraft depart their huge mothership, and hover in our atmosphere. The ships open their hatches, and deposi… Some more, albeit not much, info on Wikipedia here: > **[Alien Encounters (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Encounters_(TV_series))** > > Alien Encounters is a science fiction mini series on the Science Channel. The series explores how humanity might react to first-contact with aliens. The fictional series is presented as a documentary intermixed with commentary from scientists and sci-fi writers. The series begins with an alien signal detected by the SETI Institute and follows through alien contact and the creation of hybrids ("Brids") based on alien DNA. > The series had the following episodes: > There are 2 episodes in the first... ---
**Author:** ![Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@Eltrain](https://filmfind.me/u/Eltrain)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/7 "2026-02-19T23:47:34Z")
This is absolutely it! Thank you so much, by now i had given up and figured i had dreamt it or something. Now i have some (re) watching to do. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![casspir](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@casspir](https://filmfind.me/u/casspir)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/strange-spheres-with-nubs-that-get-smaller-as-they-divide-and-stick-to-people/444/8 "2026-02-20T00:18:32Z")
You are welcome. Thank you for coming back and confirming it after all these years. With the re-watching try Apple TV or maybe Discovery+.