A declassified CIA document detailing a chilling encounter between Soviet soldiers and aliens has made the headlines and gone viral. The single-page document, which has caught the attention of people today, dates back to the Cold War era.
23 soldiers turned to stone
It reveals an outlandish claim: during a military training exercise in Ukraine, a UFO was spotted and fired by Soviet troops, leading to a bizarre clash between the Russian soldiers and extraterrestrial beings. The chilling aftermath reportedly left 23 soldiers mysteriously turned to stone.
The document was originally obtained by the CIA following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and made a part of a 250-page KGB report that included eyewitness accounts and disturbing images of the incident. Given the strange and hard-to-believe nature of the 'alien' event, the document was declassified in 2000.
This report has recently gained widespread attention after one-page excerpt went viral.
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UFO sighting
A segment of the report detailed what happened next and read, “A quite low-flying spaceship in the shape of a saucer appeared above a military unit that was conducting routine training manoeuvres. For unknown reasons, somebody unexpectedly launched a surface-to-air missile and hit the UFO. It fell to earth not far away, and five short humanoids with large heads and large black eyes emerged from it.”
What followed appeared to have come out straight of a sci-fi thriller. The report continued, “In a few seconds, the spheres grew much bigger and exploded by flaring up with an extremely bright light. At that very instant, 23 soldiers who had watched the phenomenon turned into … stone poles. Only two soldiers who stood in the shade and were less exposed to the luminous explosion survived.”
While the authenticity of the account remains highly questionable, words from the CIA report have been quoted in several news media articles.
