Declassified CIA File Claims Aliens Attacked Soviet Soldiers, Sparks Buzz

A declassified CIA file from the Cold War era that details a purported encounter between Soviet soldiers and a UFO in Ukraine has sparked intense interest online. It. The document was declassified in 2000 and initially reported by the Canadian Weekly World News and Ukrainian paper Holos Ukrayiny. The story remains popular among UFO enthusiasts and was even discussed on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.

According to the file, a platoon fired at a flying saucer, prompting the extraterrestrial passengers to retaliate and allegedly turn 23 soldiers into stone before fleeing the scene. The CIA obtained a 250-page KGB report on the incident after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, which includes eyewitness accounts and disturbing images of the aftermath, The New York Post reported.

The report describes the shocking transformation of the soldiers' living cells into a limestone-like substance, with one American agent characterising the scene as "a horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures." This incident is part of a larger collection of declassified CIA documents on UFOS, available through the agency's Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room.