A declassified CIA report claims that 23 soldiers were turned to ‘stone’ following an attack from ‘aliens’ that ‘merged into a single object’.
Yep, you read that right - and while it might sound like something out of a science fiction novel, the allegations come from a real CIA document.
The bizarre information details an alleged attack on Soviet soldiers by a UFO during the Cold War.
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At the time, it was reported by multiple newspapers that there had been a strange and sinister encounter.
In these reports, there is mention of an apparent 250-page file by the KGB on the supposed alien attack, which allegedly includes images, drawings, and testimonies from witnesses.
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After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1991, a lot of “material from the [KGB] found their way abroad, in particular to the CIA,” according to the CIA document.
As per the articles, the tense encounter saw 23 members of the Soviet army ‘turned into stone poles’.
One American eyewitness is alleged to have described the scene as “a horrific picture of revenge on the part of extraterrestrial creatures, a picture that makes one’s blood freeze.”
They claim that these men were taking part in a training exercise at a military base in Siberia when a 'low-flying spaceship', which was shaped like a saucer, suddenly appeared in the sky.
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It goes on to reference the “testimonies of two soldiers who remained alive,” who supposedly observed something chilling after they 'freed themselves from the debris' of the UFO wreckage.
The CIA report explains: “The aliens came close together and then merged into a single object that acquired a spherical shape. That object began to buzz and hiss sharply, and then became brilliant white.
“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.”
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Describing the supposed victims as 'petrified soldiers', the publications claimed that the KGB report said the 23 men who were turned to stone were taken to a 'secret scientific research institution' near Moscow.
The remains of the UFO were also supposedly sent to the same place, although it’s not clear what became of the two survivors.
Researchers enlisted by the Red Army are said to have then determined that the molecular structure of the men was transformed into a 'substance no different from that of limestone'.
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The source of energy, which is claimed to have turned the troops into stone, was 'still unknown to Earthlings’, states the report.
It also claims that a CIA representative stated at the time: “If the KGB file corresponds to reality, this is an extremely menacing case.The aliens possess such weapons and technology that go beyond all our assumptions.”