CIA files reveal Soviet UFO encounter that allegedly turned soldiers to stone

Declassified CIA files reveal Cold War-era Soviet UFO incident where aliens allegedly turned soldiers into stone.

A declassified Cold War-era CIA document has gone viral for detailing a chilling encounter between Soviet soldiers and a UFO, in which extraterrestrial beings allegedly turned 23 troops into stone.

The 250-page report, originally compiled by the KGB and later obtained by the CIA following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, describes a bizarre and deadly incident during a Soviet military training exercise in Ukraine. According to the document, soldiers fired a surface-to-air missile at a low-flying, saucer-shaped craft, causing it to crash nearby.

Eyewitnesses claimed that five short humanoids with large heads and black eyes emerged from the wreckage. The beings reportedly grouped together and morphed into a glowing spherical shape, which then exploded in a bright flash of light. The blast allegedly petrified 23 soldiers into stone, leaving only two survivors who were partially shielded from the explosion.

The report states that Soviet scientists concluded the blast somehow altered the cellular structure of the soldiers, turning their bodies into a material similar to limestone. The KGB is said to have transported both the "petrified soldiers" and the wrecked UFO to a top-secret facility near Moscow.

An American CIA operative described the findings as "a horrific picture of revenge" by alien forces, warning that the technology displayed by the extraterrestrials far exceeded human understanding. “They can stand up for themselves if attacked,” the report ominously concluded.

Originally declassified in 2000, the incident was first reported by Canadian and Ukrainian outlets and later gained renewed attention on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. As government interest in UFOs continues to rise with the U.S. UAP Task Force, this Cold War case remains one of the most unsettling alien encounter stories ever documented.