Case file · Retrieval claim
The 'soldiers turned to stone' file
A document in the CIA's online archive retells a story that Soviet soldiers who shot down a UFO in Siberia were turned to stone by its crew.
1987 CE · 56.00, 100.00 · status: claim
The account
The story, said to come from a KGB file, describes a disc downed by a missile on 13 October 1987; five humanoids emerged, merged into a ball of light, and all but two of 25 soldiers were petrified. It circulated in Ukrainian and Western tabloids in the early 1990s, and the CIA reading-room copy went viral in 2025.
The sceptical view
The CIA file is a translated press clipping, not an intelligence finding; the tale first appeared in tabloid newspapers and has no corroboration.