PAPER REPORTS ALLEGED EVIDENCE ON MISHAP INVOLVING UFO

This document, a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) report dated March 27, 1993, summarizes a story originally published in the newspaper 'Ternopil Vechirniy' titled 'Cosmic Revenge.' The report claims that following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the KGB's top-secret intelligence files were accessed by Western intelligence agencies, specifically the CIA. According to the report, the CIA obtained a 250-page file detailing a UFO incident at a military unit in Siberia. The narrative states that a low-flying saucer appeared during routine training maneuvers. After being struck by a surface-to-air missile, the craft crashed, and five short humanoids with large heads and black eyes emerged. The report alleges that the surviving soldiers witnessed the aliens merge into a single spherical object that began to buzz and hiss before exploding in a brilliant white light. This explosion reportedly petrified 23 soldiers, turning them into a limestone-like substance. The remains of the craft and the petrified soldiers were allegedly transferred to a secret scientific research institution near Moscow. The document concludes with a statement attributed to a CIA representative, characterizing the case as 'horrific' and suggesting that the extraterrestrial technology involved exceeds human understanding.