PAPER REPORTS ALLEGED EVIDENCE ON MISHAP INVOLVING UFO

This document is an FBIS report dated March 27, 1993, which summarizes an article from the newspaper Ternopil Vechirniy titled 'Cosmic Revenge.' The report details claims originating from a KGB top-secret intelligence file, which allegedly became available following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the report, U.S. intelligence obtained a 250-page file concerning a UFO incident in Siberia. The file purportedly contains documentary photographs, drawings, and testimonies regarding an event where a saucer-shaped craft appeared over a military unit. The craft was reportedly engaged by a surface-to-air missile and subsequently crashed. The report claims that five short humanoids with large heads and black eyes emerged from the wreckage. Two surviving soldiers testified that the aliens merged into a single, spherical object that emitted a hissing sound and a bright light. This light reportedly caused 23 soldiers who were observing the phenomenon to be transformed into stone-like poles. The remains of the craft and the 'petrified soldiers' were allegedly transferred to a secret scientific research institution near Moscow. Specialists cited in the report suggest that the soldiers' molecular composition was altered to resemble limestone. A CIA representative is quoted as characterizing the incident as a 'horrific picture of revenge' and noting that the aliens possess technology that exceeds human understanding.