Viral CIA file about aliens attacking soldiers takes off with UFO intrigue

A declassified document posted to the CIA’s website is raising eyebrows with claims of an alleged UFO attack on Soviet forces. 

The viral report summarizes an article published by Canadian Weekly World News and the Ukrainian paper Holos Ukrayiny and was initially released to the public in May 2000. 

The firsthand report describes a retaliatory alien attack after Soviet soldiers reportedly shot down a UFO flying over a military base. 

The aliens reportedly emerged from the wreckage, fusing together into one object and bursting into a bright light and turning all but two of the soldiers to stone.