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. 

Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed an order to declassify decades-old government files pertaining to UFOs, possibly revealing federal secrets while pulling back the curtain on any potential “cover-up.” 

“A lot of people believe that there is a smoking gun somewhere in the files,” former U.K. Defense Ministry official and UFO expert Nick Pope told Fox News Digital. “It is a very widely held belief that elements in the U.S. intelligence community know that some of this is extraterrestrial and have documents and files relating to this. And that, of course, is what everyone really wants to know. That’s the $64,000 question.” 

As for the extraordinary claims of a Soviet-era alien invasion and retaliatory attack, Baker does not buy it. 

“I’m sure there’s something out there,” Baker said. “I just don’t think that they landed decades ago, turned Soviet soldiers into limestone and we’re just now hearing about it. I don’t think that’s the case.”

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.