A Russian MP has asked President Dmitry Medvedev to investigate claims by a regional president that he has met aliens on board a spaceship.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the leader of the southern region of Kalmykia, made his claim in a television interview.
MP Andre Lebedev is not just asking whether Mr Ilyumzhinov is fit to govern.
He is also concerned that, if he was abducted, he may have revealed details about his job and state secrets.
The MP has written a letter to Mr Medvedev raising a list of his concerns.
In his letter he says that - assuming the whole thing was not just a bad joke - it was an historic event and should have been reported to the Kremlin.
He also asks if there are official guidelines for what government officials should do if contacted by aliens, especially if those officials have access to state secrets.
Mr Ilyumzhinov said in an interview on primetime television that he had been taken on board an alien spaceship which had come to planet Earth to take samples - and claims to have several witnesses.
He has been president of Kalmykia, a small Buddhist region of Russia which lies on the shores of the Caspian Sea, for 17 years.
The millionaire former businessman has a reputation as an eccentric character.
As president of the World Chess Federation, he has spent tens of millions of dollars turning the impoverished republic into a mecca for chess players - building an entire village to host international tournaments.
look like us?? maybe it was secret agent or military??? 0_____0
Martinezz00435 2 weeks ago
Hahaaaaaaaaaaa Lol'd my ass off
gogi5585 2 weeks ago
@thebluegenesis24 You talk crap about someone you don't even know, and you say he's not intellectual?? you my friend cant even spell it! Don't judge until you have a brain to judge from.
Oriannubis 4 weeks ago
Bitch believe it or not read bible and quran we are not alone
Pacman27turn28 6 months ago
This guy is f***ing crazy. That is all there is. Shove the other delusional crap up where no one cares ;).
7SuNo7 8 months ago
What is disterbing is this man is head of what is viewed as an intelectual sport - the world chess fedoration FIDE - What is interlectual about him other than he needs to see a phycolagist. Somehow - He won the FIDE presdencey campain in 2010 beating Anatoly Karpov - the 12 would champion - supported by Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. If this Election was not riged i must be a chicken. Anyoune who supports chess - please do what you can to get this nut case out of FIDE.
thebluegenesis24 9 months ago
@QuantumStates man get real you are a non believer now you hear it from a top man and you still don't believe it go back to sleep dumb fuck
clonesandplanets 11 months ago
He's probably talking about a dream he had, and confusing it with reality. I think we've all done that at some point in our lives.
QuantumStates 1 year ago
well the rules off chess are NOT the same all over the world.
wikipedia has a nice article about chess and its history,
89Marx 1 year ago
@sneeb I agree fully with your statement, maybe they don't want to harm anything, but are simply fascinated by life and all of its parts in our galaxy. Maybe we are one important step on their way to understand life at it's very own
tritratulalal 1 year ago