[FPSPACE] Cosmonaut Dying in Space Before Gagarin Myth Still Perpetuated...by Yahoo!

[Peter Pesavento]

Just today, on Yahoo..as part of a series on "Space Conspiracy Theories".

 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-conspiracy-theory.htm

 

This above URL link is to the original link from the front page of Yahoo's
homepage.

 

http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-conspiracy-theory1.htm

 

Excerpt:  

 

"..

 

In 1961, the Soviet Union dealt the American space program another blow when
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. But, according to
the Judica-Cordiglia brothers from Italy, Gagarin wasn't the first. 

The brothers set up a listening station in Italy to intercept communication
transmissions between ground operations and spacecraft for both American and
Soviet missions. Weeks before Gagarin's successful flight, the brothers
claimed to have detected and recorded
<http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/radio.htm> radio transmissions of a
cosmonaut slowly dying while adrift in space. The Soviet Union denied the
brothers' claim. Supporters of the theory believe the Soviet government hid
the cosmonaut's death to preserve the country's reputation as a leader in
space exploration. The truth remains a mystery, though the recordings are
available online, if you're curious to hear for yourself.

 

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"The truth remains a mystery"???