Cosmonaut Allegedly Burned to Death in Spacecraft

Although the space struggle of the USA and the Soviet Union in the 50s and 60s accelerated the launch into space, everything was rushed due to the anxiety of being the first. That’s why test rockets were exploding most of the time.

The world was witnessing this relentless race. Brothers Achille and Giovanni Judica-Cordiglia in Italy managed to examine this fierce rivalry much more closely. They kept sound recordings of the flights made in these years and witnessed the striking events that were not disclosed to anyone.

Important note: There have been many objections to the claims of the Italian brothers, which we will discuss in more detail shortly.

They were even said to be scammers. His allegations are seen as conspiracy theory for now because no official statement has been made by the Soviets.

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union shared a radio frequency with the entire world when it launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, which started the space race.

Communication with the spacecraft has been enabled to be listened to by anyone with a radio.

About a month later, when Sputnik II took off, the Soviets did not share radio frequency this time.

Italian brothers in their 20s knew the working principle of radio signals well. Through their calculations, they figured out how to detect signals sent from orbit. In addition, conversations could not be encrypted in those years.

They couldn’t believe what they heard, it was a heartbeat. It was later revealed that these sounds belonged to a dog named Laika.

Unfortunately this flight was one way, there was no return. Thus, Laika became the first living creature in space.

Three months later, the US’s first satellite, Explorer I, was launched into space, and its radio frequency was shared.

Achille and Giovanni also recorded this flight. So they gradually became famous. Later, near Turin, II. They were moved to a listening station in a German bunker from World War II where they began recording audio. They upgraded their equipment and installed larger antennas at this new location, which they named Torre Bert.

Listening started to get even more interesting in May 1960.

They recorded a manned spacecraft going off course. In November 1960, they noticed a help message from a Soviet spacecraft. Moreover, it was a message sent in Morse code and it could be understood that it was sent by hand.

In the calculations made by the brothers, it was seen that the spacecraft in which the cosmonaut was located was far from orbit. Later, these signals gradually decreased and disappeared. The spacecraft was probably drifting out of orbit and into deep space. After listening to this audio recording, some experts stated that the sounds in the recording were the breathing sounds of a dying person.

In February 1961, they recorded the death of another cosmonaut. When the brothers heard these voices, no one even knew Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space.

In April 1961, they recorded a successful mission this time: Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight.

According to subsequent audio recordings, Soviet unsuccessful space flights continued. In May 1961 a spacecraft left orbit, in October 1961 a cosmonaut lost control of the vehicle in deep space, in November 1962 a space capsule entered the atmosphere uncontrollably.

In November 1963, they captured an even more striking sound recording.

The cosmonaut’s heartbreaking drama was also revealed when the two brothers translated these conversations into Italian. From a spacecraft returning to Earth came the voices of a woman in a hurry.

The woman said that it was very hot where she was. There was obviously a serious malfunction. It is thought that the high temperature created when it entered the atmosphere had an effect on the inside of the spacecraft and the woman was burned to death. The identity, age and rank of this female cosmonaut are unknown.

The brothers last recorded that in April 1964, another cosmonaut burned to death upon reentry.

The Soviets were hiding negative developments from their own people and the world, thinking that they would harm the government. With the effect of the Cold War, more attention was paid to this. No explanation was given about these events. It is said that the Soviets, upon learning of the records, sent a KGB agent to the brothers’ door, but they were guarded by the Italian secret service.

Regardless of these records, it should be mentioned that a failure during the space race, but not in space, turned out to be hidden for years by the Soviets.

24-year-old Valentin Bondarenko, a Soviet fighter pilot selected for cosmonaut training; He died disastrously on March 23, 1961, from burns caused by a fire during a 15-day low-compressive strength test in Moscow.

Due to the pressure difference, it took him half an hour to open the door of the room. Bondarenko burned until the oxygen in the chamber was depleted. The government concealed Bondarenko’s death until 1980. Later, a crater on the dark side of the Moon was named after him.

Also, journalist James Oberg wrote in his book “Red Star in Orbit” how the Soviet government destroyed some of the cosmonauts selected for cosmonaut training in 1961 from pictures.

Meanwhile, British researcher Rex Hall showed that some cosmonauts were deleted from an earlier group photo of 16 cosmonauts.

Later attempts were made to render historical photographs realistically, but without success, by adding creative but non-existent photographic details due to the absence of the original members of the group.

All these claims are true or not, it is unknown, but it is certain that these striking claims have attracted the attention of the public for more than 60 years.

Photograph: Italian brothers

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