Two Italian brothers, who listened to the radio signals during the heat of the space race, claimed that they were recording the signals from the spacecraft sent by the Soviets. According to these records, some failures that resulted in the death of the cosmonauts were covered up by the Soviets.
Although the space struggle of the USA and the Soviet Union in the 50s and 60s accelerated the launch into space, due to the anxiety of being the first everything was rushed. That’s why test rockets were exploding most of the time.
The world was witnessing this relentless race. in Italy Brothers Achille and Giovanni Judica-Cordiglia managed to examine this cutthroat competition 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. Allegations for now conspiracy theory It is seen as an official statement because no official statement was made by the Soviets.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union shared a radio frequency with the world as it launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, which started the space race.
communication with the spacecraft, anyone with a walkie talkie allowed to be heard.
About a month later, when Sputnik II was lifted, the Soviets did not share radio frequency this time.
The Italian brothers, who were in their 20s, knew the working principle of radio signals well. Thanks to their calculations, sent from orbit They figured out how to detect signals. In addition, conversations could not be encrypted in those years.
They couldn’t believe what they heard, it was a heartbeat. Later, these sounds were called Laika. to a dog turned out to belong.
Unfortunately this flight was one way, there was no return. Like this first creature in space It was laika.
Three months later, the first satellite of the USA, Explorer I, was sent into space, and its radio frequency was shared.
Achille and Giovanni also recorded this flight. So they gradually became famous. Later, near Turin, World War II. They were moved to a listening station in a German bunker from World War II where they began recording audio. They renewed their equipment and came to this new place called Torre Bert. They installed larger antennas.
Their listening began to get even more interesting in May 1960.
They recorded a manned spacecraft going off course. In November 1960, from a Soviet spacecraft. a help message They noticed it was coming. 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 too far from orbit. Later, these signals gradually decreased and disappeared. The spacecraft probably went out of orbit. into the depths of space was drifting right. 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 another cosmonaut They recorded the moments of death. 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.
Judging by subsequent audio recordings, Soviet failed space flights continued. A spacecraft in May 1961 out of orbit, In October 1961, a cosmonaut lost control of the vehicle in deep space, and in November 1962 a space capsule entered the atmosphere uncontrollably.
In November 1963, they captured a more striking sound recording this time.
The cosmonaut’s heartbreaking drama ensued when the two brothers translated these conversations into Italian. Frustrated from a spacecraft returning to Earth. a woman’s speech was coming.
The woman said it was very hot where she was. There was obviously a serious malfunction. The high temperature created when it enters the atmosphere affects the inside of the spacecraft and the woman burned to death is being considered. 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.
Thinking that it would harm the government, the Soviets avoided negative developments from their own people and was hidden from the world. 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 by the Soviets for years.
Valentin Bondarenko, 24, a Soviet fighter pilot selected for cosmonaut training; On March 23, 1961, 15 days in Moscow low compressive strength test He died disastrously due to burns caused by the fire that broke out during the fire.
Being able to open the door of the room due to the pressure difference half an hour it took. 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 the pictures.
Meanwhile, British researcher Rex Hall captured some of the cosmonauts’ images from an earlier group photo of 16 cosmonauts. It showed that it was deleted.
Later on, absence of original members of the group Efforts were made to show historical photographs realistically by adding creative but non-existent photographic details, but were unsuccessful.
Whether all these claims are true or not is unknown, but it is certain that these striking claims have attracted the attention of the public for more than 60 years.
Photo: Italian brothers
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