> A prior soviet woman burned up on re-entry. Her initial distress calls were reputed to be heard by two Italian ham operators.
Geez, I never heard that before. Got a link?
Yes. Fascinating story — we watch Dark Matters: Twisted but True and the story of the two Italian brothers/radio operators was one of the cases.
Absolutely fascinating what they heard.
From missing cosmonauts:
In May 1961, whilst listening in to another space frequency, the brothers uncovered a woman’s voice speaking sternly and professionally and saying the following;
“Isn’t this dangerous? Talk to me! Our transmission begins now. I feel hot. I can see a flame. Am I going to crash? Yes. I feel hot, I will re-enter”
What this recording seemed to suggest was that there had been the failed spaceflight of a woman who had appeared to suffer a problem and was close to death. The audio recording - widely available on the internet - is upsetting as the voice does sound like it is becoming more distressed as the transmission continues.
Just three days later the Soviet press agency made the announcement that a spacecraft the size of a bus had failed upon re-entry. There seemed to have been no announcement of its launch and no news of what its purpose was.
http://www.artipot.com/articles/323429/the-mystery-of-the-missing-cosmonauts.htm
I saw it on a sci fi channel show. I was unaware they had been debunked..
I saw it on a sci fi channel show. I was unaware they had been debunked..